Apps For A Christ-Centered Christmas
For Christians, Christmas is a season of joy to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It is a time to reflect on the miracles that surrounded the nativity and to be thankful. We have searched the AppStore and selected some Apps that celebrate the season, yet keep Jesus at the heart of the celebration!
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The Journey Advent Calendar
by Abingdon Press
The excitement of Christmas begins with the Advent Season. The four Sundays before Christmas day are spent anticipating the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. For children, the advent calendar is a special tradition in which each day brings a new surprise. The Journey Advent Calendar will delight children of all ages. Each day a beautiful little video reveals the events leading up to the birth of Christ and a new game is unlocked. Games include memory, coloring books, dot to dot, puzzles and much more. The Journey also allows children to make beautiful eCards to send out to friends and family. It also has a Bible quiz to challenge them.
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Advent08
by iHabitus.com
While children play games and watch videos to mark Advent, this is a time for adults to reflect and pray. Advent08 is a beautiful Advent calendar decorated with art from the old masters. This easy to navigate app features a daily devotion complete with meditation, scripture and prayers. Though the app itself was made for the year 2008, it is still fully functional for 2011.
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Christian Radio
by Permeative Technologies Pvt Ltd
Advent has officially started! Bring joy into your season with music from Christian Radio. With the ability to pause and rewind, this app can adapt to your busy life so you will not miss a thing. It includes several Christian radio stations and has the ability to add your own favorites as well.
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My Nativity Scene
by Life's Good Entertainment
While you are enjoying your Christmas podcasts and music with Christian Radio, keep the kids entertained creating their own nativity! My Nativity Scene is a drag and drop creative app with over 60 characters and items to use to make your own personal nativity scene. You can choose backdrops that are daytime or night, indoors or outdoors. The finished nativity can be sent as an eCard to friends and family with just one click. Also it has a clever picture taking button that first hides all the palettes then snaps a picture and adds it to your camera roll.
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Bible Battle Trivia
by Ingenious Technology
Perhaps your kids are older and more into competition. Do they think they know the bible? How about putting that knowledge to the test? Bible Battle Trivia pits you against one or more players and asks Bible questions that will challenge what you know! Designed for teens to adults, Bible Battle Trivia can be addictive!
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nativityclothespin
by Sarah Boone
How about a seasonal project! Do you love to make crafts? Why not make your own Nativity out of clothespins? This clever app shows how to create your own manger scene complete with animals, kings, and the holy family. Perhaps it would make a fun family project which produces a family heirloom!
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Nativity DLX
by Poets Mobile
While creating your clothespin Nativity learn more about each character with Nativity DLX. This app, which attempts a 3-D interface with minor success, is designed to give information about all the living beings present when the Christ child was born. From the cow to the infant Jesus, a description backed in scripture appears with a simple tap. A pleasant voice reads the text, describing the significance and biblical history of each.
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Texts From Jesus - FREE
by Catloaf Software LLC
During the busy holiday season it is easy to get off spiritual track. Start off your holiday mornings getting a quote from scripture right on your iDevice. This clever app updates daily and favorites can be tweeted or posted on FaceBook from right within the app. The free version is ad supported. If you enjoy Texts From Jesus, you can support the app and remove the ads with a 99 cent in-app purchase.
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Paint It Bible
by Cobra Mobile Limited
While you are reflecting on your morning text message you will need to distract the kids. Are they into coloring? Paint it Bible is a fun app that has coloring pages depicting some of the most popular stories in the bible. It opens with a palette of primary colors but several more color selections are available by pressing the button on the lower right. You can even create your own favorites palette in the settings! This app kept my daughter so entertained that she was late for school while testing it. It would be perfect for travel entertainment.
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Nativity HD
by Will Burgers
Are your kids older and beyond coloring? Do you love to work jigsaws? You will love this collection of 16 nativity scene puzzles. Challenging and fun, each is timed so that you can revisit the puzzle later and try to beat your old time. This is a great way to pass the time during the holidays while appreciating the beautiful artwork that celebrates the birth of Jesus!
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Parent Cue
by The reThink Group
Puzzles, games and fun aside, the holidays are a wonderful time to teach your children through example and interaction. Discussing virtues is an important part of raising responsible Christian children. Parent Cue is here to help you with topics to discuss at dinner, videos and more for the car and activities that help nurture their faith. The topic changes monthly, and the topic this month is, appropriately, generosity.
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Children's Bible Daily Prayer
by Barcelona Multimedia
Another way to interact with your children is to join them in prayer. Help your children find deeper meaning behind the Christmas story using the Children's Bible Daily Prayer app. Set up like flashcards, each asks a question on one side that inspires discussion such as "How did Mary feel when she said these words?" On the back of the card is a related scripture such as Luke 1:46 "Mary said, My heart praises the Lord." This app brings the bible to life by encouraging the children to imagine what it would be like and describe their opinion. This app has a well-deserved 5 star rating.
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PocketBible
by Laridian
On the night before Christmas it is a common tradition to read the story of the holy birth from the book of Luke in the Bible. PocketBible allows you to easily retrieve and recite the story right from your iPhone. Included is the King James Version of the Bible and after registration you may choose from many other bibles to download, many of which are free as well. Double- tapping will allow you to zoom the text and all bibles are complete without the need for a wifi connection. If your family loves to read the biblical version of the story of Jesus' birth, PocketBible is a fantastic app!
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Children's Bible Stories (Full NT - The Nativity, The Birth of John, The Baptism of Jesus, Loaves & Fishes, The Ten Lepers, The Man with Palsy, The Good Samaritan, Walking on Water, The Atonement, The Resurrection)
by ASP Media
If you have children, then perhaps they could share the honor of reading the story of the nativity for the family. Children's Bible Stories (Full NT - The Nativity, The Birth of John, The Baptism of Jesus, Loaves & Fishes, The Ten Lepers, The Man with Palsy, The Good Samaritan, Walking on Water, The Atonement, The Resurrection) is a wonderfully written app for teaching kids bible stories. Nicely illustrated and worded for young minds, this app will ring home the true blessing of the birth of Jesus in an easy to read format.
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