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No offense taken. But you are absolutely corretc. They are personal perceptions. I'm an observant person and I mean little,bitty details. And often times I will forsee something that others haven't anticipated because I do tend to be more conservative with God's word and the way things are done than a lot of others.

And I'm just saying, and it may not be evident right now, just like it may not have been evident during the last election cycle how evangelicals supporting a Mormon was going to affect the evangelical witness, but it will have a negative impact if the church moves away from the physical bringing of a Bible of paper to church.

I cannot tell you how many churches I have gone too and how few of the kids are carrying Bibles because it's gonna be shown on the screen anyhow.

But like you said, it's a personal perception.

 

Folks that criticize the medium of God's Word one brings to church are goofy or got dropped on their head at birth. What difference does it make, as long as it is the Word of God. One of the ways I read the Bible is listen to CDs in the car on occasion.

Now, when we get someone other than our pastor such as a fill in from the Association or the local Bible college that thinks we are a hermeneutics class instead of a local congregation, I bring my Sudoku puzzle book.

 

Matt 7
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.


Evang, why don't you spend your time improving yourself and stop criticizing others?

 

Now doesn't that make you guilty of criticizing him? I'm just saying. Don't beat me! :laugh:

 

No, just stating a fact. Who is he to judge what other churches do? And in such a broad brush fashion?

 

Didn't he also state facts that he observed?

If he is righteously judging, he has it on God's authority to do so. I guess I'm a little confused here about why it's okay for you to judge what he did, but you don't think it's appropriate for him to judge what they did or are doing?

 

Ummmm? Pot, Kettle? Which is EXACTLY what I called you on in another thread, yet you justified yourself. :wavey:

Come on bro, get off your high horse and own up, it will do your soul good. You've pointed the finger and condemned in the same manner oft on the BB.

Edited to clarify: I don't see Amy doing what she is accused of here by Zaac, but I do and have called Zaac on it in other threads, yet he's justified the behavior he practices yet condemns in others, yet I count him as a brother.

 

What "facts"? From the OP:

Watching movies?? Really? "Many"? I've never seen that and others have said the same.
What "trend"? Did he cite a recent survey? He has no "facts", only accusations, which he frequently posts in his OP's.

There is nothing righteous about pointing out so called faults of others with no proof.

It's not wrong to judge, especially when you can see the critical spirit right here in black and white. He has no proof there's a "trend" in people not taking their Bibles to church, only his warped opinion.

And Zaac, you are one of the most judgmental people on this board, so maybe you should be silent.

 

I will always bring my old fashiond bible with me to church. There is no other option as far as I am concerned.

However, the op is so far out of reality it is redicuous. An electronic bible is still a bible.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! :wavey:

 

Yeah, that's what us old folks do! HA! Now go eat some cake before your next cholesterol test!

 

Um...no, he hasn't. What he's identified is a personal preference that he's passing off as "more godly."

Imagine, if you would, the uproar from the priests when someone said, "let's mass-produce bibles so that everyone can have one and learn to read it for themselves." The priests were the first ones to condemn such a thing; the "commoner" could never grasp the rich depth of the scriptures that only someone with years of study and training could provide them. Why, if they have their own bibles, then they'll be paging through them instead of giving their full, undivided attention to those of us who have sacrificed our entire lives to ensure they get the correct, true meaning of God's Word.

Although I gave it somewhat of a facetious tone, I'm not really being facetious. Those of you who have studied the history of our Bible, please feel free to correct me--but I don't think I'm off too much. At some point, a man used the gifts and talents God gave him to make bibles freely available to everyone who wanted one. Now men are using their God-given gifts and talents to further expand upon that.

Chew on that for a while. See how it tastes.