Subject: What do put in the perfect study bible? |
Bible Note: andrewj I agree except where do you think cults and all these denominations come from or some of the junk we see in the church today? It is from people deciding for themselves what the Bible says. Without proper systematic study some one can read a passage or two and go off into some of the most crazy doctrine. If you don't believe it, listen to Christian TV. In one day you will find one man teaching the exact opposite another taught and both will have a whole arsenal of verses to prove their point. Usually both are wrong and the truth lies somewhere between them. In the early church from the first through about the 5 century churchmen, scholars, theologians put together statements of faith, doctrines and creeds to define our faith. Since that time men have been trying to change them. Then during the Reformation which coincided with the “age of enlightenment” man had been deciding for himself what the Bible says and how that applies to his life. Today we see the hodge podge that man has cobbled together. Today we fight over how to baptize, salvation, and just about every aspect of Christianity while a lost and dying world watches shaking their heads saying “and they claim to have the answer!” Unless the Bible study your involved with is doing a intense inductive Bible study I would imagine they would benefit from a good reliable study Bible. Without it your nothing more than a group of people deciding what the Bible passage says and you may or may not get it right. EdB |