Something to Think About
Here's an interesting article (written by Pastor Jim Eliff) for all you logosians who have too many resources. Just thinking fodder, nothing more.
It made me think. I'm a bit guilty, I think.
Do You Need to Repent of Book Hoarding?
Eating a steady diet of government cheese, and living in a van down by the river.
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Thanks for the great read. Our library might 'look' invisible but it's easier to glutton on downloads. Lord grant us wisdom. [8-|]
The mind of man is the mill of God, not to grind chaff, but wheat. Thomas Manton | Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow. Richard Baxter
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"But hoarding books that are not being read is a form of greed."
Yes,I would agree with this - if one is referring to paper books. But in the Logos world those unread (but hyperlinked) tomes are, in fact, an electronic reference library complete with a built-in digital research assistant.
Instead of Artificial Intelligence, I prefer to continue to rely on Divine Intelligence instructing my Natural Dullness (Ps 32:8, John 16:13a)
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By buying books I'll keep the authors alive? That might be on view?
Gold package, and original language material and ancient text material, SIL and UBS books, discourse Hebrew OT and Greek NT. PC with Windows 11
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Reading the "parable" made me remember my pre-Logos days when I wanted to eventually have floor-to-ceiling bookshelves all the way around my office. Now that I have made the switch to digital, really the only physical books I use are one English Bible and my Greek New Testament. The article did make a very valid point about time spent reading other books to the neglect of the Bible. We can easily spend too much time studying about the Bible that we neglect the study of the Bible itself.
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Matthew said:
The article did make a very valid point about time spent reading other books to the neglect of the Bible. We can easily spend too much time studying about the Bible that we neglect thave study of the Bible itself.
I very much agree! Keep well and Happy Christmas. Paul
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Whenever I read articles like this I consider them to be good reminders of priorities in my life. I must make sure nothing (including my library) takes away from my relationship with God but rather enhances it.
We live in an age where we have access to more information about the Bible than any age in history and even those of us who have relatively small libraries have more than most people have ever had.
Information about the Bible is no substitute for applying the truths in the Bible. May the Lord give us all wisdom to use our libraries to enhance our relationship with him and the effectiveness of the ministries God has given us.
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