Wow, he wrote a lot of notes. Thank you for sharing this! I hope you go on more adventures for those of us who are overseas. Prayers and blessings from the Fiji Islands 🇫🇯
Thanks, Greg. I’ve been extremely impressed by obsidian. I only wish it was a bit more connected to other web services (like Readwise) but I’ll take its use of plain text over webhooks!
Thanks for this. Great food for thought. I am trying to do something similar with Roam. I am 100% digital and use my iPad and iPhone for Bible reading and notes. I take notes by hand with Goodnotes and am starting to add those to Roam (and Evernote) and will type up a summary of the handwritten notes. The handwriting conversion to text works well and makes the text entry quick.
The ESV Single Column journaling bible sounds perfect for you! I have a small ESV journaling bible that I adore, but I also have the ESV interleaved edition that I am absolutely in love with. It's a little harder to find options like that in the NASB, at least here in the US.
Thanks for sharing. I'm not certain but I think the ESV, NIV and NLT have the most variants due to the publishers but there are certainly some great NASB options. SINCE making this video I've picked up a verse by verse ESV preaching Bible and I am a real fan of the ESV translation, it's probably the most popular translation in our church and for good reason! Thanks for the recommendation! (P.s. getting an NASB is even harder in the UK/Europe. I don't think there is an anglicanised version of the NASB...it is the new *American* standard bible after all!)
Thanks. I got a lot of good ideas. One request : you are a personable guy but I can barely see text on the monitor when you split the screen between you talking and the monitor. I have to move closer to my screen and squint.
Sorry about that, I hadn't consider that when I made the video but it's a good point. I've tended to have smaller talking head parts in future videos but I'll make sure I bear this in mind if/when I make another. Especially if the point is to show the text 🤦♂️ Thanks for the feedback.
I wonder if it's necessarily more useful to color-code by THEME, or if it might work well to color-code by the TYPE of note? For instance, original language notes in green, "links" to your notebook in blue, etc.
I know many people who use this system of notes and I can certainly see value in it. In reality, I've gone back to mostly just using black ink in my paper notebook but tag and link notes in my digital system.
Thanks for this, Chris. Question - how did you get the Isaiah text into Obsidian? Did you copy/paste or do you just input it when you need it? I can't imagine copying/pasting all of Scripture! :)
Thanks for the tips - very helpful to a fairly new Obsidian user. I was left wondering though - are your paper & digital systems completely separate, or do you have some system for moving some of your analog notes into Obsidian? I'm imagining working away in my digital system and remembering that I previously wrote some notes relevant to my current study. I search on some keywords but can't find it... because it's tucked away in my paper notes. Have you figured out a way to integrate the two systems so that you retain the benefits of the paper system but don't wall those notes off from the digital system?
For sketchnotes and similar notes, I use a scanning app to make a pdf and then import that and adds links that way. For other notes, I take the time to rewrite or summarise and use that as part of the refining and clarifying. There are some scanning apps that can OCR text (swiftscan is the one I tend to use) so you could use one of them to import just the text. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the words of encouragement Mike. I’ve been exploring logos more and I’m reevaluating how i should use it. The way that notes can link to verses is far more natural than obsidians referencing system and it certainly helps with sermon writing. I hope I can share something when I’ve worked it out. I’ve also had a few conversations with Jason from logos-daily.com and I can recommend his resources.
Mine is integrated with the rest of my notes, there can be some interesting overlap such as notes on marketing and how they support or go against how we should communicate the gospel/live.
@@chrisjwilson Thanks! That's been my experience, too -- there's a lot of overlap. So I kinda can't image separating them. But then I think about the sheer VOLUME, and...phew! lol
If you're working with Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic, and have that kind of facility with the languages, why not eschew formal equivalence translations and opt for something even more dynamic than the NET like the NLT or NIV? You'll have a lot more options for the physical Bible you use
That is an option and since making the video I’ve been looking at NLT Bibles so your suggestion isn’t unwarranted but my reasoning is simple; as I continue to get familiar with Greek and Hebrew, I want a translation that reminds me of those languages. Of course there are limits and issues with this idea like syntax differences but choosing something dynamic would add greater separation.
I do. I’ve actually changed my set up slightly after I found this post & video from Joschua over on the obsidian forums. His kit includes the scripture (WEB translation) and he has instructions on how to automatically download other translations forum.obsidian.md/t/bible-study-in-obsidian-kit-including-the-bible-in-markdown/12503
Wow, he wrote a lot of notes. Thank you for sharing this! I hope you go on more adventures for those of us who are overseas. Prayers and blessings from the Fiji Islands 🇫🇯
For new viewers not familiar with the app, Obsidian does have mobile versions now.
My goodness me! I didn’t even realise this was so long ago that they’ve been out for ages now! Thanks for informing people.
Thank you, Chris, I really like your approach. I too use obsidian for personal knowledge management as well as Bible Study. All the best!
