Blazing Bright Ministries at Fairhaven Bible Chapel

 

 

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          This ministry is being launched to assist primarily brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ, who have experienced vision loss to the degree they are unable to access print material visually.  If you or someone you know is unable to read standard print material, it may be a sign of a visual impairment.  A visual impairment is an eye difficulty which cannot be corrected by glasses or contact lenses.  If you are able to read only the bold print on the newspaper without magnification, you may be eligible to down load books in alternative format.  It is strongly advised to see your eye Doctor or a low vision specialist.        

 

          This site will make available Christian Bible Teaching and Training materials.  Books by William MacDonald,  Jean Gibson, and others.  These men of God have challenged, inspired and motivated my life to be a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.    The books found on this site are intended to be used in an alternative format.  What is alternative format?  It is a book which has been prepared to be read in Braille, or listened to on a recorded media.  Many people may be familiar with the Library of Congress and their Talking Book Service where one could borrow books on tape for free if they have a certified print disability.  The media, or format, is now changing to a digital format.  The books are now being produced and listened to on such devices as the Victor Stream, or other scan read programs such as Openbook or Kurzweil Reading products.  This free membership website is available to obtain these materials if you are a legal qualified member.  Who is or can be a legal qualified member?   Anyone who produces genuine verification of a reading impairment and who agrees to abide by the legal regulations, guidelines and principles of having the privilege of obtaining books that you can read and study.  You may not share these digital files which are designed to play on your own device.  Most are copyright protected and therefore are subject to all of the restrictions under the Electronic Equal Access Laws of the United States of America and the International Laws pertaining to books produced for the blind and visually impaired and those with reading recognized disabilities.  By registering and becoming qualified with Blazing Bright Ministries, you agree to honor these restrictions and thus you will honor the Lord Jesus Christ.  You agree to preserve the intellectual property and integrity of the authors and prospective copyright holders.  You agree to use any software or down load tools and zip files, digital files, Braille formatted files, (Link to Braille formatted files).   Braille files (*.BRF) may be read on electronic Braille Displays or portable note takers.  They may be very useful to use while teaching or preaching.  If you are a Braille Reader, and are not familiar with Braille Displays and Devices, check out the (Link on Braille Reading Devices at http://www.LOC.gov

 

Educational Textbooks in digital format may be found at http://www.rfbd.org (R, Sterling Adaptives.com, and other sites). You may find Humanware Victor Stream a very useful tool.  It weighs 1.4 pounds and will use an SD Card to store many books.  For example, the Bible is available in several versions in a digital file which can be listened to with various levels of navigation to read and study.  Book Marks may be placed at desired locations to find references. Those of you who are physically blind and read Braille using these tools and techniques will be blessed and edified by having access to these precious and valuable tools.  

 

Is this legal?  Yes this is a bona fide legal and standard format used by the blind and visually impaired.  Special watermarks are embedded into the files you down load and must correspond with your registered device.  Another method may be used with the Eclipse Reader/Writer to read the books.  More information about reading software and devices is available at the indicated link. 

 

NOTE: Blazing Bright Ministries does not sell any software or hardware reading devices.  Blazing Bright Ministries will share helpful links to various resources.  We may also list or give an impartial commentary (Link to down load and listening products)

 

William MacDonald (Link to books by William MacDonald Books by William MacDonald in Alternative Format 

William MacDonald (Link to books by William MacDonald in Open Book Format Books by William MacDonald in Open Book Format 

 

Link to Emmaus Bible Courses in Arabic www.lifeismore.net

Jean Gibson (Link to books and training courses by Jean Gibson)

Jean Gibson Materials in Braille (Link to Braille Fair Haven Bible Chapel Courses)

Jim McCarthy: (Link to books by Jim McCarthy)

Links to Aurora Bible ministries http://www.audiobiblesfortheblind.org/

 

Blind Bartimaeus, (Link to Blind Bartimaeus) http://bartimaeus.us/

Spanish Ministry for the Blind located in Spain: (Link to Nueva Luz)

Various Evangelistic Authors, Public Domain books and materials

(Links to other resources)  Bible Gate Way - Find the Bible in various translations and languages.

http://www.Biblegateway.com/

 

 

Are you a believer?  (Links to discussion of what does the Bible mean?)       

 

How can you let others know? 

 

Who should you tell about this site? (Link to discussion on people beginning to lose their sight from any of the following reasons; Macular Degeneration, (What is it/), Diabetic Retinopathy: (What is it?), Cataracts: (What are they?), Glaucoma: (What is it?) Optic Nerve Atrophy: (What is it?)  There are many other causes of blindness or vision loss including accidents, gunshots, poor drinking water or any type of genetic condition which may give you a propensity to vision loss.   

 

This shall be a nonprofit 501C Ministry to provide a service which is wide reaching. 

About the Webmaster: (Link to Mission Statement and the testimony of Servants of the Lord

Others have assisted and encouraged us along.

 

Do you need to be a Christian to down load books from this site?

 

What is a Christian? 

There are some wonderful books in this collection which will explain far better than I could in this introduction.  That statement may mean a lot of different things for many people. 

Bear with me as this site is developing while the books are prepared in a proper format. 

Blazing Brightly in His Name,

 

 

 

(First Draft to be edited and formatted in consultation with several brothers) 

Revised  Monday June 9, 2009