Revision History

Each release of my "Fire Within" Bible Study Guide is documented on this page.

Summary:

Details:

v25.0 - Chosen Season 5 & House of David & August Memory Verses & more (July 25, 2025)

• The Chosen page was updated to include Season 5!

  Please NOTE: Currently Season 5 is only available on Amazon Prime (which requires a subscription to view). After 09/13/2025 these links will be updated to the free Chosen App.

• The House of David page has been added to the Christian Media section, which includes Season 1.

• Added FBM's August Memory Verses in Memorization page - Ephesians 4:29, Matthew 28:19-20

• Updated Current Sermon Series

  • 2 Kings Series (Mid Week)
  • added Psalms Sermon (07/13/2025: “Why, God?" Trusting God in Tragedy)
  • added End Times Sermon (07/09/2025: Russia, Iran, and Israel: Are We Seeing Prophecy Unfold?)

v24.9 - July Memory Verses & Sync Current Sermon Series (July 3, 2025)

• Added FBM's July Memory Verses in Memorization page - Psalms 18:30, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Thessalonians 3:13

• Enhanced the audio playback (of the Memorization page) to auto respond to verse translation changes in both single-verse and multi-verse modes. Previously, changing the translation mid-playback would simply stop the audio. This update allows playback to automatically switch to the corresponding verse of the newly selected translation without interruption.

• Internal:

  Refactored the Memorization page to use a single <audio> control for both single-verse and multi-verse playback. This change consolidates all audio handling into one hidden <audio> element, managed through JavaScript logic.

  The update significantly reduces page resource usage and improves load times, which had been increasing as more verses were added.

• Updated Current Sermon Series
  • 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
  • 2 Kings Series (Mid Week)
  • added Psalms Misc Sermon (06/22/2025: When in Times of Trouble)

v24.8 - June Memory Verses & Sync Current Sermon Series (May 22, 2025)

• Added FBM's June Memory Verses in Memorization page - Ephesians 4:31-32 & Hebrews 3:12-14

• Updated Current Sermon Series
  • 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
  • 2 Kings Series (Mid Week)
  • added "Reclaiming the Cultural Mandate (Seth Gruber)" in the Moral Decay section of Current Events (under Specials)
  • added Angel Series in the Misc section of Current Events (under Specials)

• Added Psalms Series to My Small Group (v24.8B)

v24.7 - Chosen Updates, Memory Verse, & Sermon Sync (May 1, 2025)

• The Chosen page was updated as follows

  • a new Characters section promotes a Visual Guide (check out the promo)

  • updated Season 1 Deep Dives with the latest revised entries

  • added the ✦RoundTables✦, from Dallas Jenkins and his advisers, linked directly below each episode link

• Created an isolated promotional page (a gist of sorts) to introduce FireWithin's "The Chosen" page.

• Added FBM's May Memory Verses in Memorization page - Romans 6:23 & Romans 10:9-10

• Updated Current Sermon Series

  • 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
  • Easter 2025 Speicals

v24.6 - April Memory Verses & Sync Current Sermon Series (Mar 26, 2025)

• Added FBM's April Memory Verses in Memorization page - 1 John 1:9 & Romans 3:21-23

• Updated Current Sermon Series
  • 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
  • 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)

• Added new Questions and Answers for 03/19/2025

• Added new Misc category under Specials / Current Events

v24.5 - Released FBM "25 in 25" Memorization App & more (Feb 25, 2025)

• Released First Baptist Maryville 25 in 25 Isolated Memorization App.

• Added 1/2 Peter Series to My Small Group

v24.4 - March Memory Verses & more (Feb 22, 2025)

• Enhanced Memorization page as follows:

  • Added FBM's Memory Verses for March - Philemon 1:4-7 & 1 John 4:7-9

  • The Multi-Verse Audio Review now supports "viewing the verse being played". When enabled (via user check), the verse will scroll into view during it's play.

  • INTERNAL: Added cookie_flags in Google Analytics, in hopes of picking up data within iframes (from FBM).

• Updated Current Sermon Series

  • 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)

v24.3 - Web-Site Analytics & more (Feb 18, 2025)

• Enabled Google Analytics for wiiBridges.com (and FireWithin) to monitor overall activity (unfortunately NOT bandwidth).

