Terms of Use
Effective from July 6, 2024
Terms and Conditions Governing the Use of the BibleSurf.com Website
This website is owned and operated by Bible Content Ministries, a nonprofit California corporation, which may also be referred to as “we,” or “our,” or “us” and includes BibleSurf.com, BibleSurf.net, BibleSurf.org, BibleSurfing.com, BibleSurfing.net, BibleSurfing.org and all supporting sites identified by their resolving to BibleSurf.com (the "Company"). These Terms set forth the terms and conditions under which you may use our website and services as offered by us. This website offers various content, including articles, news, opinions, videos, images and other content in various categories. There are also many links to other websites with their own content. By accessing or using our website, you approve that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.
Your Acceptance of these Terms and Condition
In order to use our website and/or receive our services, you must be at least 13 years of age, or of the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, and possess the legal authority, right and freedom to enter into these Terms as a binding agreement. You are not allowed to use this website and/or receive services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you. If you do not agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not access, use or download materials from this website.
We Retain the Right to Change these Terms and Conditions
We may, without prior notice, modify these terms and conditions from time to time as our sole discretion; change the services; stop providing the services or any features of the services we offer; or create limits for the services. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend access to the services without notice and liability for any reason, or for no reason. Your use of this website after any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the revised terms and conditions. For this reason, we encourage you to review these terms and conditions every time you use this website. The date that the terms and conditions were last revised are shown at the top of this page. If you do not agree to any of these terms and conditions or any future version of the terms and conditions, do not use or access (or continue to access) the website or the service.
Ownership of Intellectual Property, Copyrights and Logos
The Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, articles and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of the Company, one of its affiliates, or separate third parties including individuals or websites and their respective owners that we link to or display their content and intellectual property. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works thereof. When we link to a third-party site, you must abide by their own intellectual property rights.
Links to Other Websites
This website contains links and hyperlinks to other websites not operated by us. We may also include frames where content from another website is embedded on one of our pages such as a video from YouTube, Vimeo, Sermon Audio or other website. These hyperlinks and frames are provided for your reference and convenience only, and do not imply any endorsement of the material on these third-party websites or any association with their operators. We do not control these websites and are not responsible for their content including their privacy policies, services for products sold. These third-party websites, and the websites they may link to, may contain information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated. Your access and use of these websites and the websites which they link to is solely at your own risk.
Website Privacy Policy
Please review our Privacy Policy for our limited use of your Personal Information.
Indemnification
In no event shall any of the content on this website be construed as therapy, counseling, legal or profession advice in any way. You agree to indemnify and hold the Company, BibleSurf.com, Bible Content Ministries, its site editors, owners, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, volunteers and/or agents, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against them by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with your use of the website or any of the services offered on the website.
Limitation of Liability
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY, BIBLESURF.COM, BIBLE CONTENT MINISTRIES, ITS SITE EDITORS, OWNERS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AND/OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY, BIBLESURF.COM, BIBLE CONTENT MINISTRIES, ITS SITE EDITORS, OWNERS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND/OR AGENTS ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT; (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVICE; AND (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH ABOVE, SO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY, BIBLESURF.COM, BIBLE CONTENT MINISTRIES, ITS SITE EDITORS, OWNERS, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND/OR AGENTS, UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms, the rights and remedies provided hereunder, and any and all claims and disputes related hereto and/or to the services, shall be governed by, construed under and enforced in all respects solely and exclusively in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of California, United States of America, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any and all such claims and disputes shall be brought in, and you hereby consent to them being decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in the federal and state courts of Los Angeles County, California. The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is hereby expressly excluded.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement and the Privacy Policy constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company, BibleSurf.com, Bible Content Ministries, its site editors, owners, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and/or agents, with respect to your access to and/or use of this website.