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Ever since God handed down the 10 Commandments to Moses, believers and followers of Christ have shared the teachings that are now immortalized in the Old Testament and New Testament. Throughout the last 3400 years, the story of how the Bible has been brought from culture after culture has been a very interesting one. It’s one that has been shaped by powerful Kings and Queens, Popes and bishops, war and peace – and especially the onslaught of many new technologies, including the printing press.

Before 400 AD, the Bible was only written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Although by 500 AD it had been translated into over 500 languages, the only official language used by the Church was Latin. This made learning the Bible quite difficult for people who did not understand Latin or have the means to learn it. In 995 AD, the first Anglo-Saxon translation was produced of the New Testament, but it took until 1455 AD before the whole book was mass-produced on a printing press, and another 80 years before the first complete Bible was printed in English.

Almost 500 years later, the Bible is still going through many different transformations. there are now recorded Audio Bibles available and it is even possible to download the entire NIV online Bible. Although it is the most translated book in the world, there are still people who do not have the means or opportunity to read it.The Audio Bible provides a solution to this. Most of the people are those that live in 2nd and 3rd world countries in Africa and South America. To help make sure those cultures can experience the Word of Christ, many non-profit Christian organizations have been distributing the New International Version (NIV) audio Bible to these villages and donating players that they can use for listening parties. Some of these audio Bibles come in CD format, while others are audio Bible downloads that can be found online and played by MP3 players or iPods.

The new NIV online Bibles and Bibles on CD are also becoming very popular in countries that are more technologically advanced. This is happening because Bibles on CD are convenient to listen to on your daily commute, on airplane rides, while you are winding down for the night or taking your morning run. Online audio Bibles are also a great way to share life-long lessons with small children who cannot read the Bible yet. Some Christian websites even offer NIV online Bible downloads such as Podcasts that can be played on your iPod or MP3 player. These can contain psalms or inspiring scripture readings, and you can sign up to receive a new one every day on your iPod.

Whether you are looking for an NIV Bible online or a Bible CD, there are many available to enhance and inspire your daily life.

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Audio Bibles offer an easy method for spending time with God’s Word in the busiest of schedules. One of the benefits of the audio Bible is that it is available on CD and other digital formats so that it can be played back in a variety of different ways: from your home computer, or a personal CD player or DVD player. With new Internet and digital aural technologies, the audio Bible is now available to the public online in mp3 format. Your children can benefit from all of the digital expertise brought to bear on the Word of God and sharing it with a multitude of people who, for many reasons, are not readers. Very young children, for example, are not at a stage in their development where they are able to read, and can thus benefit from being introduced to the Bible through listening to the children’s Bible in an audio format.

Children learn in predominantly one of three different ways: auditory, visual and kinesthetic. Auditory learners learn by hearing new information, while visual learners gain new knowledge by seeing it, and kinesthetic learners are hands-on types who learn by doing. If your child happens to favor the auditory learning style, then sharing the Bible with them in an audio format might be just what they need to make a vital connection to the wisdom found in God’s Word.

Audio children’s bibles share the best of the Bible’s stories from both the Old and New Testaments in a dramatized version, which includes spoken character voices, music and even sound effects, to bring the Bible to life for your child. It also utilizes a child-friendly version of the Bible, which stays true to the meaning of the Bible but utilizes language that a child can understand easily. Another added attraction to audio children’s Bible stories on CD or mp3 is that they also often include songs which are age-appropriate for children and fun to sing.

Podcasts of children’s Bible stories are also beginning to be available on line. What this means is that you can purchase a subscription to the online service, and then have access to a list of all the different podcast episodes available, so you can pick and choose the ones you would like to listen to. They also come in a regularly downloaded time schedule, so that you can add them to your mp3 player for your child to listen to when he or she is on the go. Mp3 digital audio files compress the entire New Testament into a single CD, so there are no bulky books to cart around or find storage space for. The digital audio quality is the highest available, and provides a rich and clear sound of the Bible stories being shared.

Audio bibles for Children were not available when Susan Slobac was growing up. Susan was given the audio Bible on CD as present upon the birth of her first child and has since made it a habit to foster an interest in the Bible through audio Bible study programs offered online. Her children enjoy the mp3 audio Bible, and still look forward to listening nightly to the audio Bible on CD.

Faith Comes By Hearing, the worlds foremost Audio Bible ministry, recently released Audio Bibles in five more languages.

The following Audio Drama New Testaments are now available for ministry purposes:

Gitonga Mozambique
Izere Nigeria
Quechua San Martn Peru
Waiwai (UaiUai) Brazil
Chinese Mandarin (Studium Biblicum) China

These new offerings represent more than 873 million people on three continents. Faith Comes By Hearing now has 424 Audio Scripture recordings available in 359 languages. Nearly 400 of these Audio Bibles are available for free online Bible download.

The size and location of the people groups represented varies dramatically; the Chinese Mandarin, with its 870 million speakers, are located across the globe, and the Waiwai, which has 2,000 speakers, reside in the northern Amazon jungle basin.

First Brazilian Indigenous Language
The Waiwai Audio Drama New Testament is Faith Comes By Hearings first indigenous Audio Bible recording in Brazil.

Brazil has 258 tribes, and almost as many different languages235. More than 90 of these tribes are cut off from the outside world, living deep in the rainforest and firmly protected by the Brazilian government. Out of these 258 tribes, only 20 have strong, indigenous church leadership; but there are more than 35 indigenous languages with a New Testament translation ready for recording.

Low Literacy and Bible Engagement
Some of the people groups represented by these Audio Bibles have significantly low literacy rates.

For example, among those who speak Quechua San Martn, only 10% of the people can read their own language. In Nigeria, among Izere speakers, a mere 1% can read. To these and similar people groups, the truths and hope of Scripture are locked away in the written form.

Morgan Jackson, Faith Comes By Hearings international director, said these statistics show the great need for Gods Word in a format people can useaudio.

Faith Comes By Hearings mission is to record the New Testament in 2,000 languages and to start 1.8 million Bible listening groups by 2016 to reach the 50% of the world who cannot read and live in deep poverty.

Audio Bibles for Poor and Illiterate People
Jackson said one of the first stories that captured his heart and highlighted the need for Audio Bibles for poor and illiterate people came from missionaries who distributed Spanish printed Bibles in Mexico.

“One of the missionaries on this trip looked over and saw a woman sitting on a bench with the Bible open on her head,” he said. “She was just sobbing, so the missionary sat beside her, and through her tears, he tried to get her to explain what was wrong. She kept sobbing, and finally told him that she couldnt read. She told him she knew that in that book were the words of life for her and her family. She said she was praying for God to take those words from the pages and put them into her heart.”

From remote, rugged locations to thriving urban centers, this story is common. Half the worldroughly three billion peopleis unable to read.

“All over the world theres a hunger to use these recordings because so many of the people dont read,” Jackson said. “Please help us reach the poor and illiterate people with Gods Word in audio.”