• Updated Current Sermon Series

  • 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
  • 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)
  • End Times page

• Minor adjustments to the Memorization page, including quick links to the FireWithin Bible Study Book for each scripture.

v24.2 - Memorization Page Enhancements & more (Feb 13, 2025)

• Enhanced Memorization page as follows:

  • The Multi-Verse Audio Review now supports user-selectable verses, driven by the audio checkboxes in the Table of Contents).

  • The default translation for each memory verse is now displayed in red.

  • The "Tell Me More" section of the Overview has been streamlined.

• Re-categorized the "NTL" Translation to be a "Literal Translation"

v24.1 - Memorization Page Enhancements & more (Feb 6, 2025)

• Enhanced Memorization page as follows:

  • Added FBM's Memory Verses for February - Romans 12:1-2 & Romans 2:4

  • Introduced an ADVANCED feature to Audio Play Multiple Verses through ONE audio control (found near the TOC).

  • Enhanced the UI selector of Bible Translations to be a horizontal list of buttons, with a visual distinction for the selected translation. This is an improved interface, as it allows the user to readily see all the available translation - at a glance.

  • The devotional content for each scripture can now be collapsed, by toggling the section title.. Collapsing these sections helps keep the memory scriptures more prominent. Each section is stateful, so when you return to the page, it will be just as you left it.

  • Added support to maintain Default Translations for each memory verse (allowing a Church Campaign to specify a consistent version for their entire group). This default specification is optional (please refer to the next bullet point).

  • Simplified the default memory verse translation heuristics as follows:

    When no explicit translation has been selected by the user, the default kicks in, as follows:

    1. Honor any Default Translation specified in the verse's definition (when defined).

    2. Otherwise (when no default is defined for the verse): fallback to the FireWithin "Bible Translation" Settings.

       NOTE: If this translation has NOT been defined for the specific verse, we default to the 1st translation in the memory verse definition.

  • Eliminated the "Clear Selection" button (a confusing concept for the user to grasp).

  • Removed scripture entries from the LeftNav Bar's "Memorization" section.

• Added support for the ICB Bible Translation (International Children's Bible).

v24.0 - Memorize God's Word & more (Jan 29, 2025)

• Added new Memorization page.
• Update Current 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)
• Added 2025 entries under Specials / Current Events for:
  • Life
  • Election Day Sermons

v23.0 - Questions and Answers & more (Jan 7, 2025)

• Added new Questions and Answers section.
• Update Current 2 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
• Added Eye Witness reference to the Acts Series

v22.7 - Update Current Sermon Series (Jan 1, 2025)

• Update Current 1 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)
• Added Christmas services for 2024.

v22.6 - Update Current Sermon Series (Dec 3, 2024)

• Update Current 1 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)
• Added Exodus/Leviticus Series to My Small Group - NOW migrated to a new section of Specials
• Added Thanksgiving services for 2024.
• NOTE: v22.6B for updates to 1 Corinthians Study Guide.

v22.5 - Update Current Sermon Series (Nov 13, 2024)

• Update Current 1 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)

v22.4 - Update Current Sermon Series (Oct 19, 2024)

• Update Current 1 Corinthians Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)
• Update the Moral Decay section of Current Events (under Specials)

v22.3 - Added Election Day Sermons for 2024 (Sep 14, 2024)

• Added Election Day Sermons for 2024
• Added delayed Study Guide for Romans sermon: "Crushing Satan"
• Updated "My Small Group" section in Acts

v22.2 - Update Current Sermon Series (Sep 4, 2024)

• Update Current Romans Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week) NO CHANGE

v22.1 - Chosen Season 4 & Sermon Series Updates (July 30, 2024)

• The Chosen page was updated to include Season 4
• Exciting: The Chosen page now includes Deep Dive links to The Chosen Sleuth, which breaks down each episode with scripture!
• Update Current Romans Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week) NO CHANGE

v22.0 - Email/Password Authentication (July 23, 2024)

User account authentication has moved from a phone-based SMS text message, to an email/password. This enhancement avoids additional costs imposed by our entry-level cloud service plan.

Migration Process:

Use this process to move your phone-based account to the new email/password account.

Follow these steps completely, so as to not loose any of your data.

NOTE: This procedure assumes you are already signed in to your old phone-based account. This is a valid assumption, since account sign-ins are "long lived".

1. Sign Out of your existing phone-based account.

   • From the User Account section of the Settings page, click the "Sign Out" button.

   • IMPORTANT In the Sign Out confirmation section, make sure to check the "Sync Device Storage from the Cloud (ON Sign-Out)" option.

