This is my first post. Needless to say, I don’t know what I’m doing!

What am I going to post? My initial thought is to post my thoughts as I complete my Bible studies. I am currently hand writing books from the Bible for my studies! Why? You ask? It started out as an idea I got from a book entitled “Safely Home” by Randy Alcorn.

In the book, the protagonist visits and stays with a college friend in China. This friend is a Christian and involved with the underground church. Part of this involvement is making copies of the Bible (which is illegal in China) available to other Christians. One of the ways he does this is by literally hand copying the Bible word for word. This practice has the added benefit of helping him memorize the Bible.

Obviously, since I’m an American, I don’t have to make secret copies for other Christians, but I thought it would be a good practice to try this. And it has been! Copying word for word has forced me to slow down as a read and understand what a given passage actually says. And since I’m under no time pressure (no per day passage readings to stay on schedule), I can proceed at my own pace.

In future posts, I’ll talk about what I read/transcribed and what it hays to me.