Please Help Me Decide....

[MilkmanDan]

Thank you A L L for participating I appreciate and value your input!!

I decided on a BPS bible. The Lancaster Bible Pub encourages the selling of their (BPS) bibles so we'll have to see how it goes?

I will eventually get a Cambridge (the thought of India paper sounds sooo neat?!)

Hi my name is Steve and I am ..... ::sob:: a bible junkie..... :sad

[John81]

Hi my name is Steve and I am ..... ::sob:: a bible junkie..... :sad

I can relate to that! My wife is always asking me just how many Bibles do I really need. :Green

[MilkmanDan]

I can relate to that! My wife is always asking me just how many Bibles do I really need. :Green

I FOUND MY BROTHER!!


What can you tell them? Its the binding on this one hun or the commentary on this one! C'mon just one more!! :tum

Although to hear her she just kinda looks and me and goes :loco

[tarheel]

I've had the BPS Bible for several years.. They give them to the male graduates of Ambassador. I've only started using it recently, since my Scofield is wearing down, and I really like having the wide margins.

[MilkmanDan]

I've had the BPS Bible for several years.. They give them to the male graduates of Ambassador. I've only started using it recently' date=' since my Scofield is wearing down, and I really like having the wide margins.[/quote']
Whats Ambassador?

And which Scofield do you speak of (old,II orIII)?

[matie-k]

http://www.ambassadors.edu/index.php

[speerjp1]

My church gave me a Cambridge Bible when I graduated highschool and my parents gave me the same Bible a couple days later, but with wide margins (about 1 1/2"). I still use them both regularly. The wide margin one is really nice. :thumb

[HappyChristian]

I've had the BPS Bible for several years.. They give them to the male graduates of Ambassador. I've only started using it recently' date=' since my Scofield is wearing down, and I really like having the wide margins.[/quote']


[offtopic]Did you have Mrs. Rosenau for an instructor (she teaches English there - don't know if she's the only one)? She was principal of the school I attended in 8th and 9th grade in WV.

The Registrar at ABC was someone I knew when I went to college in Milton, FL, too.[/offtopic]

[tarheel]

Yes, I had English with her, as well as a few other classes. She's been there since the college started in '89. I think she turned 80 last year.

She and my mom teach most of Elementary Ed classes.

[MilkmanDan]

So the Bearing Precious Seed bibles take a pretty good beating and remain strong?

[MilkmanDan]

For what I want (wide margin' date=' no concord, no maps, no commentary, leather bound and with correct spellings and capitalizations. Not to mention one that lasts (no I can't afford an R.L. Allan)) I just can't decide??[/quote']I just received the BPS Bible. Based upon what I was looking for:
WideMargin: In most cases its almost 2 full inches :-S
Concordance, Maps and Commentary:None
Correct Spellings and Capitalizations:As far as I can tell all are in check. I only noted one misspelling (winevat versus winefat).
I got what I paid for and more.

I can say based upon initial observation, BPS bible are very nice and very highly recommended. Again thanks to everyone who participated!

The Cambridge is next (do I go with Pitt Minion and what is Pitt Minion? or the Paragraph Cambridge?) :lol:

[JerryNumbers]

I know you already got one.

I've got 2 Scofields, both bought on sale, I like them, but I do not use the commentary in them.

My favorite is the Thompson Chain. I wore one plumb out. I really like the way it reference verses. The other one was given to me when I was ordained by my church. But I hardly use it, wearing glasses the print is still to small.

I write in my Bible some, and I'm bad about drawing lines under many verses, I think a Bible is to use, if writing and drawing lines in a Bible helps, do it.

[MilkmanDan]

I like what DL Moody says

[quote="D.L. Moody"]"My Bible is worth a good deal to me because I have so many passages marked... Do not buy a Bible that you are unwilling to mark and use. An interleaved Bible gives the most room for notes and suggestions." ? by Dwight L. Moody, (Bible-Marking from Golden Counsels 1899.)[/quote]

I've heard both good and bad on the Thompson. I have one. But, I am not real sure how to use it and its in pretty bad shape too.

The Scofield I know is pretty revered among many IFBs. I have one but I am not certain which edition it is. It seems to be ok!?

[JerryNumbers]

I've got one pastor friend who amazes me, he uses all different colors of highlighters in his Bible. You might see 8 different colors on one page.

But, I never put him down for it, if it works for him more glory to him, the Bible is a tool and one thing for sure, we can't use it to much.

When I got my 1st Thompson Chain, I was not going to write in it, but rather shortly I found myself writing in it and making all kinds of marks.

I believe its hard for me to change Bibles because of my marks and notes in my Bible.

[John81]

[quote="Jerry80871852"]

I believe its hard for me to change Bibles because of my marks and notes in my Bible.[/quote]

I know what you mean. I have several Bibles, but the one I call my "old workhorse Bible" that's full of underlinings is never long out of my hands. That's the Bible I got when I first turned exclusively to the KJB and really began studying the Word in-depth so it's real close to my heart even though it's a hardback and in much-used condition.

I do have one Bible from "Thru the Bible" ministries which has somewhat larger print that I've never marked in. I've only ever used that Bible for reading so it's "clean".