Lamp

Lamp · All your preparation, together

Bible study & sermon preparation for preachers and pastors.

Lamp brings it all together: read and compare the Bible, study the original words, keep notes, pray with your people, write and present sermons, and plan a year of preaching.

Free forever
Try Lamp for free How it works

Free forever. Lamp is a ministry, not a business: no ads, and nothing to pay to use it. A few optional extras ask for your support (a donation for Lamp Video Notes, a small monthly gift for the grammar assistant, currently in beta), which keeps Lamp running and helps print gospel tracts. Why Lamp is free

Your study is private. Sharing is your choice.

Who it is for

For you, and the people you serve.

Bible teachers & study groups

Build Bible studies, gather them into collections and share with your group.

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Everyone who reads with them

Read the Bible, keep notes, practise memory verses and pray together.

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A connected rhythm

From the study to the pulpit.

One place for the whole journey, from the passage you read to the message you share.

  1. Read

    Compare Bible versions, search Scripture and explore the original words with Strong’s.

  2. Reflect

    Keep verse notes, practise memory verses and pray with your people in a shared prayer journal.

  3. Prepare

    Bring your reflections into Bible studies and sermons, with preaching plans to guide the year.

  4. Present & share

    Present live slides, share sermon audio and choose who can open your studies and sermons.

Learn by heart

Learn Scripture by playing.

Read a verse, uncover the missing words and try it from memory, with a little practice each day.

Fill in the blanks

Start with Read, then let words disappear. Use Show more or Hide more to find your next challenge.

Type it from memory

Type the passage, check what you remembered and try again. Every attempt is another way to learn.

Keep your streak

Practise day after day to build your streak. Spaced review brings verses back when they are due.

Play together

Share a memory topic with your family or group. Each person practises their own copy; the topic owner follows their progress and streak.

Memorise the sermon text together with your church.

What you can do

Space for every part of your study.

Tools for personal reflection and the work you share with others.

Read & study

Compare four Bible versions

Read up to four Bible versions side by side, with your licensed versions kept private to your account.

Explore the original words

Follow Strong’s definitions and references to understand the words behind the text.

Search & ask a question

Ask who, why, how, where, when, yes-or-no and word-meaning questions in English and Dutch, even with typos. Ask answers with Bible verses, with no AI.

Reflect & remember

Highlight the words that matter

Highlight specific words in a colour, add a note to your highlight and keep verse notes alongside your reading.

A verse for today

Return to the verse of the day for a moment of Scripture in your daily rhythm.

Make Scripture familiar

Practise memory verses with spaced review and organise them into memory topics you can share.

Try the memory game

Pray together

Keep a prayer journal

Keep prayers private or share them with chosen people, and record answered prayers as you go.

Stay beside one another

Encourage each other with prayer comments, @mentions and reactions.

Preach & teach

Gather studies into collections

Write Bible studies and organise your studies and sermons into folders and collections.

Find the words to share

Write sermons, refine them with the grammar assistant (beta) and translate them for the people you serve.

Translate your sermons

Translate sermons between English and Dutch, both ways, and into Tagalog, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Optional, with a small monthly gift or at no cost when the administrator allows.

Bring your sermon to people

Present live slides, share audio on a listen page, print or export to Word, and schedule publishing.

Plan a year of preaching

Give your preparation a rhythm with a year of preaching plans, week by week.

Share & connect

Choose who joins you

Share with named people and choose whether they may view, comment on or edit your work.

Share on your terms

Create a secret link you can switch off, or schedule a share link to open at the right time.

Keep up, your way

Receive notifications in the app and by email, with the option to switch them off.

Your own ministry page

For preachers and admins, with a small monthly support or approval by Lamp. Optional extras support Lamp.

Introduce your ministry

A public page at lamp/@yourhandle with your story, mission, photos, announcements and a contact form.

Let people give to your ministry

Receive gifts by bank transfer with a scan-to-pay QR code, Tikkie, bunq.me, PayPal, Ko-fi, GCash or Maya. Gifts go straight to you; Lamp takes nothing. Changes need your password and you get an email.

Everything in one place

A separate Ministry area keeps your tools together, with tabs and a step-by-step manual.

