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I have a Dake's and it not that bad. Plus, I can use it for a bullet proof vest or as a club. It's THAT big...

 

It IS that bad, as he went from sound biblical interpreting to way off the speculations tangent!

 

What little I have used it, he makes some valid points, and some bad ones, as well. I like that it has some Greek and Hebrew words in the notes, and has a monstrous concordance.

 

I have several thousand volumes(hardback & soft) I've collected over 25 years of preaching

If my son so happens to feel called to preach---I'll hand him down my library

If my daughter so happens to marry a "preacher boy" and my son isn't called to preach---I will give my library to my SIL

If none of the above materializes---I will probably find a young preacher boy just starting out---with not much money to buy his own books----and give the sets to that young preacher

:type::saint::saint:

 

Unfortunately, many people want e-books and computer programs.

I offered my small collection to a young preacher who didn't have any money, thinking he would jump all over the chance to have a few hundred books to start with.

After the fourth time of offering, I just gave up.

 

I went through the Kindle phase and wish I had not spent so much money on digital books. I wish I had several of them in print. I love to have reference books at hand for classes and study.

Convicted I would really be very careful using that Dake's Bible. I think every Kenneth Copeland devote carries one at all times.....:smilewinkgrin:

 

The Dake's 'study" Bible is the One that is probably the closest thing to Scofield among those of us holding to Dispy views among thg Charasmatic crowd, and the notes are best left unread!

 

While I have about 3000 books and have given away many there are many fewer I regularly use. The older I get the more I use the books that help me to study the text of scripture and its historical background. Years ago a Jew who became a Christian pastor once told me that if I were to study and understand the first five books of the bible the rest of scripture would be much easier. I think he is right. Most of scripture was written by those from a Jewish background and to those with a Jewish background. If I do not understand Judaism of that time then I am relying on my background and understanding alone. They are not always the same and sometimes very different.

 

There is something connecting about the feel and scent of the printed book.

Besides, what happens when technology changes? Fifty years from now, will that ebook purchased still be available without buying it again?

 

I may be mistaken, but they (ebooks) are open to reediting and censorship.

 

Technically, perhaps that's true. From a practical standpoint, though, you do own your Kindle products and have the right to them through what really amounts to a very long and unexpiring licensing agreement. But that's the way your Windows software works too, and no one would say they do not "own" their Windows program. Oh, they might, but they'd be wrong.

 

Printed books have no batteries that die...

 

Many old books can be downloaded at www.archive.org. More than I could read in a lifetime.

 

Not sure. Thought that I read (I admit that I could be mistaken) that an ebook of two were retroactively edited. Maybe a couple of years ago. (?)

 

Mrs. Rolf buys her books exclusively that way. She loves it. Frankly, I have no idea how many she has now, but let's say that a tree was spared. She would not go back to print.

I have a Kindle, too. But it is used mostly for Miniclip pool...:laugh: