Change Log

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• Added labeled rectangle advertisements between reading sections, across the Scripture library, Codex, preacher archives, sermon pages, historical works and study pages.
• Added Support Us beside Account and a $5/month Pro subscription for ad-free reading while signed in. API plans remain separate.
• Added 93 original, source-linked study-note pages: all 65 additional Charles H. Spurgeon entries, 14 John Wesley sermons, and 14 Jonathan Edwards sermons.
• Published 176 additional contemporary sermon-note pages across the contemporary preacher archive, based on full sermon recordings, captions, and locally generated transcriptions, with Scripture references, practical study, and discussion questions.
• Short readings have one ad placement; longer readings have two, with additional spaced placements in large indexes.

Reader Reliability

• Removed the simplified reader response that could hide study tools and saved progress on first load. Complete guest reading pages now come from a bounded cache, and chapter navigation has a reserved browser lane during heavy crawler traffic.
• Corrected reader cache accounting and reclaimed expired pages. Chapter navigation now uses the existing library index instead of repeating costly edition and book availability queries.
• Checked reader and library layouts at phone, tablet and desktop widths, including the book drawer and mobile navigation.

Codex and Study Guides

• Expanded all 30 existing Codex articles and added nine more. The collection now has 16 denomination profiles, 12 belief topics and 11 Christian history entries, with longer explanations and source links.
• Set longer guide sections as readable paragraphs and rewrote the guide note at the bottom of the Resources page.

Preacher Expansion

• Added 155 source-linked sermon and teaching entries across the existing preachers and new historical collections for John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards. Charles H. Spurgeon gained 40 more source links, bringing his archive to 84 entries.
• The new listings lead to credited publisher or archive pages. They do not claim to provide transcripts or study notes where those have not been prepared.

Preacher Expansion

• Added 25 Charles H. Spurgeon sermons from The Spurgeon Library, bringing his archive to 44. The original 19 Talks to Farmers sermons still have full text and study notes here.
• Added 89 recordings across the nine contemporary preachers, with links to the ministries’ own pages. Damon Thompson’s listings grew from 15 to 30, and Charles Metcalf’s from 3 to 15. Francis Chan, Mike Todd, Philip Anthony Mitchell, Sarah Jakes Roberts, Steven Furtick, T.D. Jakes, and Touré Roberts gained recordings too.
• The new recording pages list the publisher and date. They link to the original audio or video; transcripts and Spirit Nation study notes have not been added for these recordings.

Historical Works

• Opened a Historical Works reader with source credits and reading pages for Spurgeon, Matthew Henry, and John Bunyan.
• Added all 732 readings from Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening, Henry’s six-volume Commentary on the Whole Bible, and both parts of Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress.
• Added volumes one and two of Spurgeon’s The Treasury of David, covering Psalms 1–57. A link to the complete public-domain source points readers to the remaining Psalms.

Added Codex and Navigation Changes

• Opened the Codex with church profiles, belief topics, and Christian history. It now has 13 denominations, nine belief topics, and eight history entries. The articles link to church statements or historical sources.
• Put Codex in the main menu and grouped the other links under Library, Study, More, and Account. Adjusted the menu for smaller screens.
• Added the new Codex, Historical Works, and sermon pages to the page sitemap.

Bug Fixes and Reconciliations

• Cleaned up the reader’s book list with collapsible groups, clearer chapter and page counts, and a separate scroll area on desktop.
• Checked edition availability across the library, including all four books of Maccabees. The version menu shows only editions with text for the selected book.
• Updated the backup reading view to use Spirit Nation’s layout, navigation and book list, including books opened from Collections.
• Fixed the Collections search controls and clarified the purpose of Scripture, Translations and Collections.
• Cleaned up the October 16–19 change logs, removed repeated notes, and added the missing edition names.
• Updated API book responses and documentation for the expanded library, including books arranged by printed pages.
• Checked mobile layouts, fixed narrow-screen login and registration forms, and tested account registration and login.
• Added five more sermons each for Damon Thompson, Philip Anthony Mitchell and Steven Furtick from their official sources.