Hear from visitors

Contact form messages arrive in your Ministry messages.

Build a shared library

A searchable library of the sermons and studies you choose to share, shown 12 at a time.

Share prayer requests

Show the latest 3 prayer requests you choose to include, with answered prayers.

Use your own address

Use a Lamp subdomain at no cost, or your own domain. Connecting your own domain can become an optional paid add-on if Lamp’s super admin turns it on; domains already connected are not affected.

Help people find and share it

Visitors can like your page and share it on Facebook, WhatsApp or by link. You control search-engine visibility and link previews.

See visits and get started

See visitor statistics by country and city, with no personal data. A guided tour helps new users get started. Use Lamp on mobile or desktop.

Everywhere

Connect your church website

Use the church website widget and read-only API when enabled for your account.

Keep Lamp close

Install Lamp as a desktop or phone app (PWA), or use LampBar for Mac and Windows from the marketplace.

Learn while you watch

Find the Lamp Video Notes browser extension in the marketplace to take notes alongside videos.

Support Lamp

Give to Lamp from $5 to keep Lamp running for preachers and help print gospel tracts.

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Private by default

Your thoughts.
Your choice to share.

Notes, prayers, drafts and studies start with you. Your private work is not offered to search engines or AI crawlers.

  • Secret links you control

    Share with a secret link and switch it off when you choose.

  • Share with named people

    Choose who may view, comment on or edit your shared work.

  • Clear roles

    User, preacher and admin roles keep access intentional. Administrators assign preacher access.

For churches and preachers

From the study to the congregation.

Write and translate sermons, plan your preaching year and present live slides. Share a sermon by secret link, or connect your church website when an administrator enables the widget or API for your account.

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A few things to know

Questions & answers.

Why is Lamp free?

Lamp is free forever for preachers, pastors and everyone who studies with them: the Bible reader, notes, memory verses, prayers, studies, sermons and preaching plans. It is a ministry, not a business, so there are no ads and nothing to pay to use it. A few optional extras ask for your support: a donation for the Lamp Video Notes browser extension, and small monthly gifts for the grammar assistant (beta), sermon translation and a ministry page. You can also simply give to Lamp, from 5 dollars, on the Give to Lamp page. That support keeps the Lamp website running and helps produce gospel tracts to share the good news. To get an account, ask with “Try Lamp for free”: the administrator approves it and you get an email invitation.

Who is behind Lamp?

Lamp is a ministry of Woudenberg Bible Baptist Church (wbaptistministry.org). For questions, feedback or help, email [email protected].

Is my content private?

Lamp is a private app. Your notes, highlights, prayers, drafts and sermons are only visible to you unless you choose to share them with named people or with a secret link that you can switch off at any time. You can also choose to share content on a public ministry page. Search engines may show that public content.

Which Bible versions can I read?

You can read and compare up to four versions side by side, such as the King James Version and the Ang Dating Biblia. Versions that are licensed to you personally stay private to your account.

Can a church or preacher use it?

Yes. Preachers can write sermons, translate them between English, Dutch and other languages, plan a year of preaching week by week, present slides live to a congregation, share a sermon on a secret link and run a public ministry page where people can contact them and give directly to their ministry. Administrators decide who gets the preacher role.

Can I show Bible text and sermons on our church website?

A website widget and a read-only API are available. They are switched off by default and the administrator switches them on per person; they only ever expose public data such as published sermons.

Is my data safe?

Passwords are stored as salted hashes, sign-in sessions are protected, shared links can be revoked, and private pages are never offered to search engines. If you use the translate feature, the text you choose to translate is sent to the translation service to be translated.

Your study and preaching, together.

Free forever

Ask to try Lamp. The administrator reviews your request and, if approved, emails you an invitation to create your account.

Try Lamp for free

Lamp is a ministry, not a business. The optional extras you support keep Lamp running and help print gospel tracts. Why Lamp is free

Give to Lamp

The ministry behind Lamp

Who is behind Lamp

Lamp is a ministry of Woudenberg Bible Baptist Church.

wbaptistministry.org (opens in a new tab)

Questions or feedback? Email [email protected].