BibleWorks served the church for 26 years by providing a suite of professional tools aimed at enabling students of the Word to “rightly divide the word of truth”. But it became increasingly apparent over the last few years that the need for our services had diminished to the point where we believed the Lord would have us use our gifts in other ways. As of June 15, 2018 BibleWorks ceased operation as a provider of Bible software tools. We made this announcement with sadness, but also with gratitude to God and thankfulness to a multitude of faithful users who have stayed with us for a large part of their adult lives.
"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever (Isa. 40:8)."
Current Issues - I am getting a lot of the same questions at support@bibleworks.com. I cannot respond to all of them. Please note the following:
7/15/2024 I am still commited to enabling licensed owners of BibleWorks 9 and 10 to use the program for as long as possible. However, as of 7/12/2024 the BibleWorks Forum, Knowledge Base and Activation Server are no longer functional. This is due to changes in the MySQL system on the site that hosts BibleWorks. Getting the old web site working with these mandatory system software updates would be a major undertaking. It is, frankly, beyond my area of expertise. I am, however, providing a solution that allows licensed users to update the program periodically and reinstall when necessary on a new computer. The procedure is as follows:
This version of BibleWorks is licensed until the end of 2025. From that time forward you will be prompted to freshen the installation by running bwupdate10.exe (or bwupdate9.exe). At the end of each year I will take a look at the situation with regard to piracy and revaluate the manner in which the program is made available. You can insure the continued availability of the program by not buying hacked copies from places like ebay, and by reporting suspicious sales to me.
Keep in mind that the Youtube library of instructional videos is still available. See BibleWorks Instructional Videos.
If you have an urgent need to contact me just send an e-mail to me at support@bibleworks.com. Please understand that this should be used only for emergencies. Bug reports on the new procedure would be a good example. I will try to read everything, but I cannot guarantee a response, especially if this generates a lot of e-mails. BibleWorks is closed and I have no help managing the remnant of BibleWorks users. I cannot provide assistance on how to use BibleWorks. If I ever find the time to build a new forum, I will make an announcement here. Please try to understand. Few companies would try to provide any help many years after shutting down. Friends that I made over the quarter century of BibleWorks operation will have my personal e-mail address and are welcome to use it as they have since the shutdown. May the Lord bless each and every one of you to rightly divide the Word of Truth. This world is in desperate need of faithful expositors of scripture.