rfrmd.org
To the glory of God, and the good of His people.
To the glory of God, and the good of His people.
About the Project
rfrmd.com is a free Progressive Web App built for believers who want a simple, distraction-free way to read Scripture every day. It provides a full Bible reader with three translations, a daily reading plan based on Robert Murray M'Cheyne's one-year schedule, a guided Psalm prayer tool that walks through all 150 Psalms each month, and a growing library of Reformed articles and reading notes.
The site is rooted in the Reformed tradition and the theology of the Westminster Standards, but it is built for ordinary believers: families reading together at the dinner table, individuals praying on the morning commute, students studying a passage over lunch. There are no ads, no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no tracking.
rfrmd.com installs to your phone or tablet's home screen and works like a native app, with full offline support for the ASV and KJV translations and intelligent caching for the ESV.
Where things honestly stand: rfrmd.com is live, free, and in daily use. It is also the first piece of a larger vision, and the rest of that vision is not built yet. It is waiting on funding, and on churches and interested groups who want to see these tools carried further. The sections below keep the two apart: what is running today, and what is still hoped for.
Live Today
Everything in this section exists now, works now, and is free at rfrmd.com.
Choose between the ESV, ASV, or KJV. The ASV and KJV are stored on your device and work fully offline, even without an internet connection.
A standard card layout organized by testament, and a compact color-coded grid showing all 66 books grouped by biblical category.
Search the full text of the ASV or KJV by word or phrase. Narrow results by book, testament, or category. Matching text is highlighted in yellow.
Psalms render verse-per-line in ASV/KJV to reflect Hebrew poetry. Toggle this on or off in Site Settings.
A bottom strip tracks your recent chapters as tappable pills. Pin up to five chapters for quick cross-referencing during sermons or study.
Tap any verse number to attach a note. Use the freeform notepad for chapter-level thoughts. Browse all your notes in a collapsible outline organized by Bible section.
Download all your notes as a portable JSON file and import them on another device. Importing merges with existing notes without overwriting.
Enable "Remember Bible position" and the reader reopens to the exact book and chapter you were last reading.
Four Scripture chapters each day following Robert Murray M'Cheyne's plan, split into Family Worship (read aloud together) and Personal Devotion (private study).
Mark chapters as read and watch your streak counter climb. Complete both readings in a group each day to keep the streak going.
Navigate to past or future days. Read ahead if you like, or go back to catch up on anything missed.
Walk through all 150 Psalms each month, organized by day. Each day pairs a set of Psalms with a suggested prayer theme.
Tap any Psalm number to open the full text right on the page in your chosen translation. No need to leave the guide.
Search by title, description, or full body text. Matching text is highlighted in orange on the article page.
Star any article card to pin it to a Favorites section at the top of the Library for quick access.
Chapter-by-chapter notes on Reformed books by authors like William Perkins, Michael Horton, Gary Everhard, and Jeremiah Burroughs.
Add rfrmd.com to your home screen and use it like a native app. On iPhone: Share, then "Add to Home Screen." On Android: menu, then "Install app."
The Daily Reader and Psalm Prayer Guide cache upcoming ESV readings in the background, so they remain available if you lose your connection.
Choose your default landing page, adjust reader font size, show or hide reading streaks, toggle poetic Psalms, and control release note popups.
If the site feels stuck after an update, "Clear and Reload" forces a fresh download without removing your settings, favorites, or streaks.
Support This Project
rfrmd.com began as a personal labor of love, and that has not changed: there are no ads, no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no tracking. Every article, tool, and Bible resource on this site is free and always will be.
The work now has a durable home. It is hoped to be carried by RFRMD Word Labs LLC, a small Texas company whose commercial apps, MarkSchrift and SchriftOhr, may help pay for the ministry side. The real costs remain: hosting, domains, development time, and expanded Scripture licensing as the tools grow. Currently the apps are still in limited beta testing, eventually whatever the apps cannot cover will be still be paid out of pocket, because I think the work is worth doing.
If this site has been useful to you, and if you feel led to help offset some of those costs, you are welcome to contribute any amount you wish. There is no expectation, no suggested minimum, and no obligation whatsoever. A kind note is just as encouraging as anything else.
Awaiting Funding and Partners
rfrmd.com was built for the Reformed community, but the tools themselves could serve a much wider audience. None of what follows is built. Each piece waits on funding, and on the right partners to build it with:
A general-audience version of the rfrmd.com Bible tools, available at water4witness.org, making the daily reader, prayer guide, and Bible reader accessible to all believers regardless of tradition. Learn more.
An App Store version of the Bible tools for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with cross-device notes syncing so your chapter notes, verse annotations, and reading progress follow you everywhere.
Adding support for additional Bible translations beyond the current ESV, ASV, and KJV, making the tools useful to an even broader range of readers and study contexts.
Pursuing formal nonprofit status so that donations to the project qualify as charitable contributions, providing transparency and accountability as the work grows.
These are hopes, not promises. But every bit of support, encouragement, and prayer moves the work forward.
Churches and Interested Groups
The surest way this vision moves forward is not a donation button; it is a congregation, a presbytery committee, a school, or a ministry that wants these tools for its people and is willing to help carry them there. That can mean funding a specific piece, testing it with your congregation, providing feedback from real use, or lending expertise we lack.
If that could be you, write and tell us who you are and what you have in mind: john@rfrmd.com. A short note is plenty. We answer every serious inquiry.
Feedback and Bug Reports
Found a bug? Have an idea for a new feature? Every report helps improve the site for everyone.
Submit Feedback on GitHub