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IQ Bible App v1.26 Released
Topics got a rebuild. Every reference now shows its verse, topics are grouped by book, and an open topic is a link you can share. Plus a fix for the topics that came up empty.
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IQ Bible API v2.0.0-rc.9 Released
GET /topics now returns counts, verse text and see-also links in fewer calls. The Nave and Torrey edition was re-imported after we found it had dropped about 40% of Nave's references. Here's what changed in 2.0.0-rc.8 and rc.9.
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IQ Bible App v1.24 Released
Cross-references and prophecies now show their full text right where you're reading, instead of hiding behind a hover. Plus voice names, a cleaner mobile icon row, and small fixes to last release's link previews.
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IQ Bible API v2: Search Now Returns True Canonical Order
GET /bibles/{version}/search's default sort=canonical wasn't sorting canonically. It's fixed now, and cursor-based paging changed to match. Here's what that means for a canonical-sort search in flight.
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Perspectives
The Ones Who Went Up the Stairs
Twenty-five years on, a short remembrance of September 11th. The firefighters who climbed, the passengers of Flight 93, and what the Bible actually means by the word hero.
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When Psalm 22 and the Cross Shared a Screen
In most Bible apps a prophecy is a footnote. It sends you away from the text. Here's what changed when I finally saw the prediction and its fulfillment side by side.
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IQ Bible App v1.23 Released
A big update to the IQ Bible app: shared passages now show a real preview, search is far easier to use, narration keeps playing while you rest, the phone layout is built around your thumb, and the whole app is more comfortable for everyone.
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IQ Bible API v2-rc Released
Everything worth calling out in the IQ Bible API v2 from beta-55 to the 2.0.0 release candidate: link-preview verse cards, a responsive image pipeline for the illustration catalog, guided onboarding in the developer portal, and a catalog-wide content-health pass.
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Release Notes: IQ Bible App v1.13
Everything new in the IQ Bible app since 1.11 — the 1.12 batch of study features (About This Chapter, a canon-aware timeline, homonym-resolved people) and the 1.13 rebuild of the mobile bottom chrome.
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Release Notes: IQ Bible API v2.0.0-beta-54
Everything worth calling out in the IQ Bible API v2 beta between beta-2 and beta-54: full coverage across every canon, a rebuilt Bible Characters dataset with real homonym disambiguation, new reference endpoints, and a long tail of correctness fixes.
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Announcements
The study app is now fully open source
The IQ Bible reading app is on GitHub under the MIT license — fork it, self-host it, or read it to see how the API fits together.
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Guides
A Tour of the IQ Bible API (v2) Developer Portal
This post walks through the IQ Bible API developer portal at developer.iqbible.com — every panel, in order, so you know what to expect before you sign in.
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Announcements
Introducing IQ Bible API v2 (beta)
We’ve been heads-down for months on a complete, ground-up rewrite of the IQ Bible API, and today we’re opening the doors to the beta — quietly, on purpose.
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Announcements
IQ Bible API: Higher Limits, Same Price!
We’re excited to announce that the basic and pro IQ Bible API plans now have higher daily limits, without any increase in price!
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Announcements
Introducing the Advanced Study Bible WordPress Plugin
We’re excited to introduce the IQ Bible WordPress Plugin — a powerful tool that brings the truth and depth of Scripture directly to your WordPress site. What Is the IQ Bible Plugin?
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IQ Bible API Documentation Now Featured on Our Site
We’re excited to announce that the official IQ Bible API Documentation is now featured directly on our website.
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Perspectives
AI Ethics: Navigating the Future
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the world. Exploring the ethical approaches to AI, the potential impact of technological singularity, and how Christian principles can be incorporated into the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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