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BEWARE THE "INTERNET" BIBLE

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When I came across this post, it was timely. I'd been caught up in the use of my smartphone such that I was having lean doses of the needful spiritual nourishment. Even though I was reading good Christian articles and stuff online, they could not suffice for adequate spiritual nourishment. Like one of the comments in the blog post reads, "I've been following a lot of Christian Instagram profiles and their posts also encouraged me, but I did spend more time reading my phone instead of the Bible. God spoke to me and I realized that he wants me to turn to His full living word for help instead of pretty pictures with partial truth!" I can totally relate. And we all know that we spend so much time on our smartphones, so give heed to this caution and regain correct posture for spiritual growth. So this is a good time to say that we, at Youngospel, are only helping you with resources that should drive you closer to God and create a huger in you for more. These can never...

DEEPER BIBLE STUDY STRATEGIES

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Hmmmmm. In 2016 (oh my, how time flies) I met with a fellow with whom I was impressed. For days, he had been trying to fix an appointment with me; said he really needed to discuss something very important. Finally, we had that appointment. While he was discussing that very important thing (big grin), I noticed something about his Bible. It had lots and lots of marks, notes, inscriptions, etc. He had underlined verses, highlighted some others with a highlighter, put some dots and arrows at other places, and all what not. Now, did I mention that the pages had turned brown from use. Hold on. His Bible still looked well cared for. I was very impressed by how much attention he had given to the study of the word. From then on, I made up my mind to boldly mark my Bible. I guess I thought that the more ink marks I saw, the more encouraging it will be to me that I was studying more,  and of course, anyone who comes across my Bible will see them too (show off! Lol). I started out on...