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[Robert N]

The New Defender's Study Bible (copyright 1995, 2006 World Publishing www.worldpublishing.com), is an update of The Defender's Study Bible (copyright 1995 World Publishing). The study notes are those of Henry M. Morris, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. with the help of consultants J. Gordon Henry, Ed.D. and Henry M. Morris III, D. Min. This is my favorite study bible, even before Ryrie and Smith and others. The perspective is no where else to be found in a study bible. Dr. Morris spent his life defending the scriptures and compiled these notes into a study bible in his later years. The only place I have been able to find this work is in the Quickverse Defender's Collection and Quickverse Platinum. Logos also offers at least one of Dr. Morris' books. I am hoping The Defender's Study Bible and all of Dr. Morris' works will become modules for Accordance soon.

Join me by letting Accordance know you would like this module added.

It was this work that caused my purchase of Quickverse and the Collection (it was less expensive to buy the Defender's Collection than the Platinum version). I can't wait until it is available with Accordance!

This resource and the other works of Dr. Morris are already in etext format and I believe World Publishing or ICR (www.ICR.org) would have information on who to talk to about getting the licenses.

Edited by Robert N, 20 December 2009 - 01:19 PM.

[DanG]

I would definitely be for this too!

[RANorem]

Add my name to the list that would like to see the Defender's Study Bible and related books. Also, I would like to see John MacArthur's John 12-21 book added to the MacArthur set which I purchased along with Accordance 8. Thanks!

[Robert N]

I am wondering if Accordance has or will be instituting a means of users prioritizing projects. Some companies allow users to bid on books that they would like to see added. I would like to bid on the following IF it is possible:

The Defenders Study Bible (KJV)
The Complete Works of Dr. Henry Morris
The Word for Today Bible (NKJV)
The Complete Works of Pastor Chuck Smith
The Complete Works of Pastor Greg Laurie

[Robert N]

Any updates on this?

Edited by Robert N, 20 May 2011 - 11:47 PM.

[Robert N]

Can someone from Accordance comment on whether anyone there has looked into this? QuickVerse has this as a module and it is included with their Platinum version. Has Accordance ever contacted the owners of the Defender's Study Bible notes to talk about getting the Defender's Study Bible added to the suite of Accordance modules?

[Helen Brown]

No, sorry. We have so many modules in the pipeline that I don't think that we have even put this on our list. We would need to see a lot more interest in this module before we would even embark on negotiations.

[Ed Heckman]

How does the Defender's Study Bible compare to something like the Apologetics Study Bible? They sound like they have the same general focus.

[Robert N]

Hello Ed,

You might go to Amazon to look at the reviews and some of the pages to get more familiar with it. The Defender's Study Bible is oriented toward giving an apologetic, but it also is a great study bible in the traditional sense. It is my favorite among those I have (Archaeological, NIV Study Bible, NIV Student Bible, NIV New Study Bible, Apologetics, Ryrie, Life Application, The Word for Today, ESV, Scofield, Thompson, etc..). Dr. Morris has written a number of books as well. Obviously he is a man I respect. I hope this helps.

Robert

[Bud Lengtat]

A friend of my wife recommended The Defender's Study Bible as a daily Bible reading source for 2013. It sounded good, so I immediately came to see if it, or any similar resources are available as Accordance modules.

[PastorDavid]

Would definitely love this. It's my favorite Bible.

[arcanemuse]

Add my name to the list that would like to see the Defender's Study Bible and related books. Also, I would like to see John MacArthur's John 12-21 book added to the MacArthur set which I purchased along with Accordance 8. Thanks!

There is an update to MacArthur available. I can't recall how much it is but it isn't much and it adds some other things too, if I remember correctly

[Robert N]

The Defender's Study Bible has now been updated again... this is the 3rd name change:

 

The Defender's Study Bible          (at least 2 printings)

The New Defender's Study Bible  (at least 3 printings)

The Henry Morris Study Bible       (just 1 printing I am aware of as I have the first printing)

 

This Study Bible first came out in 1995 and is now about 18 years old.

