What can Scripture Notes do?

Jan 30
What can Scripture Notes do

This is a quick video of the desktop version of Scripture Notes I made to share with someone who asked what Scripture Notes can do.

Dr. Brent Top, former Dean of Religious Studies at BYU said he was “blown away by it.”

The app helps people change the way they study from reading the scriptures, to searching them as the Lord commanded us to do.

By writing all the thoughts that come to you as you go, you will increase your revelation and obtain a deeper understanding of the scriptures.

You will also maintain those thoughts right next to the scriptures for years to come so you don’t have to go find old notepads that contain parts of what you’ve recorded. It’s always present.

There is also a mobile app which has a very slick interface supporting these features which you can see one tutorial of here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81P7jtDQhY

(NOTE: After hitting play on the video, click the square in the lower right corner to enlarge it and view it full screen.)

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Oak Norton - Just trying to share a love of the scriptures with others.

  • Rick Bulow says:

    Thank you for developing Scripture Notes! It is very beneficial to studying the scriptures. I admit I had sparingly used it in the past, but do see myself using it more in the future.

    Only question I have is if the notes I make on the desktop version will sync over to the mobile version and vice versa.

    • Oak Norton says:

      Hi Rick, thanks for asking. Yes, mobile and web do sync as all data is stored in the cloud at present. In the future I want to have localized storage which also syncs to the cloud.

  • Karinabloom35@gmail.com says:

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  • Karinabloom35@gmail.com says:

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  • Lamar Newmeyer says:

    Does the desktop version and the mobile app sync your note content? I imagine it would but I thought I would clarify.

    • Oak Norton says:

      Yes, with one caveat. If you have both devices open at the same time to the same verse note. They won’t sync in front of you. You would have to go to the chapter fresh to see new verse notes.

  • @gidgiddonut says:

    I currently subscribe to the skjv app which has KJV with Strong’s words linked. Do you have, or will you have, that kind of functionality? If yes, I’m sooo in.

  • Henry Brock says:

    Impressive! BUT, I am hesitant is to download anything that will just encumber my computer. So, my question is how extensive is your Strong’s? I use it all the time, and I find that (a) too often only an excerpt or abbreviated portion of Strong’s is provided, and (b) when researching words in Strong’s, I need the function of being able to quickly look at root words, prefixes, suffixes, derivative words, associated words, in order to grasp the etymology of the word’s usage. So, the ability to scroll through Strong’s, both before and after the designated word, is important in all my word studies. Could you please respond to these questions? As well as any plans to enhance it? Thank you! I can see what a wonderful resource you’ve developed.

    • Oak Norton says:

      Hi Henry, I use the Blue Letter Bible website as a link. It contains the full Strong’s Concordance and you can click to root words and such. There’s a lot available on their site. I also link to Bible Hub from each verse and that gives you multiple translations as well as Hebrew/Greek translation of words.

  • Henry Brock says:

    Question: I already have notes within my LDS scriptures accessed from the Church website, and extensive notes in multiple sets of hard copies accumulated over the years. I’d like to consolidate these, but I am leery of getting into a set that isn’t saved and protected online like the LDS online are assured of being maintained, and also, does Scripture Notes extract from, combine with or use for its base engine the LDS online version of the scriptures? I need a final resting place I can rely on until (a) I am age 100, and (b) that can then be passed on to my posterity. Thank you.

    • Oak Norton says:

      Scripture Notes is a cloud based app but in the future I want to have local editions that include greater abilities to publish your notes as a beautifully formatted PDF. We use the 2013 edition of the LDS scriptures as a base, and you can import Gospel Library notes to Scripture Notes. However, we don’t combine with Gospel Library in any other way.

  • William Ingols says:

    Will you be releasing a PC version?

    • Oak Norton says:

      Scripture Notes is a browser based web app so you can use it on any platform with a browser. We have mobile apps and will soon release a tablet edition.

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