Neither my husband or I were raised in the church. I was invited by a friend when I was in high school, and the rest is history. 😁🙏🏽💖✝️😁
When I started dating my husband in college, he was definitely searching for something more than the denomination he had gone occasionally to as a child. Of course I invited him. The thing that was completely different that he had never seen before was that every one had a Bible and everyone seemed to know how to use it. The preacher asked everyone to turn to such and such in the Bible… All of the college students had their Bibles and were using them… He was the only one on the pew that didn’t have a Bible. It was truly a lightbulb 💡 moment! 🤔👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
You make an important point about "everyone had a Bible and seemed to know how to use it." Sadly, we hide our Bibles in tablets or cell phones and suppress an important tool of visible evangelism.
Sadly I am one of these… I use my Bible app because of ease-of-use… I did notice that the last time I got out my 📕 Bible, my “finder” skills had definitely gotten worse…😬 I USED to be able to turn to the books of the Bible very quickly… not as much anymore… 🤔🤔🤔
You bring out an important point Mr. Dennis… “visible evangelism.”
They had some research come out recently about screens in the classroom and how the kids are just not learning like they used to… test scores are falling rapidly… I’m wondering if this might be something similar on the learning side of this… 🤔🤷🏽♀️
I think you're right about the effect of screens on learning and memorizing the scriptures. Finding a scripture in a fixed location in the printed Bible helps to fix it in our minds each time we read it.
They always do research on children, but what about us adults? 😬 It makes you wonder if we’re getting dumbed down as well… Memory going to pot and such…ugh… 😵
Great article as usual. I loved the comments!
Neither my husband or I were raised in the church. I was invited by a friend when I was in high school, and the rest is history. 😁🙏🏽💖✝️😁
When I started dating my husband in college, he was definitely searching for something more than the denomination he had gone occasionally to as a child. Of course I invited him. The thing that was completely different that he had never seen before was that every one had a Bible and everyone seemed to know how to use it. The preacher asked everyone to turn to such and such in the Bible… All of the college students had their Bibles and were using them… He was the only one on the pew that didn’t have a Bible. It was truly a lightbulb 💡 moment! 🤔👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Book, chapter and verse… ✝️🙏🏽✝️
You make an important point about "everyone had a Bible and seemed to know how to use it." Sadly, we hide our Bibles in tablets or cell phones and suppress an important tool of visible evangelism.
Sadly I am one of these… I use my Bible app because of ease-of-use… I did notice that the last time I got out my 📕 Bible, my “finder” skills had definitely gotten worse…😬 I USED to be able to turn to the books of the Bible very quickly… not as much anymore… 🤔🤔🤔
You bring out an important point Mr. Dennis… “visible evangelism.”
They had some research come out recently about screens in the classroom and how the kids are just not learning like they used to… test scores are falling rapidly… I’m wondering if this might be something similar on the learning side of this… 🤔🤷🏽♀️
I think you're right about the effect of screens on learning and memorizing the scriptures. Finding a scripture in a fixed location in the printed Bible helps to fix it in our minds each time we read it.
They always do research on children, but what about us adults? 😬 It makes you wonder if we’re getting dumbed down as well… Memory going to pot and such…ugh… 😵
“Avoidance of being too jokey.” A 1000 times yes. This has gotten out of hand
1000% yes.