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MannaBooks App Goes iOS: Read Christian E-Books on iPhone as Well as Android Now!

8/16/2020

The free and excellent MannaBooks App for reading Bibles, devotionals, and a wide range of Christian books on your Android smart phone or tablet has been our recommended app for Christian e-book reading on-the-go since the app’s release. Now, that same app is available on the iOS platform for use on the iPhone.

The new app allows you to browse MannaBooks’ growing collection of classic and new Christian e-books, devotionals and children's books (a great many of them free) and to enjoy them instantly on your smartphone. You can search for books by author, title, or topic, or browse the new, most popular, and trending e-books categories which are updated weekly.

The MannaBooks App has many additional benefits, not least of which are the customization options it provides. You can choose the background color for reading and also text in the size and style you prefer. Night Mode makes reading easier on your eyes before bedtime, and you can lock the screen in portrait or landscape mode for added comfort. You can also start reading on one device and pick up on another – the MannaBooks App always remembers where you left off, so you can keep reading across all your compatible devices.

The new app is also quite interactive. You can post your favorite quotes, notes, and thoughts from what you’re reading directly to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and you can rate and review the books you’ve read or read reviews from fellow Christian readers.

If you want to have a Christian library with you for reading anywhere – without having to carry a bulky laptop or e-book reader – the free new MannaBooks iOS app is available for download now from the Apple Bookstore. And, of course, if you are an Android user, the app is also available from the Google Play Store.

Whether you are an Apple or an Android user, be sure to download this great app for Christian reading on your smartphone!

Asking and Giving

8/2/2020

Asking and giving may seem like polar opposites to us, but when it comes to asking for something from God, or even giving something to Him, these actions have something in common in that they involve our relationship with our neighbor.

Two verses in the New Testament show this fact. It’s easy to see one of them and then to think the other is just a parallel account or a slight variation, but the two verses make two distinct statements:

“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins” (Mark 11:25).

“… if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift” (Matthew 5:23-24).

Notice that these situations are not the same at all. Mark 11 speaks of occasions when we are asking something from God – specifically forgiveness in this case – and shows us that we cannot receive this from God (and perhaps anything) if we ourselves are not willing to give forgiveness. In Matthew 5, the occasion is one in which we wish to give something to God, but he makes it clear that he will not accept the gift (perhaps any gift) if we know others have something against us and we are not willing to accomplish reconciliation.

Taken together, these verses show how important right relationships with our neighbors are for a right relationship with God. In both these cases, God does not want to accept something - a request or a gift - from someone who is estranged from another, who is holding back something from another, whether we are holding back forgiveness or reconciliation.

In the case of our forgiving others, nothing must stop us doing this, though God understands that in situations where others have something against us we can only do our best to reconcile with them. Sometimes, others are not going to accept our attempts at reconciliation and there is nothing we can do about that, other than to pray for them.

Normally, however, in our relationship with God, whether we are asking or giving, if we hold back from our neighbor, God holds back from us. On the other hand, if we are giving forgiveness and attempting reconciliation where it is possible, God does not hold back from us in accepting that which we are asking or giving.

MannaBooks App Goes iOS: Read Christian E-Books on iPhone as Well as Android Now!

Asking and Giving

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