Preacher Expansion

• Rewrote the archive introduction and added a short message summary to every sermon listing.
• Added the missing study notes to all 15 recent sermons, including the two January messages from Philip Anthony Mitchell. Each new set of notes identifies the source material used.
• Added T.D. Jakes, Sarah Jakes Roberts, Touré Roberts, Mike Todd, Charles Metcalf and Francis Chan, with three sermons and study notes for each.
• Separated Contemporary Sermons and Historical Sermons on the Preachers page.
• Added Charles H. Spurgeon with the 19 sermons in the 1889 edition of Talks to Farmers: full historical texts, separate summaries and study notes, source credits, edition details and free text downloads.
• Added archive search, historical topic filters, links from sermons to their Bible passages, and links from matching Scripture chapters to the Spurgeon collection.
• Checked every notes page and historical text download, and tested the new pages at phone, tablet and desktop widths.

Library Browsing

• Added all seven book groups to the homepage and reader navigation.
• Linked each book to an edition that contains it and corrected the first-page links and reading counts.
• Added Book Source beside the reading tools, with edition details kept outside the passage.
• Corrected edition switching where one edition uses chapters and another uses printed pages.

Mobile Layout

• Adjusted the homepage, collections, translation pages, reader and change log for smaller screens.
• Made reading controls and touch targets larger, and added links to jump between collection groups.
• Adjusted cards, menus and long titles to fit phone screens.

Library Expansion

• Expanded the library with more Bible translations, Apocrypha, Enoch and other early writings. The dated lists below include the editions added from October 16 through 18.
• Added Reading Mode, improved chapter navigation, and added book-title search in Collections.
• Added historical editions of the Apostolic Fathers and Josephus, along with works such as Ahikar, Jubilees, the Testaments, the Odes of Solomon and Philo.
• Added licensed LSV and Boyd reading editions with their source credits and license notices.
• Corrected transcription and formatting issues in several editions. Source page numbers, fragments and separate witnesses are identified on the edition pages.
• Added a backup reading view so passages remain available when the full reader is busy.

• Increased the Scripture and comparison allowance so readers are interrupted less often.
• Fixed a repeating redirect between verse URLs and study links that could interrupt normal reading with a rate-limit error.
• Browser requests that reach a real traffic limit now receive a readable retry page with the passage address preserved. Existing abuse limits remain in place.
• Added the World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon, 2020 stable text: 81 books and 38,029 verses, including its separate Daniel Greek text.
• Added Open English Bible Commonwealth Spelling, release 2025.6: 44 books and 13,894 verses. This is a partial Bible containing the New Testament, Psalms, and selected Old Testament books.
• Cleaned up stray formatting marks in Scripture without changing the stored verses.
• Kept the selected verse when moving between reading, comparison, and source study, with a direct route back to reading.
• Replaced the long comparison checklist with compact translation menus, including two optional slots.
• Updated source coverage descriptions to show the imported text and where word analysis still needs review.
• Verified publisher public-domain rights, retained edition names and source information, and preserved all existing verse identifiers, Scripture text, saved passages, and reading history.

• Expanded the public-domain library with the Berean Standard Bible, Majority Standard Bible, and Isaac Leeser Tanakh.
• Fixed inconsistencies and gaps in the existing catalog:
  • Restored complete chapter 1–16 reading for KJV and Revised Version Esther with the Greek additions.
  • Restored Brenton Proverbs chapters 30–31 from Brenton's own source text.
  • Added the source-backed Psalm 151 and 4 Maccabees texts that were present in installed editions but missing from the catalog.
  • Checked every Apocrypha title against its installed source, including the complete single-chapter works.
  • Verified that every published book begins at chapter 1 and has uninterrupted source-backed chapter coverage.
• Refreshed every installed edition from the newest official public-domain source package while preserving saved verses, notes, and reading history.
• Made the Scripture reader remember the last passage; added Reset, Reading Tools, Focus Reading, and a mobile book drawer; and tightened chapter navigation for smaller screens.
• Reduced repeated database work on the home page and reader, and made busy browser requests wait briefly for capacity instead of immediately showing a temporary error.
• Refreshed the home page and API catalog for the expanded library, with cleaner spacing and a clearer path to every translation.

• Preacher archive, sermon notes, and reading tools.
• Added detailed sermon walkthroughs and broader belief-system profiles for Damon Thompson, Steven Furtick, and Philip Anthony Mitchell.
• Added five more verified public-domain editions to the Scripture library.
• Overhauled the API and added paid access, with account-based plans, Stripe checkout, and API keys available after payment.

• SEO, search, and reading cleanup.
• Made search results and several Scripture study pages easier to use.

• Spirit Nation went live with the first version of the Scripture reader.