I wanted to report what I have discovered thus far on the Christian text 
website Dory mentioned the other day called Optasia Ministry.

http://www.optasiaministry.org/

I have literally wanted to be able to read the Amplified Bible for study 
purposes since I was a teenager.  I looked for years, once I got a computer, 
and kept my ears opened for one, to, but until Dory mentioned Tom's website 
and all the Christian text books and files he has, I always came up empty 
handed.  Now not only did I get an RTF version of the Amplified Bible for my 
hard drive, but Tom sent me a more usable version made for the Victor 
Stream.

My favorite inspired writing of the four Gospel has always been John's 
Gospel.  Once, when I was in my early twenties, I literally memorized the 
entire Gospel.  As you likely already know, the first chapter alone is 
filled with so much doctrine and theology, you could write a dozen volumes 
on the information found there and still not cover everything.  so, once I 
got the RTF and the HTML victor stream versions, I put them to good use and 
the first chapter I took time to read of the whole Bible was John Chapter 
One.  In the first dozen verses or so, I gained some spiritual insight I had 
never really considered before and you are reading a message by someone who 
dogmatically looks up nearly every word he comes across in the Bible, Old 
and New Testaments alike, and likewise spends hours cross referencing 
passages to get the fullest understanding of the word usage as possible. 
This is the nature of the Amplified Bible in the first place.  So the 
results of the website have helped me a great deal right off the bat.  I 
found the website a dream for the serious Bible student.  The word Optasia, 
according to the website, biblically means vision or dream.

I'm not in any way suggesting I agree with everything I find to read on the 
website but that's my bias related to every Christian website, except for my 
own, grin, I log on to.  Anyhow, thought you might like to hear another 
suggestive opinion.

Phil.

Satan Has A God Complex
www.SafePlaceFellowship.com