April 21, 2025

Luxury Premium Bibles

Luxury Premium Bibles

A discussion about luxury premium bibles

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A discussion about luxury premium bibles

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Looking at our world from a theological perspective. This is

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the Theology Central podcast, making Theology Central. Okay, stop what

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you're doing where now. If you're driving a car, you

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may not be able to stop. And I don't know

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if you're gonna have one of these in your car anyway,

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But whatever else you are doing it, I need you

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to stop, and I need you to go find your

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Bible right now. Go find your Bible wherever it is.

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Find your Bible right what the Bible you use the most,

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go find it right now. I mean it. I'm not

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I'm not moving forward until everyone go find find their Bible.

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If you're driving in your car and the Bible's in

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the back seat, just pull over the side of the road,

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reach back, grab your bible. Everyone needs their Bible, right

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I've got I've got I don't know, I don't know how

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many I have right here. I have at least two

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main ones right here. I've got one, two, three, four.

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I've probably got about seven around me. But here's two

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I have in my hands right a left ten is

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one in my right hand is another. Grab your bibles

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all right now. Once you grab your bibles, look up

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that Bible online and write down how much it cost?

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How much does did your bible cost you? Now, if

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I'm looking at these bibles right here that I have

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in my hands, I think combined, you're talking maybe maybe

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fifty dollars combined. Possibly fifty dollars combined. And that's for

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two bibles. And these are very nice bibles, all right,

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I think combined maybe fifty. It may be even less

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than that. All right, look up how much? Look it

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up right now? How much does that bible that you

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use all the time? How much does it cost? What

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was the cost of it? Look it up right now.

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I know some of you are resisting and you're like, no,

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I'm not going to do that. Do it, okay, look

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it up right, and I want you to write down

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the price. All right, you did all of that, because

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we're going to be talking about bibles, and we're gonna

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be talking about something that I think is somewhat problematic.

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I don't know, maybe I'm a little bit still struggling

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with how to process it. But before we do all

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of that, I will go ahead and say good afternoon everyone.

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It is Monday, April the twenty first, twenty twenty five.

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It is currently one forty two pm Central time, and

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I'm coming to you live from the Theology Central Studio

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located right here in Abilene, Texas. So did you look

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them up? I'm giving you plenty of time. Did you

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look up your Bible or bibles? What's the total cost?

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What is it? Twenty dollars, twenty five dollars, fifteen dollars,

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thirty dollars, fifty dollars. Some of you are saying zero

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dollars because I use a Bible app so I don't

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even use a physical Bible. Some of you may even

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go so that's what I use the most, So some

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of you it may be zero dollar dollar. Is there

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anyone out there? Is there anyone out there that your

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Bible cost seventy five dollars? One hundred dollars? What about

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one hundred and fifty dollars? Is it starting to sound?

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Are you starting to have a problem with that amount

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of money? Or you don't see an issue? Well, I'm

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going to ask you a question. Is it possible that

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in some circles, in some parts of Christianity, we have

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turned the holy scriptures, we have turned the Word of

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God into some type of holy status symbol. Is it

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possible that in some circles and some parts of Christianity,

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we've taken the Word of God, the Holy Scriptures, and

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we've turned it into some type of holy status symbol.

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Because today I want to explore I don't know. I

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debated with myself and how to word this. Do I

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say today we explore a growing trend in Christian publishing.

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I don't know if it's a growing trend. So I

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don't know if I can say that. I can say

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this today we explore a trend in Christian publishing luxury Bibles. Now,

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I don't know if it's a growing trend, but there

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is definitely a place within the Christian publishing world where

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they produce luxury bibles. Have you ever owned a luxury Bible?

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Have you ever wanted to own a luxury Bible? Now,

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how I've really kind of come across this trend is

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really on YouTube. I've stumbled upon these unboxing videos of

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these luxury bibles. Now, as soon as I see a

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video of oh, an unboxing of a bible, I'm always like, Okay,

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maybe this will be an interesting bible. There'll be something

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fascinating about this. Because I'm you know, I kind of

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have an idea about how much a Bible's going to cost.

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I was watching one of them and when they told

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me the cost of the Bible, I'm like, this is

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this a joke? Is this real? So? What do you

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think about this trend to produce luxury bibles? Because these

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are not just study tools, they're hand crafted works of art.

