White Gloves or Boxing Gloves

[crossnote]

While we are on Bibles, Do you...

Give your Bible the white glove treatment, keeping it as pristine as possible, putting it back in it's box after use or cloaking it in the finest linen cover, never writing notes or highlighting in it?...

OR

Do you mark it all up, sit on it, use it as a hot pad, leave it out in the elements, stick pens in it and stuff it with Church bulletins?

 

[CPerkins]

Neither of those extremes. I like to mark my Bible. Sometimes I will stick papers in it to mark a place or places and occasionally I add a page that my aid with a passage. As to the other things I like to take care of my Bible so that it might last. My Bibles are work horses so that don't get the white glove treatment.

cp

 

[Nazarene Servant]

Neither for me either. I used to mark up my Bible and have
that rugged KJV still but in hind-sight I did it for show. Now
I am not saying that anyone who marks their Bible does it
for showiness; I did. But since I got my NASB a few years ago
I have only made a few margin notes and some highlighting.
A lot of my study is done with Bible software and my personal
time is with the paper copy.

 

[AtomicSnowflake]

I have one that I do keep boxed when not "in use"... then I have a couple of particular ones that I write notes in and do my studying from... I "use" them... but don't abuse them or just toss them around

 

[bobinfaith]

While we are on Bibles, Do you...

Give your Bible the white glove treatment, keeping it as pristine as possible, putting it back in it's box after use or cloaking it in the finest linen cover, never writing notes or highlighting in it?...

OR

Do you mark it all up, sit on it, use it as a hot pad, leave it out in the elements, stick pens in it and stuff it with Church bulletins?

Hello crossnote;

This is a good question that made me think. I keep very organized bookcase(s) of all my text books.

My Bibles have it's own shelves and are considered my "go to" blueprint, sword and shield. They are not shiny glittering books but "worn held" in my hands, for those days when I don't feel like reading is when I need to pull my book, and for most days that I'm hungry for the Word it's always right there.

As far as the other stuff, no.

 

[Major]

While we are on Bibles, Do you...

Give your Bible the white glove treatment, keeping it as pristine as possible, putting it back in it's box after use or cloaking it in the finest linen cover, never writing notes or highlighting in it?...

OR

Do you mark it all up, sit on it, use it as a hot pad, leave it out in the elements, stick pens in it and stuff it with Church bulletins?

I have allways been a "marker". I post notes, highlite and underline. I wear out a Bible in about 5 years. I have several that my grandchildren have asked me for when i leave this old earth.

I told them.....when gradpa and granny are gone, you can have it Bibles and everything else!

 

[crossnote]

I have allways been a "marker". I post notes, highlite and underline. I wear out a Bible in about 5 years.

I went through a period of about 20 years, I wouldn't mark my Bibles, even kept them in a box when done. (wifey did a lot of eye rolling). Then one day I got bold, and just like that first scratch or ding on a shiny new car, I was freed!! LOL

 

[Belindab77]

Neither of those extremes. I like to mark my Bible. Sometimes I will stick papers in it to mark a place or places and occasionally I add a page that my aid with a passage. As to the other things I like to take care of my Bible so that it might last. My Bibles are work horses so that don't get the white glove treatment.

cp

Chuck...Yes?
I do also highlight and write in my Bible. And I have some In Touch ... Dr. Charles Stanley, (pages) that I have torn out and some other scripture or sayings that are dear to me that I keep with my Bible, which is kept in a nice cover. I'm qualifying the statement to indicate that all of the Bible is dear to me. You probably already knew that.☺

 

[Major]

Chuck...Yes?
I do also highlight and write in my Bible. And I have some In Touch ... Dr. Charles Stanley, (pages) that I have torn out and some other scripture or sayings that are dear to me that I keep with my Bible, which is kept in a nice cover. I'm qualifying the statement to indicate that all of the Bible is dear to me. You probably already knew that.☺

Dr. Stanley is an outstanding man!

 

[crossnote]

Dr. Stanley is an outstanding man!

Too bad his son didn't follow suit.

 

[Lanolin]

I have a few different bibles now and several copies of KJV. Some second hand so they've been written or marked on by other people, mostly just on the fly leaf.
A friend gave me a KJV journalling bible which has extra space on the side pages so I do write in that one.

I take care of my Bibles but I also read them, and the older ones the binding is coming loose and falling apart, so I do mend them with tape.

I don't sit on them or use them as a hotplate ?! I mostly read them! I also give them away if they are nice newish copies because I don't really need that many. Just one in each bedroom, one in the car, one in the handbag, in the library....

Well actually I think I might have slept on one when it was under my pillow.

 

[CPerkins]

Chuck...Yes?
I do also highlight and write in my Bible. And I have some In Touch ... Dr. Charles Stanley, (pages) that I have torn out and some other scripture or sayings that are dear to me that I keep with my Bible, which is kept in a nice cover. I'm qualifying the statement to indicate that all of the Bible is dear to me. You probably already knew that.☺

Yes, you can call me Chuck.

cp