ebs.ubf.kr Smartphone as a weapon of righteousness (Introduction to UBF Bible Reading Program) 2017. 4. 15. Joseph Cho 1
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UBF Mobile Bible Reading Program Development Background 2010 : Influence of personal life since launch of iphone and GalaxyS 2010.1 : Internet Mission UBF Smartphone Response Strategy Announced at the Korean UBF Staff Meeting 2011~2012 : Developed from 2011~2012 and operated as the Bookak Chapter of Korea UBF 2013 : Pilot operation of Korea UBF web site 2014 : Introduced at the 2014 Korea UBF Shepherds Conference 2015 : Renewal Design apply Bible Forest Contents of shepherd Nehemiah Kim apply Bible 66 messages of John Oh (Staff of Chonan UBF) 2016 : Start preparing for English version 1,130 registered members, 302 monthly users, 218 weekly users steadily Use of about 77 missionaries 3
The Importance of Reading the Bible University Bible Fellowship 대학생성경읽기선교회 University Bible Reading Fellowship Back to the Bible This is the first spiritual legacy of Dr. Samuel Lee (Psalm 119:105) Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. 4
How much do we read the Bible? The result of UBF Bible Reading Program User Survey (86 users) - May 2016 Question) How many chapters do you read Bible per day? More than 10 per day, 2% 1~2 per day, 12% 3~5 per day, 13% 5~10 per day, 1% Seldom read, 42% 16% of people read the entire Bible a year. The rate of reading the Bible rarely is over 55% 1~ 5 per week, Unit : 16% Number of chapters reading Bible Almost never read, 13% 5
On the other hand, where do we spend our time? Smartphone The smartphone is my shepherd... The Galaxy S8 brings me to the blue screen The iphone 8 leads me beside easy to play game. 6
How many hours are we using on smartphone? General Users in Korea General Users in US On average, Americans spend about 2 hours 57 minutes on their phones per day or more than 20 hours per week. User over 2 hours : 57% User over 3 hours : 27% 3 hours Survey on Mobile Internet Utilization (Korea Internet & Security Agency) - 2013.12 https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/infographicare-you-addicted-to-your-phone/ 7
What do we usually use our smartphone for? SNS, TV/Video, News, Music, Games, Shopping, Navigation,. 8
Have we become addicted to smartphones? Source: https://www.raconteur.net/technology/smartphones-are-we-addicted 9
Have we become addicted to smartphones? 10
Digital Device Addiction Survey 11
Influence of Smartphone (Zechariah 4:10) "Who dares despise the day of small things... (Ephesians 5:16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (KJV) Influence of 1 hour per day (effect 1 hour saving per day) (1 hour x 365 = 365 hours ) Calculated in 8 hours a day, ( working time a day ) 1 year Available additional 45 days to use When we invest 1 hour a day to read Bible, we can read whole Bible three times a year! 12
Smartphone usage strategy The dark side of a smartphone Addictive Sexually explicit material Excessive use, Security issues, Use during driving Strategy Word and quality content leads to positive use Using daily check Leads SNS to communicate with members Smart etiquette compliance We do not need to get rid of smartphones and avoid them. Need a strategy to use as an active spiritual tool Source : Presentation at Jan. 2011 13
Smartphone usage strategy (UBF Smartphone and SNS Utilization Direction) Bible Application Personal Spiritual life Activation of community fellowship UBF evangelism Missionary Support Prayer Dairy and Intercessory Sites UBF Publicity Application (Including Events) Mobile homepage (by headquarters and branch) SNS link (Kakao, Twitter, Facebook) Use new student evangelism Mobile broadcasting system Source : Presentation at Jan. 2011 14
Introduction to the Bible Reading Program ebs.ubf.kr For smartphones UBF Bible Reading Program Time Killer news SNS game Fun Tools Personal spirituality support tool Reading the Bible Dailybread Private prayer room Intercessory room Commenedment 15
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Introduction to the Bible Reading Program Chapter Select LA Real Name Nick Name email Fellowship name is for share prayer topics at fellowship prayer room 17
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Intro Page First page after login (1) Bible Read (2) Several Bible Version (3) M Cheyne Read (4) Forest Read (5) Daily Bread (6) Prayer Room (7) Ranking (8) Search (9) Bookmark (10) Personal Memo (11) Weekly Statistics email (12) Daily Bread DB link (13) Read Count Today/Week /Month/Year statistics 19
How to install service icon Create a shortcut on Home screen How to easily use this program like app without logging every time. Android : Launch your browser Login at the first page after login click upper right icon select Add (shortcut) to Home screen, push ADD button, and the Bible reading icon added on the Home screen, it runs without authentication. 20
For iphone Create a shortcut After login ebs.ubf.kr in Safari web browser. At the bottom of your browser, click the icon with the square box and the arrow pointing up UBF Bible Service 21
For ipad Create a shortcut Similar to the iphone, but the upper arrow box is in the upper right corner of the browser. UBF Bible Service 22
How to read Bible text? Bible Read Total Read light green Partial Read dark green Un Read black 23
How to read Bible chapter? Structure of Bible Reading Screen Main Menu Read Check Button Personal Menu compare two versions of the Bible. Setting : Font Setting : Bible Version Bible Word Search 24
How to read Bible chapter? Structure of Bible Reading Screen When you click the [ 가 A] button in the bottom right corner, you can select Bible versions English : 4 versions (NIV, NLT, KJV, ESV) Korean : 3 versions ( 개역개정, 바른성경, 새번역 ) 1st 2nd * NIV permission is in progress and the rest is available. ESV can be a little slower because we use openapi method. 25