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They're bound in the finest goat skin, gilded with metallic

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four edges, decorated with classical artwork, and priced at somewhere

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between one hundred and seventy nine dollars to two hundred

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and twenty nine dollars. Now, the brand that I'm going

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to mention here because this is the brand that kind

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of sparked this thinking and this discussion. It is known

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as Humble Lamb. Humble LAMB kind of interesting of a

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brand with the word humble in it is producing Bibles

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that will set you back over two hundred dollars. I

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mean that is is it humble to have a Bible

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walking around carrier? How humble is it? Hey? Wh who

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major bible? Humble Lamb? How much does it cost? Albon

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On No. Two hundred, two hundred and thirty, two hundred

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and fifty however much totally you can go up to

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on these things. I mean, I don't know. It just

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seems weird that that would be that Humble would be

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connected to a bible costing that much money. Now, if

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you want to look at these bibles while I'm talking,

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let me pull up the website here, because I want

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you to look at these bibles. I want you to

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see them for yourselves, all right, So if I can

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find it here, Okay, here we go, Humble, Lamb, Lamb,

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Humble lamb dot com, Humble lamb dot com. Now you

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do get free. Does have lifetime warranty and you have

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thirty day returns. So humblelamb dot com and you can

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look at these bibles. You can look at them. They

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are beautiful. They look amazing, right, And I think that's

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what caught my attention is when I saw the little

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like the picture for the video on YouTube, I'm like, WHOA,

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that bible looks beautiful, that looks amazing. Let me let

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me watch this video. I may want to get one.

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And then I was like, uh, on the other hand,

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maybe I'm never going to get one because I can't

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afford it. So then I was like, I don't know,

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I don't know how to process this, but it's called

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Humble lamb This is a company producing what some would

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call the most beautifully constructed Bibles in the world. That's

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how most would describe it there. And they are stunning.

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They are. I mean, I'm not even trying to deny

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that they're they're beautiful. They appear from what you look

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at and the reviews I've watched that the craftsmanship is undeniable.

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But with every stitch, with every shimmering edge, with every

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single elegant box they arrive in, we have to ask

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a question, has the form begun to overshadow the function?

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Has the form begun to overshadow the function? I think

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that's a good question. The form is amazing, I mean,

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you look at those Bibles. They're they're beautiful, They're amazing.

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They look like they're maybe the best crafted Bibles out there.

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But is the form overshadowing the function? What is the

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function of a Bible? What is the function of the

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Word of God? Is the form overshadowing it? Maybe we

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could ask something, what does it say about our theology?

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What does it say about our values? When we wrap

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the Word of God? Right, we wrap the word of

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the Savior who hung on a cross. Oh, maybe we

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should say that this way, when we wrap the word

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of a homeless messiah in the leather of luxury goods.

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I mean, didn't Jesus say he had no place to

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lay his head? So what happens when we wrap the

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word of a homeless messiah and luxury leather? What what

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does it say? When we wrap the word of God

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and luxury leather? What does it say? Now? I'm asking,

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I want this to be very clear. I'm not making

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any dogmatic assertion right now. I'm struggling with this right

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because I saw these Bibles, and I'm just going to

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be honest. My very first thought was these things are beautiful.

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I want one of those, right? But why did I

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want one because it looked beautiful, because it looked amazing.

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Was it simply because of the esthetic or was it

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because of the function, because I can obtain the Word

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of God? I mean, right here, one of the ones

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I use all the time. It's a hard bound. This

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is the Thomas Nelson New King James version with the

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exclusive easy to read comfort print. And I love the

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comfort print. It is amazing. I love it. And this

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thing was what fifteen dollars twenty dollars I think it was.

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I think it was less than twenty dollars. I love

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this thing. I love this thing fifteen to twenty dollars.

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I use it all the time, all the time I

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have a chance. I pull this out constantly. I have

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it right here on the desk. Now, I have another

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one here that costs a little bit, costs a little

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bit more. And this is the Foundation Study Bible. It's

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beautiful and it's nice. It's the same comfort print. This

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one costs a little bit more. And these are the

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two that I have on my desk all the time.

