Searchlight with Jon Courson 4+

The Applegate Christian Fellowship has been such an incredible source of encouragement in the Lord for me and my family. Jon Courson is the most gifted teacher I’ve ever had the delight of hearing- so meaty, deep, and rich, yet so impactfully simple. So much so that we’ve often contemplated moving to Medford just to join that fellowship. But with modern technology, such as this awesome app, we can hear Jon, Peter-John, and Ben anytime. The app is easy to use and navigate, and it offers many options. It’s a blessing!

You should also check out the Hope Gen app by Ben. I play Ben’s teachings all through the week for my children and me to listen to. His energy and zeal for the Lord are infectious! We are hope dealers over here! 👊🏼

And if anyone from Applegate sees this review, give my sweet girl Kelly Matthews a hefty hug from me!

Jon Courson is my favorite Bible teacher. I’ve been listening to him for years. I started out with the tapes, then moved to the MP3’s, and then on to CD’s. Now that he’s gone digital, it makes it so much more convenient to listen to his teachings. That’s why I hesitate to review this app, but I think it’s necessary, because it could be so much better. I’ve been listening to literally hours of his teachings daily, and here’s the problems I’m seeing with the app:
1) You’ll be right in the middle of a teaching, and the audio will suddenly stop. It still shows it’s playing, but…nothing.
2) If you stop the teaching and come back later, when you click on the app icon, sometimes it will refresh the whole thing and you have to try and find where you left off at.
3) If you back out of the teaching to look at other content, it takes you out of the sermon completely.
4) Sometimes you can hit the play button to resume a teaching, and it will not show that it’s playing, but if you turn your screen off and then on, it will show that it IS playing, but there is no sound. To fix this, you have to refresh it altogether and try and find where you left off.
5) If the phone rings, it will not automatically resume once the ringing stops.
6) There is no option to download any teachings, so you always have to be where there is internet service.
All in all, the app itself just seems to be very weak, and I believe it could be improved for much better performance.

I live in LA and Pastor Jon has been of great encouragement to me and my family in these 5 years of my walk with The Lord. This app is a perfect way of getting a clear explanation for specific bible verses I am studying in my own devotional time. Expository teaching of Gods word and partial application of it leads me to rate this app. Thank you Searchlight!
“The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”
‭‭Numbers‬ ‭6:24-26‬ ‭