 

It is different than the Apologetics Study Bible in that it is not just an Apologetic, it is more of a study bible that happens to have some apologetics embedded.  Here a bit of a comment on it by John MacArthur from the jacket...

 

"Dr. Morris's clear insight and doctrinal integrity combine to make this one of the most helpful study Bibles available." Both Tim LaHaye and Ken Ham have comments on the jacket as well. This is still my favorite Study Bible, the Ryrie was my prior favorite. I have 3 versions of this and several other study bibles (Archaeological, Ryrie, NIV, ESV, Life Application, NLT, Scofield, Thompson, et. al.). I am hoping that someday Accordance will add this study bible to their resources too.

 

Accordance hasn't commented on this since May or 2011. The Defenders Study Bible is available on QuickVerse and Wordsearch and a number of Morris' books are available there and on Logos, but I don't believe Accordance has anything of Morris's yet. Hopefully someone with Accordance can comment. My guess is that they are very busy with the Windows version and can't do much as for the present.

[Helen Brown]

Development of the software and development of new modules are different issues. Both teams are very busy indeed, but I will ask our Contracts VP to look into acquiring a license and etext for the Defender's Study Bible.

[Robert N]

Here are the Amazon Rankings of the versions of this work ....

 

Henry Morris Study Bible         Rank:   44,607

New Defenders Study Bible     Rank: 137,874

Defender's Study Bible            Rank: 574,504

 

Here are some ranking of some more of Dr. Morris' works...

 

The Genesis Record (commentary)      Rank: 68,894

The Genesis Record (commentary)      Rank: 249,395 (older version)

The Revelation Record (commentary)  Rank: 87,894

The Remarkable Record of Job (commentary)   Rank: 77,639

The Remarkable Journey of Jonah (commentary)    Rank: 478,816

The Remarkable Wisdom of Solomon (commentary)    Rank: 476,173

 

Science and the Bible    Rank: 56,132

Many Infallible Proofs    Rank: 104,797

The Bible Has the Answer    Rank: 112,848

The Genesis Flood    Rank: 220,756

Scientific Creationism    Rank: 200,857

The Long War Against God    Rank: 286,346

Men of Science, Men of God    Rank: 301,194

The Beginning of the World: A Scientific Study of Genesis 1-11    Rank: 380,932

The Creation and the Second Coming    Rank: 385,964

Biblical Creationism    Rank: 443,874

What is Creation Science    Rank: 474,018

God and the Nations    Rank: 508,443

The Biblical Basis for Modern Science    Rank: 512,362

Treasures in the Psalms    Rank: 534,166

Defending the Faith    Rank: 605,562

For Time and Forever    Rank: 631,726

The God Who Is Real    Rank: 712,973

Christian Education for the Real World    Rank: 771,453

Days to Remember    Rank: 818,696

After Eden, Understanding Creation, the Curse, and the Cross    Rank: 1,868,002

Explore the Word    Rank: 2,783,754

Baptism, How Important Is It?    Rank: 3,622,359

The Origin of the earth and Its' People (Adult Student)    Rank: 3,476,806

The God Who Is Real: A Creationist Approach to Evangelism and Missions    Rank: 4,514,573

 

 

Again Logos has the following works of Morris...

 

The Genesis Record

The Revelation Record

 

And QuickVerse/WordSearch has the following 14 works of Morris....

 

 

The Defenders Study Bible

The Genesis Record

The Revelation Record

The Remarkable Wisdom of Solomon

Science and the Bible

Creation and the Second Coming

Days to Remember

Defending the Faith

For Time and Forever

Many Infallible Proofs

The Bible Has the Answer

The Genesis Flood

Scientific Creationism

The Biblical Basis for Modern Science

 

Finally... Best Commentaries also lists Morris' The Genesis Record.

 

The bottom line is that it would be nice if Accordance could add Morris' Study Bible and commentaries on at least Genesis and Revelation. I know that there is a lot going on. I am still hoping for some of Morris' works on Accordance some day.