Dale Ridge church of Christ

I received a new Bible for Christmas that I have had my eye on for awhile. It has a great layout with BIG print and a nice system of cross referencing and “read-along” type information at the end of each verse. It also comes with another feature that is inherent in the definition of new – All of the writing and notations that I have collected in my old Bible since I got it for the Christmas of 1983 are gone.

I’m not sure I could have predicted how lost I was moving about it during Sunday’s sermons without the visual cues of notes and arrows and circles and underlines throughout it. This new Bible is going to be a great resource for me but it is going to take some time to find Philemon since I’ll have to learn where to place my thumb just so to make it fall open to that spot like I can do on the old book. The larger text will be nice for my eyes, but I’m not sure I even had to read from the old book, I think it is more like knowing what is on the page base on the marks and the shape of the words in that particular layout.

The tips I have taken away from this experience and share with you are very simple and effective:

1. Make sure to always look up and read along with Scripture as it is being delivered from the pulpit or the class lectern. The visual memory of the page will help you find a Scripture in a pinch.
2. Mark any points the teacher gives during the lesson – even if it is just a circle or arrow. Again, the visual memory of the marks will help you find a Scripture and form a lasting reference to the lesson learned during that study
3. Use it and read it daily.

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Filed under: Butch Adams on December 30th, 2008