English Bible & Dictionary Connection If you click on an unknown word in the English Bible, it will automatically link to the Daum mobile dictionary and display the dictionary contents. 26
Bible reading progress check Total Read light green Partial Read dark green Un Read black 27
Daily Bread The DailyBread crawls the page of ubf.org and stores it in the DB 28
Daily Bread Writing Daily Bread Dailybread Writing Service [Sharing DB] - A board that shares the dailybread testimony with others [Personal DB] A board to write Dailybread personally Share Dailybread Personal DB Excel Format download available 29
Dailybread DataBase Past Dailybread DataBase When you click the [List] icon on the right side of the Dailybread service title, Dailybread DB screen will be displayed. 30
Dailybread Link Service Dailybread content is linked to the bottom of each Bible chapter Personal Memo Link 31
Section Headings [Head] TBD : Need to translate volunteer Headings[Head] is a section headings of the Bible, which is a collection of headings in each chapter. Click on the [Head] link of the Bible name right to jump to that paragraph. 32 Click to go to that verse
The Forest of Bible TBD : Need to translate volunteer Linked to the whole book of [Forest of Bible] book of the Staff Shepherd Nehemiah Kim of Gwangju Center in Korea. View of the 66 books of Bible with the lens of Kingdom of God Part 1 The Old Testament 1. Genesis: The beginning of the kingdom of God 2. Exodus: Salvation of God's people 3. Leviticus: the worship of God's people 4. Numbers: the training of God's people 5. Deuteronomy: Re-education of the people of God's kingdom ::: 33
The Forest of Bible TBD : Need to translate volunteer Linked to the whole book of [Forest of Bible] book of the Staff Shepherd Nehemiah Kim of Gwangju Center in Korea. 34
The Forest of Bible TBD : Need to translate volunteer You can see the details in the Biblical Forest menu by clicking on the corresponding content. 35
The Forest of Bible TBD : Need to translate volunteer There is also a shortcut icon on the upper left corner of each chapter of the Bible. 36
Reading along the forest TBD : Need to translate volunteer The menu reading along the forest is a service that first read the forest contents and read chapters of Bible. Reading Sequence Genesis Overview 4 events 1) Creation (1,2) The Forest Read Genesis 1 ~ 2 2) The Fall (Chapters 3-5) Read Genesis 3 ~ 5 3) Recreation (chapters 6-9) Bible Content Read Genesis 6 ~ 9 37
The M Cheyne Bible Reading Plan The M Cheyne was originally a 19th century Scottish pastor and he was made Bible Read Scheduling Table. Read 4-5 chapters a day, after 1 year, we can read the Old Testament one time, New Testament and the Psalm twice a year. 38
Bible Search Click the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the Bible text, or click the [Search] menu on the left menu : If you have a lot of search results, break them up into multiple pages 39
Bookmark 40
Personal Memo A Personal Word Memo is a function to record a note in the corresponding section after meditating on the Word personally. You can view the recorded contents at the bottom of the chapter text, and you see the contents of the entire memo in the right menu. 41
Prayer Room Prayer room - either on the left menu or on the main menu [UBF Prayer Topics] - prayer room sharing the all UBF [Chapter s Prayer Room] - prayer room to share prayer topics by each chapter [Personal prayer room] - prayer room for individual prayer 42
Chapter s Prayer Room Chapter s Prayer Room 43
Personal Prayer Room This is a personal prayer room(dairy) that allows you to register and check individual prayer topics. Prayer types can be divided into nine categories such as personal / family / work / study / fellowship / center / UBF / mission / etc. 44
Personal Prayer Room If you click on the prayer subject, [Prayer check] [Answer] [Finish] [Edit] [Delete] bar pops up at the bottom Prayer check number Date is the date the prayer began If you press the prayer check button, the prayer number is increased by one. Use this function to check how much we have prayed Prayer check button 45
Personal Prayer Room If you have a prayer response and you do not want to pray anymore, click on the [Answer] button at the bottom and a register window will appear When prayer is not answered and prayer is finished, you can write the content and use it later as a tool to find God's will 46
Share Contents through Social Network It is a function to send the Bible text to SNS and share it. It only works with KakaoTalk and e-mail yet. Additional features, forms, and prayer topics will be added in the future. Select SNS Select Friend 카카오공유버튼 Send Word 47
Bible Reading Ranking Weekly / monthly / yearly ranking In Center, In UBF all members If you do not want your name to be displayed, you can set the name hiding feature at the setting service. 48
Weekly Bible Reading Statistics Delivery through email If you set the statistics delivery service to on in the settings menu, you can receive weekly statistics by e-mail every Sunday evening. 80% implemented. It will be opened soon. 49
Bible Reading Program Effectiveness Survey Question) How much did the Bible reading program affect your Bible reading habits? None [9%] Grater than 69% Bible reading habits have high influenced Slightly [22%] High [40%] Very High [29%] The result of UBF Bible Reading Program User Survey (86 users) - May 2016 50
Improvement plan To Develop smartphone app version (include Smartphone screen word wizard, word/prayer alarm, Send urgent prayer subject, etc.) To enlarge the linkage of Bible maps, messages, and question papers. 51
Improvement plan Use Q&A Board The bottom of the first screen Q & A Left Menu Q&A 52
ebs.ubf.kr UBF Bible Reading Service Please pray that this Bible reading app will be used as a spiritual weapon of righteousness 53