     This will insure the latest copy of you cloud state is copied to your device storage (i.e. your completions and settings).

2. Sign Up for a new email/password account.

   • Enter the Email and Password you wish to use for your new account.

   • Click the "Sign Up" button.

     NOTE: In creating your new account, our process will copy your device storage to the cloud. Because you "synced" this from your old account (in Step 1), you will not loose any of your data.

   • As always, retain the Email/Password you used for this account (in the same way to do for other accounts).

3. For all other devices that you are using (cell phone, tablet, etc.),

   • Simply "Sign Out" of your old phone-based account,

   • And "Sign In" to your new email/password account.

     NOTE: Here you are using "Sign In" (because you have created this account in Step 2 - which used "Sign Up").

v21.4 - Update Current Sermon Series (May 22, 2024)

• Update Current Romans Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)
• Added "My Small Group" section in Acts

v21.3 - Update Current Sermon Series (May 13, 2024)

• Update Current Romans Series (Sundays)
• Update Current 2 Samuel Series (Mid Week)
• Update Current 1 Kings Series (Mid Week)

v21.2 - Misc (Mar 5, 2024)

• The Chosen refinements:
  • Re-formated the sections of the Overview/Usage and added "Casting Instructions".
  • Added a "crowdfunding" description in Overview.
  • Streamlined the main "Bible App" links for each season.
  • Added devotion day indicators (ex: Devotion-3), making it easier to correlate manually.
  • Devotion-3 of Season 2 has been fixed on the Bible App. Applied this to Episode 4 and added scriptures.
• Added Marriage & Divorce series in Current Events (under Specials).

v21.1 - The Chosen, & more (Feb 27, 2024)

• The Chosen page is now available, that consolidates links for the series/episodes, and devotions!
• Added the new 2024 Romans series (ongoing), and noted the 2009 series has been archived.
• Added Abraham genealogy diagram to Genesis.
• Added the new Genesis Small Group sessions, starting in 03/03/2024.
• Added new Spoken Gospel Overview for Zephaniah.
• Updated the Christmas section with the current 2023 entry, and added "A Charlie Brown Christmas" from 1965.
• Added "The God Delusion Debate" - Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox in the Moral Decay section of Current Events (under Specials).
• Standardized ALL Table-of-Content entries to include Sunday/Mid-Week delineators.
• Added the 1/14/2024 Romans sermon to the LGBTQ section of Current Events.

v21.0 - Device Sync (Feb 21, 2024)

• This is a Major Release that allows you to synchronize your state across all of your devices (laptop, phone, tablet, etc.)! Your state includes both your completions and settings!

  For more information, see the User Account section of the Settings page.

v20.1 - Misc (Dec 22, 2023)

• Minor adjustments to the My Faith page.

v20.0 - Book Completion (Dec 16, 2023)

This is a Major Release that finialized All Books of the Bible! This includes:

• Old Testament books (27): Joshua • Judges • Ruth • 1 Samuel • 2 Samuel • 1 Kings • 2 Kings • 1 Chronicles • 2 Chronicles • Ezra • Nehemiah • Esther • Job • Psalms • Proverbs • Ecclesiastes • Song of Solomon • Isaiah • Ezekiel • Joel • Obadiah • Nahum • Habakkuk • Zephaniah • Haggai • Zechariah • Malachi

• New Testament books (16): Matthew • Ephesians • Philippians • Colossians • 1 Timothy • 2 Timothy • Titus • Philemon • Hebrews • James • 1 Peter • 2 Peter • 1 John • 2 John • 3 John • Jude

Other enhancements include:

• Made YouTube videos responsive to better display on mobile devices.
• Provided a note in the Getting Started page highlighting the blog's Search feature.

v19.0 - Selectable Translations, Book Completions, & more (Dec 5, 2023)

• User Preferences are now supported through the Settings page! Through this resource, you may now:
  • Dynamically specify which Bible Translation you wish to use ... check it out!
• A Completed Checkbox is now available for each book of the Bible, similar to those found in each Sermon Series (check out Where Am I?).
• Created a new End Times page.
• Added Thanksgiving services for 2023.
• Added newly minted Spoken Gospel intros for Jonah & Micah.
• Added "My Small Group" section to the Genesis study.
• Internal Changes:
  • A big part of this release was an internal enhancement that streamlines the maintenance of this blog. We now use Custom Tags (from our new GitBook plugin) that greatly simplifies complex directives. This will set the stage for adding ALL books of the Bible to a future release (stay tuned).
  • Simplified the blog build process (i.e. the 'blog:dev' npm script), executing the gitbook command directly in the npm script, eliminating the FireWithin/buildDocsInDev.js script completely. This also emits better diagnostics (when problems arise).