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I use these constantly, but these two. When I go

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to church, I put both of these in my book

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bag and I have both of them. Sometimes I'll be

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using the hard bound New King James Thomas Nelson. Sometimes

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I'll be using the Foundation a Study Bible. It just

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depends which everyone And a lot of times they'll both

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be sitting on the pulpit and I'll go from one

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to the other, one to the other. I'll pick them

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both up, use both of them. So I use them

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all the time. So as far as function, these things

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work amazing. Do they look as beautiful and are they

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well crafted as a bible that costs two hundred and

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twenty nine dollars. Well, obviously not, but the function works right,

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So what does it mean? What does it say to

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me that I wanted a Bible that looked amazing and beautiful?

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Because did I want the word of God, the word

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of my homeless Messiah, my homeless Savior from a human perspective?

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Do I want his words wrapped in this luxury leather

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versus a fifteen to twenty dollars bible. So I'm going

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to try to take a hard, honest look, not at

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the sincerity of the buyers or the skill of the binders,

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but I'm going to try to look at the culture,

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the theology, and assumptions that make this kind of product

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not only possible, but it seems somewhat popular. I mean, look,

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it's got to be popular enough for a country a

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company to sustain itself, not a country a company to

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sustain itself. They've got to be selling enough Bibles to

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be able to make money. I mean, they're not giving

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them away, right, I mean, obviously they're not, so they've

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got to be making money, so they have to be

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at least popular enough to sustain the business model correct,

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or they'd be dropping massive discounts. They'd be dropping you know, hey,

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it was two hundred and twenty nine dollars today you

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can get it for fifty nine to ninety nine. Okay.

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I haven't seen anything like that on their website. I

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haven't seen any flash sells or anything like that. That

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so so, but I want to make a close I'm

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not going after the sincerity of those who buy these.

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You may have some of these, some of you may

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have these luxury bibles. I'm not going after your sincerity.

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I'm just going after, okay, the culture, the theology, the assumptions.

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I'm just trying to ask some hard questions now before

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we start looking at the product itself. And I gave

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you the website so you can go there again. The

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website is humblelamb dot com. I wanted to say Lion

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for some reason. Humble lamb dot com. You look at them,

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look at them for yourself, right, don't take my word

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for it. And you can find lots of unboxing videos

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of theirs on the internet. It looks like they do

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a very good job of seeing those people on the

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on YouTube who review Bibles and they send them I guess,

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so you know, a bible to review to get the

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word out there. So that's very smart marketing, very smart

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use of you know, the Internet. But you can look

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at them, right. So I am not going after the sincerity.

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I'm not even going after those who make it. I'm

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just trying to look at this subject and try to

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ask some very hard questions here and to try to

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challenge the culture of the theology and the assumptions. But

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before we do say, I do have to say this.

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I got to be honest here, right, because it's always

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difficult when we go after how how much something costs? Right,

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because if we if for some people two hundred and

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twenty nine dollars Bible, that's like ordering door Dash financially,

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it's no big deal for them, right, It's no big deal.

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I mean really, it's not. We're two hundred and twenty

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nine dollars Bible. For me, that's I can't even wrap

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my mind around that. That's insane. I'm like, what do

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I do a payment plan? And in fact, I believe

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on the website they even have a payment plan set up.

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I said that you could purchase this Bible using a

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payment plan. I'm like, I got to I need a

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payment plan to buy a Bible. I mean, that just

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seems weird to me. But on the other hand, so

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but if I had the money, well, then I'd be like, well,

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I'm not gonna get that fifteen twenty dollars Bible. I'm

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gonna get the two hundred and twenty nine dollars one.

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So am I Am I conflicted? Not because of the

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principle or the theology. Am I conflicted? Just because I

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can't afford it? Right? I gotta look at myself here, right,

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It's easy for me to go, well, look it's two

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hundred and twenty nine dollars. That's ridiculous. But for some

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people two twenty nine is no big deal. They wouldn't

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even hurt them. For others, it'd be like, well, I

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have to do the payment plan. So if I didn't

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have to make the payment plan, and I could just

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drop two twenty nine right now, order it, have this

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thing sit here and I do my own unboxing and

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like this is the most amazing Bible ever. Well, would

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I feel the same way. I don't know if I'd

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feel the same way. So is this really me? Pointing

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this out simply because I don't have the money that see,

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I don't know what my motives are other than I'm

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just struggling with. So let's do a product overview. Let's

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do some facts first. The company Humble Lamb. They're tagline

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making Bibles more accessible and beautiful. Out of the accessible part,

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I'm a little confused by. But I think because they

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do some kind of giveaway. I guess for people in India.

