Do you take your Bible to church?

[Guest Biblicist]

I love bringing my bible to church! As with Biblicist, I want to learn in church and how can you have preaching without the word of God?? I love what small children are sometimes taught that B.I.B.L.E. stands for Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth as it shows that it is our... our instruction guide through life if you will... When you go to work on a car, you take a car manual and not "How to build a refrigerator for dummies".. it just won't do you any good

Writing in my bible, unlining and using the margins have been such a help and I also take a notebook and pen to take notes and learn. Me personally, I can sit and listen to a lecture but if I dont' write it down, I wo'nt get anything out of it! Even more, I can write down questions that I may have or write down things that come to mind such as decisions to spend more time in good hoenst prayer, spend more time reading God's Word and studying it ... whatever it may be. There are time when some of what the pastor says is kind of deep and the Lord reminds me of things from previous message like "Don't forget the bread" and "God knows how to thread your needle".... We had rolls of bread "thrown" at us in that message

It is a blessing ot be able to just read along and maybe the Lord will point out something to me while the pastor is preaching... I know a man that is traiing for the ministry and jsut got his preaching license and he said that while Pastor was preaching, he just keep seeing message after message ... outline after outline that was just so obvious to them as the Lord revealed them to him! Sometimes, the Lord shows me things that I might want to teach in a lesson or to my small babysititng children sometime or it might be an answer to pray like "fear thou not".

My mind wanders a lot so having some material to hold onto is very important and it is blessing to know that my pastor believes that Christ and the bible have to be hte focus of the message.. it isn't something that He syas, but something that comes straight from teh Word of God. WHere better to go to find out what Jesus says about something than straight to the Word of God?? My pastor stands on the KJV so there isn't an issue of different versions and for that I am glad of for reasons that I won't mention in order not to hijack this thread... but oh how I'd love to

Returning to what Biblicist said, our Bible is like our textbook for life and why shouldn't we bring it to church or "bring church to our bible" depending? How can we go to church to hear the Word of God and not even have it with us?

Exactly Kitty!

The best way to learn something is to hear it, read it and write it. By writing down notes [the back of my bulletin is no where near enough for my note taking] hearing the word and reading the scriptures I know that the word is getting even more ingrained into my head.

I don't know anyone who's mind doesn't wander during the service. Sitting and listening to someone talk is a sure fire way for me to fall asleep. Taking notes keeps me engaged in the message and keeps me awake. Taking notes and looking up the passages in my Bible helps the Pastor know that I am following what he is saying as well. Every one of the visiting pastors we have had, always comment to him at how alert, attentive and focused our congregation is. Even though the Pastor reads the scriptures and it's all on the overhead, we all use our own copy of God's word and show an interest in what the Pastor is saying as he preaches.

It's a good example to my children too.

Again, if you went to a college course, or even in high school and you decided not to bring your textbook, since the teacher has one and reads from it, you'd do pretty poorly in the class. Learning God's Word is way more important than anything the World has to teach me. Isn't it important to take notes in college classes? How much more important is it to write down what your Pastor is trying to teach you from the Word of God?

Vickilynn, no one said someone was more holy than another because they bring their Bible to church.

I want my full attention on the MESSAGE of the Scriptures.

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Edited June 12, 2007 by Biblicist

[artsylady]

My pastor encourages us regularly to bring our Bibles to church and look up the verses as he reads them. So I do.

[Vickilynn]

In our Church we have pew Bibles. But normally, we are not there to read, but to hear the devine Law/Gospel message from our pastor.

I can't quite put my finger on it... but this statement troubles me.

me too....I mean if you are not there to read, where do you get the law/Gospel from???

Shalom,

Can't answer for the original poster, but you guys are missing the point here. The WORD of G-D is not only contained in MY Bible. In our church, the verses are on the screen. Also the pastor is reading them aloud. Both are ways to get the Word, by hearing and seeing. It is not necessary to follow along in MY Bible.

I also write down all the verses and the sermon notes and read at home to verify and expound on the message.

Very simple. Some people are making this complicated and it's not.

[Vickilynn]

Vickilynn, no one said someone was more holy than another because they bring their Bible to church. Any more than someone is more holy for eating Biblically Kosher.

Shalom Bib,

Hey, besides being a complete Red Herring in this discussion about Bibles, your comments about what I eat don't concern me. It's none of your business.

[TheoMike]

As a preacher, there is nothing better for me to see than people carrying their Bibles into service. And I love to hear the pages rustling after I announce the text and location. Pew Bibles are fine, but I recommend carrying your own, so you can make notes, get familiar with where the books are and so on.

[Aleksander]

Yes, I do. I like to read the passage along with a preacher. Plus, I like to make notes sometimes.

[Motivated By Grace]

Everywhere I go, my bible goes. You'd be surprised at how much time you have here and there to investigate the Word...

[methinkshe]

Oh, yes, always! How else can one measure any man's word against Scripture? He may read from one of these horrid Bible paraphrases written more for the benefit of the publisher's bottom line than the Kingdom of God. I wouldn't be without it! Which is why my handbag always has to be large enough to carry everything I could ever need (bar the kitchen sink) but most importantly my Bible.

In Jesus,

Ruth

[Motivated By Grace]

Oh, yes, always! How else can one measure any man's word against Scripture? He may read from one of these horrid Bible paraphrases written more for the benefit of the publisher's bottom line than the Kingdom of God. I wouldn't be without it! Which is why my handbag always has to be large enough to carry everything I could ever need (bar the kitchen sink) but most importantly my Bible.

In Jesus,

Ruth

Amen Miss Ruth. I agree!

[Marnie]

In our Church we have pew Bibles. But normally, we are not there to read, but to hear the devine Law/Gospel message from our pastor.

I can't quite put my finger on it... but this statement troubles me.

Yes, it's a little odd. I think I know what they intended to say, but it sure comes across strange.