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Ephesians feeds fixed

Apologies to everyone who is still subscribed to my Ephesians Every Month feeds. They are working again now, but had not been updated since 21 December. <techie-bit>The cron job on my server that generates the feeds hung on this day.</techie-bit>

For those readers who don't know about these feeds: I generated them a while ago for those who want to read through the book of Ephesians every month in a rolling Monday-Friday four week programme. Anyone is welcome to subscribe.

I also have a couple of light-weight reader applications to display the daily reading on your desktop:

The .NET version (Windows XP with .NET framework 2.0 installed)
The Java Version (All platforms with Java Runtime Environment installed)

Now available in Java

For anyone who is interested in reading through the book of Ephesians Every Month. If you were put off using my EEMReader because you were unable / unwilling to install the .NET framework V2, it may interest you to know that this handy little application of mine to assist you read this great book is now available written in Java. This means it should work on all versions of Windows, Linux, Solaris and MacOS.

Enjoy

EEM Reader

Ephesians Every Month Reader Current .NET Version: 1.0.0 Download (Microsoft Windows XP only) Current Java Version: 1.00 Download (All platforms)

From time to time on this blog, I like to point out pieces of free software that I consider to be of use or interest to my readers. Some of you will know that I am a professional software developer myself, so this time the software is my own.

EEM Reader is designed to be a small lightweight application to help anyone who is interested in reading through Ephesians Every Month. It displays the text of the current daily reading in your choice of version. It will automatically update, and can be configured to pop up from the taskbar when a new reading is received. Just read the text and then minimise again - how much easier could it be?

The .NET version is for Microsoft Windows XP only (My apologies to all discerning OS users!). Requires .NET Framework 2.0. Written using SharpDevelop.

The Java version should work on any platform [I have only tested it on Windows and Linux]. It requires the Sun JRE (Java Runtime Environment)

History

18/07/06	.NET Version 1.0.0
22/08/06	Java Version 1.00-b22

Ephesians Every Month

I'm starting a new reading plan on Monday, and I'm inviting you all to join me. It's not a substitute for your existing Bible reading devotions, but a supplement. The plan is to read through the great book of Ephesians every month. This is inspired by something Keri Jones said to us as leaders at Living Rock Church a while back; basically: "Read through Ephesians every month."

To make this easier, for those of us with the technology, I have created three RSS feeds for this reading programme. You can chose the one which corresponds to the Bible version you prefer. I have done NIV, ESV, and NLT, which should cover most bases.

For the Luddites who don't know what do do with an RSS feed, you can still follow along the old fashioned way. I am using a four week rolling programme with readings on Monday-Friday as follows:

Week 1
Monday 1:1-10, Tuesday 1:11-14, Wednesday 1:15-23, Thursday 2:1-10, Friday 2:11-18

Week 2
Monday 2:19-22, Tuesday 3:1-6, Wednesday 3:7-13, Thursday 3:14-21, Friday 4:1-6

Week 3
Monday 4:7-16, Tuesday 4:17-24, Wednesday 4:25-5:2, Thursday 5:3-7, Friday 5:8-14

Week 4
Monday 5:15-21, Tuesday 5:22-33, Wednesday 6:1-9, Thursday 6:10-20, Friday 6:21-24

To collect our thoughts, I shall be following this through with posts each day for the next four weeks. I shall probably still blog about other stuff too! May the Lord open our eyes to the wonders in his word, and may we catch his eternal purpose for his people, the Church, in Christ.

Here are the RSS feeds I promised. The first reading will arrive on Monday. Let me know if you have any difficulties.

[Update 23/03/06: You can now subscribe by email to the version of your choice. I have also included details of how many fellow readers we currently have. Those who subscribe by email are included in the figures.]

Ephesians Every Month Feeds

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New International Version
New Living Translation

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