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I don't know, but I put it this way, your

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Bible's not accessible to me. You're you know, you're buy

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It would require all of a sudden, my listeners to

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start giving me, I don't know, you know, fifty dollars

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a week, so that I could just buy one of

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these bibles. Right. But here's the product line and some prices.

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The NASB History Bible one hundred and seventy nine dollars

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pre order if you order it today, but it's going

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to be two twenty I guess. Ultimately, So I guess

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the NASB History Bible. Maybe it hasn't been released yet,

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but it looks like that there's a pre order. You

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can get it for one seventy nine, but it will

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be two twenty nine. Retail. Now some of the features here.

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It has blue letter text, it has these beautiful Gustaf

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Dore I think is the one who did the illustrations.

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I think that's how you say his name. Gustaf Dore

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did the illustrations. There's two hundred and twenty of them.

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There's a single column layout. It's goat skin, leather, edged

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line binding, art, gilded edges. Sounds a beautiful Go look

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at it. Go look at it. That's the NASB History Bible.

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One's seventy nine for pre order, two twenty nine retail.

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Then they have the kjav Lion Bible, two hundred and

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twenty nine dollars, verse by verse layout, defined archaic words,

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double column, goat skin, leather, art, gilt edges. I don't

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think they have the Gustav Dore illustrations in the KJV Bible,

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So you may want the NASB History Bible, so you

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get the Gustav Dore illustrations and the NLT Sunrise and

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New King James, New NKJV Shepherd. They also are two

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hundred and twenty nine dollars. They come from goat skin.

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They have the Dore illustrations and high and visual presentation.

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They also have the Humble Shield a premium leather buy

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a Bible bag. They go to the website here. I

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think the Humble Shield hang on if I can find it.

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The Humble Shield is a Bible bag two one hundred

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and twenty dollars two hundred and twenty dollars. So if

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you want the bag to carry your two hundred and

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twenty nine, two hundred and twenty nine dollars bible in,

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that's gonna so just the Bible and the bag will

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be it's well over four hundred dollars. You're like two

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hundred and fifty or four hundred and fifty dollars to

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get a Hey, what did you spend four hundred and

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fifty dollars on today? I got a Bible and a

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Bible bag, a Bible book bag. Wait, four hundred and

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fifty dollars for a Bible and a Bible book bag.

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That could have you know, that could have done a

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lot of other things. But again that's easy to criticize.

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So I don't know. I look at it now. I'm

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just gonna again, I'm gonna be honest with you. I

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look at these Bibles, and I look at that book

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bag and I'm like, whoa, those things are beautiful. Those

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things are awesome, man, I'd love to be. I mean,

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the book bag I carry around, I don't know, it

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was like ten dollars at Walmart. I don't know. My

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book bag's about ten dollars at Walmart. Okay, that's not

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as much as I could pull off a two hundred

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and twenty dollars a two hundred and twenty dollars Bible

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book bag. Man, I'd be I'd be. Is it a

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state at a symbol? Look at me? I've arrived right now.

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As so, I asked Ai about these, and Ai said,

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these are not designed to be casual tools. These are heirlooms.

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These are display pieces, worship accessories made to evoke reverence.

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Now there, I was a little like, h are these

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really supposed to evoke reverence? It looks like they are

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supposed to evoke Look at my Bible compared to yours.

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Ai goes on to say, maybe even admiration. I mean, look,

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put it this way, if you saw anybody with their

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book bag and with this Bible, any of their Bibles,

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you would immediately notice you would be walking by going WHOA,

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that's a beautiful Bible. That's a beautiful Bible. But see,

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the attention would be drawn to the craftsmanship. It would

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be it would be drawn to, oh, wow, is that

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goat skin? Like? What kind of what is that made

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out of? Oh? That book bag is beautiful like. It

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would be drawn to the esthetic. It would be drawn

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to the materials. It would be drawn to the design.

