How to use Promise

The map of the app

You enter through the home page and choose how to study. There you pick a path —a way of approaching the Bible—. Within each path the content is organized in its own way, and when you open a stage or section you find its overview and choose a study mode to begin answering.

The paths

For now there are two, with more to come.

• History of Salvation. Walk through the Bible as a single story. It is organized into 18 stages and into itineraries: the full journey or thematic series (people and places, objects and symbols, covenants, miracles, titles of Christ, prayers, numbers and times).
• Study by books. Enter a specific book and go through its structure, section by section. It begins with the Gospel of Matthew.

Each stage or section's overview

Before you answer, each stage (or a book's section) is introduced with three parts: “You will learn to” (its aims), “How it is organized,” and “Before you answer,” which holds the main reading, the further readings, and the doctrinal reference. You do not need to have read everything to start: the explanations gradually place each answer for you.

The three study modes

Within any path, each stage or section can be approached in three ways, depending on how you use it.

• Path mode. For personal study. You advance step by step, in the intended order, ten questions at a time, with a short break between rounds and freedom to stop whenever you like.
• Review mode. To consolidate. You choose how many questions you want and they come shuffled, to review what you have learned and see how you are doing.
• Group mode. For catechesis and class. A moderated session that combines questions and discussion, reserved for catechists and teachers.

You always know where you are

Within the study area, a location line (breadcrumbs) appears at the top, showing at every moment where you are —the itinerary, the stage, and the mode— and letting you jump back to any level with a tap, without getting lost.

The levels (within Path mode)

Path mode has three levels, from lesser to greater depth. It is natural to begin with the basic one.

• Basic. The facts of the account.
• Intermediate. Its meaning and doctrine.
• Advanced. Fullness in Christ and in Scripture.

The question types

You will find several formats, all simple: multiple choice, true or false, chronological ordering, matching, and multiple selection. After each answer comes an explanation, which is the most important thing of all.

No grade, no exam

Promise keeps no scores and no record of right or wrong answers. It does not matter whether you get it right: each question is a chance to learn, and the explanation is worth the same either way.

Access and accounts

You sign in with your email: a link arrives and you are in, with no password. Group mode is reserved for catechists and teachers; if it applies to you and you do not have it yet, ask the administrator to enable your account.