Many middle schools and high schools in the U.S. (I could see churches banning the use of cell phones for anyone under twenty-one. Our church, Victor Street Bible Chapel, does not forbid the use of cell phones during the Bible teaching hour or the Lord’s Supper. I may be the weaker brother here (Romans 14), but I do prefer that people in church use hardcopy Bibles and not electronic Bibles, whether I am the one speaking or someone else. Use you own judgment on cell phone usage for Bible study, even during sermons. And, of course, the person texting is distracted. He finds it distracting to watch other s text during the sermon. A friend of mine who read my blog commented that he has noted many times in church when the people ahead of him are texting. There are lots of people like me who get much more out of holding and reading a physical book.Īnother problem with cell phones and church is that not everyone who is looking at his cell phone during the sermon is looking at the text of Scripture. The Bible does not forbid reading it on an electronic device! I imagine that Jane and Doug and others like them will have eternal rewards for using their cell phones or tablets to grow in the faith and to teach others God’s Word. Jane and Doug both illustrate that it is possible to read your Bible on a cell phone or tablet and get a lot out of it. I have never made a note or highlighted on Logos except during a training session.Īlso, I see the text in a giant – print Bible better than I do the words on a phone app or my Kindle or Logos on my laptop. But I prefer to make notes and highlight in the hardcopy Bible. I have expensive Bible software (Logos 8.0) which allows notes and highlighting. I should have indicated that my personal preference is to use an actual Bible (or journal, or commentary, or any book). While I find it more difficult than doing so in my physical Bible, I realize others have a different experience. I was incorrect in saying that it is hard to highlight or make notes on your screen. So, if I ’ m ever sitting in an audience where you ’ re doing the speaking, I ’ ll be the blushing one taking notes on my iPhone. I take long several-mile walks each day, and guess what goes with me? I’m so embarrassed to say – my iPhone, and while walking I listen to favorite speakers, Bob Wilkin, Zane Hodges, my old classmate s Bob Bryant and Tony Evans. I can type to my phone screen much faster than I can write with a pen. Taking notes during a Sunday sermon is never a problem. I ’ m currently going through Zane ’ s commentary on 1 John (which I took from him as a class back in the day ). I ’ ve got GES books (including the newly revised commentary) downloaded to Kindle, where I ’ ve figured out how to snip out small portions of comment and paste them as notes into my (yes!) personal iPhone study Bible - easily and with no writer ’ s cramp, and not a single, underlined, note-heavy page has fallen out so far. Many hours each day I ’ m doing screen time in my Bible app, where I ’ ve got commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, concordances - the works. It syncs, by the way, with my larger iPad - automatically! I ’ m well into my seventh decade, a nd for several years now I ’ ve been creating my own personal study Bible o n my iPhone. I am an avid Bible underliner, highlighter, and note taker and have completely worn out many Bibles through the years. I frequently cut and paste pieces of your blogs and attach them to my phone Bible as a note to a given verse. I seldom disagree with you, but this time I must. It is NOT a negative thing for folks to use devices. My Kindle allows me to change backgrounds to increase legibility. I am old, and my Bible app allows me to see far better than my paper and leather Bibles. You CAN highlight and make notes on some apps. T he author of this blog doesn’t know Bible apps on cell phones. I have received multiple responses from people over age sixty-five who disagree strongly with that statement. Please bring your actual Bible to church. It is hard to underline or highlight or jot notes on your phone screen. They are reading the text on their phones. When I preach and ask people to follow along in their Bibles as I read a section of Scripture, I often see multiple people in the audience holding up their cell phones. In that blog, I made this passing comment about using cell phones for Bible study: In a recent blog, I was warning about the dangers of overusing cell phones (see here ).
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