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You would not be being drawn to the word. And

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I think that that is somewhat accurate. So I'm going

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to try to walk through this looking at it from

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a biblical perspective, a thiological perspective, and a logical perspective.

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I kind of just threw together a bunch of different

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thoughts and notes. They may not be the most organized,

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but this is really I'm going to try to look

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at it from a biblical perspective, a thiological perspective, and

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a logical perspective. All right, and hopefully you know this

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will be beneficial. So look at it from a biblical perspective.

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gonna actually a lot of times I just read the scriptures.

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But because we're talking about bibles that cost you know,

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two hundred and twenty nine dollars. I'm going to open

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up my little cheap bible here, Luke nine. Luke, chapter nine,

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verse fifty eight. I believe Luke, chapter nine, verse fifty eight.

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You can open up your expensive bible or cheap bible

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if you would like. Jesus says this Luke, chapter nine,

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verse fifty eight. And Jesus said to him, foxes have holes,

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birds of the air have nest, but the son of

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man has nowhere to lay his head. So when we

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speak of Jesus, when we speak of our Savior, when

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we speak of God Incarnate, we're talking to someone who

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does not even have a place to lay his head.

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He lives a life of can we say simplicity? He

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lives a life of humility. He lives a life not

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of luxury. But then do we take that and apply

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it only to bibles, or do we take that and

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apply to every area of life. See, I could sit

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here right now. I want to make it very clear.

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I could sit here right now and criticize these Bibles.

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But if you were up here in the studio right now,

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you would look. You'd be like, what is that over

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there to your right? That's a Yamaha amplifier that's a

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very cool looking streaming device you have connected to your

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Yamaha amplifier. Oh and that's a very nice pair of

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headphones you have there connected to all of that equipment.

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Oh and then you have an iPad over there that's

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dedicated to your music. HM. Right, So if I'm gonna

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take Luke nine point fifty eight, well, Jesus had nowhere

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to lay his head, so we shouldn't buy luxury bibles now.

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At the same time, though, the luxury bibles are the

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things that has the words of the one who had

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nowhere to lay his head. So that seems somewhat God.

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I struggle here. How about Matthew Chapter twenty one, Matthew,

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Chapter twenty one. That's chapter twenty one. We read these

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we read these words, verse twelve. Matthew twenty one, Verse twelve.

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Then Jesus went into the Temple of God and drove

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out all those who bought and sold in the temple,

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and overturned the tables of the money changers and seats

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of those who sold doves. And he said to them,

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it has written, my house should be called a house

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of prayer, but you've made it a dan of thieves.

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Now we have historical context. There's something specifically going on.

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Many cases, this is the way they were, Hey, you

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have to offer a sacrifice, and you can buy the

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sacrifice here. And maybe this sacrifice that they were selling

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was more. Maybe they were turning the whole sacrificial system

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into a way to merchandise, sell, to sell product, to

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sell merchandise, to sell things. Now does that apply here,

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that the word of God is turned into a product. Well,

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whether you're paying two twenty nine or whether you're paying twenty,

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the word of God, for the most part now is

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a product which we buy and sell without even giving

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it much thought. So the idea that the word of

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Christ meant to be scattered to the ends of the

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earth is now wrapped in materials once reserved for royalty

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should cause us to stop and reflect. I think that

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that's fair, right. It's the words of Christ. They're supposed

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to be everywhere, and we've wrapped them now. And you

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know something that looks like you know, if you see

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someone with that Bible, you're like, WHOA, they must have

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a lot of money, But is that wrong for them

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to have it? We could look up other scriptures, but

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just note I looked up those two scriptures. I looked

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up those Luke nine eight in Matthew twenty one twelve

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through thirteen. I looked them up and a cheap bible

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and it worked perfectly. So as far as function, I

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don't need it wrapped in a nice, beautiful leather because

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it was able to function perfectly correct. So I was

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trying to make a point. I'm not going to do

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that for the rest of these scriptures because I have

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a lot more here to look at, but have like

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Matthew six nineteen through twenty one, do not store up

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for yourselves treasures on Earth. Again, I could apply that

