[sword-devel] generalized bible converter

[Aaron Rainbolt]

Did some digging, I think I found it.

https://lingtransoft.info/apps/simple-bible-reader-converter points to
a download link of
http://www.churchsw.org/2013/02/simple-bible-reader-converter.html.
That goes nowhere, however plugging it into archive.org
(https://web.archive.org/web/20160304164238/http://www.churchsw.org/2013/02/simple-bible-reader-converter.html)
reveals a screenshot of the software, and a link to another website
called http://www.trumpet-call.com/. That "trumpet call" website is
currently domain-squatted, but a similarly named website exists at
https://trumpet-call.org, which offers an application at
https://trumpet-call.org/simplebiblereader/ that looks very, very
similar to the application shown on the original site (it appears to
be an updated version). Both an EXE and source code are available,
both of which I downloaded. I also told the Internet Archive to save
the .exe and the .zip file of source code, so they should now be
accessible from
https://web.archive.org/web/20251208155702/https://trumpet-call.org/simplebiblereader/.

Obviously there is no guarantee the program (or even the source code)
are malware-free, so probably this should only be used in virtual
machines, unless someone wants to read through the source code and
build it from source. Also note that
https://trumpet-call.org/2025/05/19/simple-bible-reader-retired/
mentions that the software was retired in 2025, and that other
alternatives are available.

(This should not be taken as an endorsement of any doctrine taught on
trumpet-call.org. Indeed, I would go as far as to label some of the
content heretical; the first blog post displayed there is "Paul is the
Antichrist"...)

--
Aaron

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM Karl Kleinpaste <karl at kleinpaste.org> wrote:
>
> A while back, someone mentioned Simple Bible Reader Converter to me. I lost track of the thought until this morning. Unfortunately, the download link (at www.churchsw.org) is dead. Does anyone know anything further about this?
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