Related to the problem of distractions is the problem of appearances. You can take a hardcopy Bible to your bedroom and close the door, and there will be distractions there too, but for some reason those distractions seem far fewer and far less tempting than the 64 gigs of distraction that, with a digital Bible, are only a second and a click away. If our digital Bible is our go-to place to get God’s Word, we’re likely to be distracted. I caught myself tapping my email and being tempted by the ESPN scores just a screen away. The same thing happened to me as I spent time in the Word on my iPad. Well, tablets and phones are absolutely loaded with distractions.Īll the time I see people in churches scrolling through their digital Bible, and the next minute they’re checking Facebook or scanning the deals on Amazon. We all know, and study after study verifies, that it’s difficult to concentrate in the face of a million distractions. Digital is DistractingĪ problem with Bible apps isn’t the app itself it’s the venue. A digital Bible shouldn’t be your default Word of God, and here are eight reasons why: 1. And while I don’t think you should delete your Bible app, I do think it shouldn’t replace your paper-and-ink, thousand-page tome. For all their usefulness, they’re taking a toll.
I downloaded Glo Bible on my iPad and have been using it daily for the last two months.īut - and you knew there was a but - I’ve come to think digital Bibles are hurting us. Sentimental as I am about hardcopies, the feel of paper and book bindings, I figured I should give a Bible app a try. Now the Bible can be shared more easily, reproduced more cheaply, and accessed, possibly, more conveniently. I think that’s really good news - wordplay intended. Over the last decade, Bible apps and digital scripture have taken off. In our minds, and, probably, on our bookshelves. We trust it differently than we trust Mere Christianity.Īnd while we don’t worship the Bible, we give it a special place. We are captivated by it differently than we are captivated by Lord of the Flies. We believe it differently than we believe in Divergent. It is the Word of God.Īnd because there’s a spirit and a strength to this book, we treat it differently than the rest of the things we read.
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