Bible Matters

Minor improvements and bug fixes.

'He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.' (Hebrews 1:3)

We hope this app helps to appreciate Jesus' glory. In this update, we have included a new resource category for children and youth. More resources will be added soon to help churches and parents.

Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28). We pray this app helps you to know the amazing offer open to all.

There are a few important updates in this app, including support for longer talk series.

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17.

This update includes some important refinements, particularly for people with Apple devices. If you enjoy using this app, please leave us a positive review in the App Store and consider partnering with us financially.

‘And behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.’ Matthew 3:17. Our prayer is this app will help you to see more clearly who Jesus is. In this important update, we have made some under the hood improvements.

“Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you" (John 17:1b). We hope this app works to glorify the Son and your love of him. To help, updates include:
- A bugfix to better display the grand total of resources (we have over 10,000 free resources!)
- Bible passage display now works better
- An issue with blurry video controls is sorted

If you enjoy using the app, please do leave us a positive review in the Apple App Store as it really helps people find the app. Please do also consider partnering with us financially to help ongoing development.

'And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.”' (Ezekiel 48:35). Keep going and strive to enter. We hope this app encourages you to do that. This update includes fixes for:
- A better notifications experience
- An issue where podcasts were incorrectly displaying
- An issue with blurry video controls
- An issue where blank articles or studies were appearing.

If you like the app, please do leave us a positive review in the App Store, or considering partnering with us financially.

Everyone in the Bible Matters team longs for the new creation, where there will be no bugs. In the meantime, this fallen world has many bugs. This important update fixes some of them and adds some extra small improvements.

Thanks for all your feedback, it's really helping to make the app better for everyone! Here are some more improvements in this version:
- Some tweaks on how assets are ordered
- Extra height/padding allowance for Chinese characters
- More than just the first chapter of the Bible passage will now show if a talk covers the whole book
- Ability to scrub/move position on a talk on lockscreen (Apple only)
- Talk length and duration showing where we have that information
- Icon shows on share screen when sharing resource
- 'beta' added next to livestream on drawer menu to show this is 3rd party/experimental.

Remember, if you come to St Helen's church please do toggle on 'church family alerts' in the notifications menu in settings.

Also, if you enjoy using the app it really helps to leave a positive review so other people can find it.

Fixed an issue so that downloaded resources no longer disappear after a new app update.

If you enjoy using the app, please do leave us a positive review. If you’re a member of the St Helen’s church family, please opt-in for both general notifications and church family alerts under the settings menu.

Various important bug fixes and improvements.

Crash on cancel download bug fix.
Crash on delete talk bug fix.

Minor improvements and bug fixes.

New branding. Minor improvements and bug fixes.