v18.0 - Lamentations, Current Events & more (Aug 23, 2023)

• Added Lamentations to my Study Guide, done in conjunction with my local Church's Small Group (cooresponding to this time).
• Added My Small Group to the Mark series.
• Added Current Events (under Specials) with the following:
  • Life
  • Election Day Sermons
  • LGBTQ
  • Moral Decay
• Added missing Christmas messages.
• Added the lastest Acts sermon series (from 2023).

v17.0 - Jeremiah (Jun 3, 2023)

• Added Jeremiah to my Study Guide, done in conjunction with my local Church's Small Group (cooresponding to this time).
• Fixed ALL scripture links (YouVersion URL parms have changed).
• Added Easter Speical Events.

v16.0 - Complete the Torah (Mar 1, 2023)

• Added the remaining books of the Tora (the Old Testament Law of Moses):
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy
• Completed the John series.
• Enumerate ALL books in Old/New Testament (delineated with asterisk for TODO).

v15.1 - Misc (Dec 8, 2022)

• Refined My Faith section.

v15.0 - Misc (Dec 2, 2022)

• Added Current Events to my Study Guide.
• Added "My Small Group" section to the John study.

v14.0 - John (Nov 30, 2022)

• Added John to my Study Guide.

  This was done in conjunction with my local Church's Small Group (cooresponding to this time).

v13.0 - Exodus (Nov 24, 2022)

• Added Exodus to my Study Guide.

  God rescues Israel from slavery and initiates a covenant with them, promising to dwell among them

v12.0 - Specials (Nov 23, 2022)

• Added Specials to my Study Guide (Thanksgiving, Christmas).

  Merry Christmas!

v11.0 - Minor Prophets (Oct 25, 2022)

• Added the Minor Prophets to my Study Guide (Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Micah).

  This was done in conjunction with my local Church's Small Group (cooresponding to this time).

v10.0 - Genesis (Aug 17, 2022)

• Added Genesis to my Study Guide.

  Let's go back to the beginning!

v9.0 - Galatians (May 3, 2022)

• Added Galatians to my Study Guide.

  In visiting our daughter's family on the east coast, their Church is currently studying Galatians :-)

v8.0 - Romans (Apr 30, 2022)

• Added Romans to my Study Guide.

  Resa requested Romans because I reference it so much in the My Faith section ... duhhh you got me!

v7.0 - Corinthians (Mar 28, 2022)

• Added 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians to my Study Guide.

  This was done in conjunction with my local Church's Small Group (cooresponding to this time).

v6.0 - Thessalonians (Mar 6, 2022)

• Added 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians to my Study Guide.

  This was done in conjunction with my local Church's Small Group (cooresponding to this time).

v5.0 - Daniel (Jan 23, 2022)

• Added Daniel to my Study Guide.

  This was done in conjunction with my local Church's Small Group (cooresponding to this time).

v4.0 - Mark (Jan 9, 2022)

• Added Mark to my Study Guide.

  This was done in conjunction with my local Church's study of Mark (cooresponding to this time).

v3.0 - Acts (Oct 4, 2021)

• Added Acts to my Study Guide.

  Acts seemed like the next logical progression from my study of Luke (both authored by Luke).

v2.0 - Luke (Aug 1, 2021)

• Added Luke to my Study Guide.

  Cornerstone Chapel started a new series on Luke (cooresponding to this time).

v1.0 - Revelation (Nov 15, 2020)

This is where it all began ... my initial release

• Added Revelation to my Study Guide.

  Believe it or not, this is the first book I studied during the initial stages of my renewed faith. It's not exactly where things begin, but it certainly is where the things of this world will end!

  The current state of our world made me realize that something was not right. Everything seemed upside down. This caused me to start thinking about end times (prompted by my previous Church background, and the prodding of the Holy Spirit)!

  If you had told me a few years ago, that I was interested in Revelation, I would have laughed :-) It is so symbolic and elusive. This is one topic where assistance is most appreciated (from a trusted source). Luckily Pastor Gary Hamrick (from Cornerstone Chapel) made this difficult book come alive ... try it you'll like it!