Thanks, Greg. I’ve been extremely impressed by obsidian. I only wish it was a bit more connected to other web services (like Readwise) but I’ll take its use of plain text over webhooks!
Versions of Obsidian are available now in the App stores for phones and tablets.
It’s true. A decent amount has changed in two years.
Thanks for this. Great food for thought. I am trying to do something similar with Roam. I am 100% digital and use my iPad and iPhone for Bible reading and notes. I take notes by hand with Goodnotes and am starting to add those to Roam (and Evernote) and will type up a summary of the handwritten notes. The handwriting conversion to text works well and makes the text entry quick.
The ESV Single Column journaling bible sounds perfect for you! I have a small ESV journaling bible that I adore, but I also have the ESV interleaved edition that I am absolutely in love with. It's a little harder to find options like that in the NASB, at least here in the US.
The single-column has lines too, but they're light and you can ignore them.
Thanks for sharing. I'm not certain but I think the ESV, NIV and NLT have the most variants due to the publishers but there are certainly some great NASB options. SINCE making this video I've picked up a verse by verse ESV preaching Bible and I am a real fan of the ESV translation, it's probably the most popular translation in our church and for good reason! Thanks for the recommendation!
(P.s. getting an NASB is even harder in the UK/Europe. I don't think there is an anglicanised version of the NASB...it is the new *American* standard bible after all!)
Thanks. I got a lot of good ideas. One request : you are a personable guy but I can barely see text on the monitor when you split the screen between you talking and the monitor. I have to move closer to my screen and squint.
Sorry about that, I hadn't consider that when I made the video but it's a good point. I've tended to have smaller talking head parts in future videos but I'll make sure I bear this in mind if/when I make another. Especially if the point is to show the text 🤦♂️ Thanks for the feedback.
I wonder if it's necessarily more useful to color-code by THEME, or if it might work well to color-code by the TYPE of note? For instance, original language notes in green, "links" to your notebook in blue, etc.
I know many people who use this system of notes and I can certainly see value in it. In reality, I've gone back to mostly just using black ink in my paper notebook but tag and link notes in my digital system.
Thanks for this, Chris. Question - how did you get the Isaiah text into Obsidian? Did you copy/paste or do you just input it when you need it? I can't imagine copying/pasting all of Scripture! :)
Hope you win many more subscribers
Thanks for the tips - very helpful to a fairly new Obsidian user. I was left wondering though - are your paper & digital systems completely separate, or do you have some system for moving some of your analog notes into Obsidian? I'm imagining working away in my digital system and remembering that I previously wrote some notes relevant to my current study. I search on some keywords but can't find it... because it's tucked away in my paper notes. Have you figured out a way to integrate the two systems so that you retain the benefits of the paper system but don't wall those notes off from the digital system?
For sketchnotes and similar notes, I use a scanning app to make a pdf and then import that and adds links that way. For other notes, I take the time to rewrite or summarise and use that as part of the refining and clarifying. There are some scanning apps that can OCR text (swiftscan is the one I tend to use) so you could use one of them to import just the text. Hope that helps.
I like NASB too
I never really came across it growing up but that was possibly due to growing up in the UK but it's certainly growing on me.
Thank you for these great ideas. I’m just learning Logos. MikeinMinnesota
Thanks for the words of encouragement Mike. I’ve been exploring logos more and I’m reevaluating how i should use it. The way that notes can link to verses is far more natural than obsidians referencing system and it certainly helps with sermon writing. I hope I can share something when I’ve worked it out. I’ve also had a few conversations with Jason from logos-daily.com and I can recommend his resources.
Is your Bible database its own dedicated database, or is it integrated with just general notes?
Mine is integrated with the rest of my notes, there can be some interesting overlap such as notes on marketing and how they support or go against how we should communicate the gospel/live.
@@chrisjwilson Thanks! That's been my experience, too -- there's a lot of overlap. So I kinda can't image separating them. But then I think about the sheer VOLUME, and...phew! lol
I am doing the same with other children's books. Very useful. Thanks.
If you're working with Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic, and have that kind of facility with the languages, why not eschew formal equivalence translations and opt for something even more dynamic than the NET like the NLT or NIV? You'll have a lot more options for the physical Bible you use
That is an option and since making the video I’ve been looking at NLT Bibles so your suggestion isn’t unwarranted but my reasoning is simple; as I continue to get familiar with Greek and Hebrew, I want a translation that reminds me of those languages. Of course there are limits and issues with this idea like syntax differences but choosing something dynamic would add greater separation.
Do you have a soft copy of the entire Bible in your Obsidian app? (I noticed you had the entire Isaiah 7). If yes, how did you do it?
I do. I’ve actually changed my set up slightly after I found this post & video from Joschua over on the obsidian forums. His kit includes the scripture (WEB translation) and he has instructions on how to automatically download other translations forum.obsidian.md/t/bible-study-in-obsidian-kit-including-the-bible-in-markdown/12503
@@chrisjwilson thanks. I'll check it out.
No problem. I hope you find it useful.