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Taking a Bible to Church

Salty

Salty

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Lets see, you take
Your checkbook to the grocery store
Your golf clubs to the course
Your school books to school
Your flashlight out at night
Your lunch to work
Your maps on a long trip
Your (fill in the blank)

Yes, I expect people to bring their Bibles to church!!!!
Too many folks will comment "my preacher says...." Well, your preacher can be wrong. The correct comment - My Bible says..... :thumbs:

My Mothers ole Bible is True
 
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Gregory Perry Sr.

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That's Right!!!

Salty said:
Lets see, you take
Your checkbook to the grocery store
Your golf clubs to the course
Your school books to school
Your flashlight out at night
Your lunch to work
Your maps on a long trip
Your (fill in the blank)

Yes, I expect people to bring their Bibles to church!!!!
Too many folks will comment "my preacher says...." Well, your preacher can be wrong. The correct comment - My Bible says..... :thumbs:

My Mothers ole Bible is True
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Amen Bro. Salty...PREACH IT!!!:thumbs::applause:

Bro.Greg:saint:
 
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Mexdeaf

New Member
My Bible goes with me everywhere- it's on my phone.

I much prefer a print edition, though- and I carry one to church.
 
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preacher4truth

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Bob Alkire said:
My wife and a few friends of ours were talking over this, going to church without Bibles. Two of them came up in Pentecostal churches and said it was common for them not to bring a Bible to church, or spend much time reading one. They were more into what the preacher said or did than reading the Bible. I came up in a Presbyterian church and I don't know if you could get through the front door without one. If you came for the first time without one the church gave you one as you came in.
Yes, I believe folks should bring a Bible to church, it would be nice, but more important is they spend time each day or week studying it while the Holy Spirit leads.
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If some Pentecostals would open up their Bibles and interpret in context they'd become Baptists! :laugh:
 
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12strings

Active Member
My Sunday morning routine is as follows:

1. Often carry a child into the church and take her to the nursury where her mom watches her for a bit until the nursury workers arrive.
2. Go to my office to pick up my guitar and sometimes some music. Carry them to the sanctuary where I'll practice with hymns with the worship team.

This being the case, I will sometimes pick up my bible form my office, but often times my hands are full, so I just use a pew bible to follow along with the pastor. We have another several bibles at home, but I don't bring a home bible to church. I don't feel any less right with God for using the pew Bible.
 
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Iconoclast

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Gregory Perry Sr. said:
I'd feel NAKED if I showed up at church or any other Gospel preaching/teaching function or meeting without my Bible in hand. Maybe I'm just "old-school" or something but that is just how I feel and believe. I love to hear the sound of pages turning when my Pastor asks everyone to "open your Bibles too...." or find such and such passage or verse in the scriptures. A very sweet sound indeed.:thumbs:

Bro.Greg
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:wavey::thumbs::applause:There is something wrong in 98% of such cases....
 
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Arbo

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preacher4truth said:
A preacher friend of mine is a bit disillusioned concerning members who do not bring a Bible to church. In this particular church most of those who do not bring a Bible are men. Some of these men leave a Bible in 'their' pew, but of these there is a count of exactly two.

I've seen this elsewhere, where men would not carry in a Bible but would leave one in their favorite 'spot'.

I've witnessed the same trend in several churches. The thing is that almost every woman brings a Bible. The men? Not so much.

That said, when watching those who enter for the 'worship service' nearly every man who enters do not bring a Bible. They don't use a tablet, smart phone Bible -- they use nothing at all.

There are few men who actually bring a Bible to SS or to worship. Said simply sit there, some fall asleep, some look completely disinterested.

Is bringing a Bible indicative of being spiritual, indicative of intent to grow, or is bringing a Bible just unnecessary?

It seems more women bring a Bible to church than do men.

- Blessings
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How many of the women are sharing their Bibles with their husbands?
 
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pk4life

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Pardon the interruption, I'm new here :)

I'm also the son of a Baptist preacher, so excuse that too :smilewinkgrin:

Acts 17:11 KJV

"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."


Did these people bring a Bible to church, or not? Were they commended with being "more noble" for bringing a Bible to church?

I personally think whether people pack a Bible to church or not, is not the issue.
 
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preacher4truth

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pk4life said:
Pardon the interruption, I'm new here :)

I'm also the son of a Baptist preacher, so excuse that too :smilewinkgrin:

Acts 17:11 KJV

"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."


Did these people bring a Bible to church, or not? Were they commended with being "more noble" for bringing a Bible to church?

I personally think whether people pack a Bible to church or not, is not the issue.
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Congrats for being the son of a preacher.

Apples and oranges. We have Bibles now so of course the Bereans could not have brought a Bible to church. They didn't have Bibles then. Are you aware of this?

Wonder how they searched the Scriptures daily? Hmmm, they must have had possession of Scripture. Yet there could have been one then to tell them to do so wasn't necessary and tell them it wasn't important. :wavey:

Do you tell folks in church that they need not bring a Bible, because it is not important? Perhaps put this in 'the bulletin' and make them aware of how trivial this is?

I believe not bringing a Bible to church to be an issue here in the USA and to be of a serious nature. From what I've seen, those who do not carry a Bible are hit and miss at church. Most who do not carry one never attend any type of Bible study as well.
 
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SolaSaint

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IMO, not carrying a Bible to church services is the result of Seeker Friendly programs like Rick Warrens. I questioned why men stopped carrying their bibles to worship service to our Seeker Pastor about 10 years ago and he laughed at me and said there was no need to have a bible since all scripture readings were on the big screens. He follows Pastors.com religiously. Sadly another result of the Purpose Driven Marketing/Management ideas. They don't want Christians and unchurched Charlie to read the Bible on their own because it just may contradict their message.
 
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pk4life

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preacher4truth said:
Congrats for being the son of a preacher.

Apples and oranges. We have Bibles now so of course the Bereans could not have brought a Bible to church. They didn't have Bibles then. Are you aware of this?

Wonder how they searched the Scriptures daily? Hmmm, they must have had possession of Scripture. Yet there could have been one then to tell them to do so wasn't necessary and tell them it wasn't important. :wavey:

Do you tell folks in church that they need not bring a Bible, because it is not important? Perhaps put this in 'the bulletin' and make them aware of how trivial this is?

I believe not bringing a Bible to church to be an issue here in the USA and to be of a serious nature. From what I've seen, those who do not carry a Bible are hit and miss at church. Most who do not carry one never attend any type of Bible study as well.
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I'm just looking to what the Biblical standard should be.

The standard should be well above bringing a Bible to church, and using it in a pew.

If the standard is to search the scriptures daily, suddenly more and more people fall short.

Personally, I couldn't tell you who brings a Bible to our church or not, or who uses it during church. Maybe I need to get better at looking around at others.
 
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preacher4truth

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pk4life said:
I'm just looking to what the Biblical standard should be.
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That's good, let's find out what standard you come up with.

The standard should be well above bringing a Bible to church, and using it in a pew.
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It sounds good like the standard should be high right here.

If the standard is to search the scriptures daily, suddenly more and more people fall short.
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Now you just lowered the standard, and daily Bible reading is too high a standard. How do you know more and more people fall short? I mean you don't even know if they have a Bible at church or not so how do you know they don't read it daily?

Personally, I couldn't tell you who brings a Bible to our church or not, or who uses it during church. Maybe I need to get better at looking around at others.
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Well, you got off of providing a standard after showing daily Bible reading to be too difficult to be a standard.

Yes, you should be more aware of your surroundings everywhere you go.
 
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