<\/span><\/p>\nThe app is the King James Version of the Bible, Matthew Henry's commentary, and many other public domain, out of date, devotional resources that offer nothing remotely akin to Biblical scholarship.<\/p>\n
I wouldn't have been quite so disappointed if they had chosen a less misleading name for the app. There isn't even anything new here \u2013 all of these resources have been freely available for a long time, and are often bundled in with apps that also allow you to purchase worthwhile scholarly materials as well.<\/p>\n
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