I bought Bibleworks 3 when I was a seminary student. It was an incredible program back then, helping me extensively with exegetical work for sermons and seminary papers. It was so powerful I found I didn’t use half its features. Years later I upgraded to version 5. There were a few changes, mostly in additional resources that did not come standard with the previous version. If there were more changes, I’m not aware of them. One helpful addition back then: a massive user manual to help with searches. Once established in pastoral ministry, I used Bibleworks in even a more limited way. I would still translate sermon texts, (mostly from Greek), but its heaviest use came from doing phrase and word searches across several English versions at once. For instance, writing a sermon … Read entire article »