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to the Bible. But what about right here to my right,

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my headphones, my streaming device, and my Yamaha amp. Am

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I storing up for myself treasures on Earth? Well? Yes

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I am. And if I go down the steps, through

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the kitchen, through the living room to the hallway, take

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a right walk to the room. Down there, there's my

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not very nice sixty five inch television. See, So who

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am I to talk about? Do not store up for

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yourselves treasures on earth? So do not buy a luxury Bible, say,

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But at the same time, it just feels weird that

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the Bible costs more. I think that Bible costs more

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than my streaming device did are pretty close. That Bible

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costs way more than I could almost I'd have to

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look at what they're going with. Because I use the

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AT fifty X headphones. I think I could get two

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pair of those headphones for almost the price of the Bible.

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It would be relatively close, maybe a little bit more.

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I could get two two set of headphones. I know

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I could easily get one set of headphones for cheaper

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than that you could purchase that Bible. I don't know

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how about Luke twelve fifteen, Watch out, be on guard

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against all kinds of greed. Life does not consist in

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the abundance of possessions. Well, is it greedy to want

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a Bible that costs two twenty nine? Or is it

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greedy for me to want those headphones and want my

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stereo equipment? Is it greedy for me to want my

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subscriptions to the music streaming services that I use? Is

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it greedy that I want a sixty five inch television

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00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:53.640
versus a fifty five inch television? Is it greedy that

461
00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:59.039
I want all the subscriptions I have to different streaming services?

462
00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:08.000
But see, I don't know. Luke nine point fifty eight,

463
00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.960
which we've already referred to, is, of course, the son

464
00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:13.240
of man has nowhere to lay his head. So Jesus,

465
00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:16.880
it seemed, promoted a life of simplicity and warned about

466
00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:20.799
the seduction of wealth. There doesn't seem to be any

467
00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:24.240
scriptural example of Jesus or the apostles encouraging the production

468
00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:30.559
or possession of ornate religious artifacts, let alone lavishly bound scriptures.

469
00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:33.559
In fact, early Christians had to share handwritten copies, often

470
00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:38.200
on scraps of parchment. Now that's true, but do we

471
00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:42.839
go back to that. Hey, we can only make handmade

472
00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:50.559
copies by hand using pencil on parchment. That's it. Nobody

473
00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:52.960
wants to go to that. So where's the line? Because

474
00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:59.799
right here, this hard bound cast, I mean, it's much

475
00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:04.839
better than handwritten copy on parchment. It's awesome. It looks

476
00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:10.079
amazing that the Thomas Nelson comfort print that they are

477
00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:17.640
typeface is amazing. So is that? Am I living in luxury? There?

478
00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:25.640
I don't know. Scripture speaks of like Romans ten to seven,

479
00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:27.839
faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of Christ.

480
00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:30.319
So if faith comes by hearing and hearing by the

481
00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.480
word of Christ. Well, then we want the words to

482
00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:35.640
be available to anyone and everyone. But again, just because

483
00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:38.799
one company offers them in a leather bound you know,

484
00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:44.799
goat skin, whatever the skin they're utilizing that costs two

485
00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:47.319
and twenty nine dollars, is not stopping other people from

486
00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:50.039
getting it in a cheaper format. So is it really

487
00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:54.079
an issue there. Deuteronomy six says these commandments are to

488
00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:56.799
be on your hearts, impress them on your children. The

489
00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:59.960
Bible emphasizes the distribution of the word, not it's law

490
00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.599
luxury presentation. The emphasis is on clarity and accessibility, teaching,

491
00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:07.559
writing on door posts, speaking of it daily, not in

492
00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:11.400
wrapping it in goat skin and gilded edges. So that

493
00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:15.400
is true that that is a criticism that could be offered.

494
00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:21.839
But see, my struggle is but it's still available in

495
00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:25.359
all the other cheaper ways. It's not like the company,

496
00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:28.519
this company is stopping the production of all the cheaper Bibles.

497
00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:32.400
It's just say we want to offer a luxury version

498
00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:38.240
of the Bible. Are there any thilological issues? Well, two

499
00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:41.400
Timothy three says all scripture is breathed out by God

500
00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:44.519
and is profitable, So the value is in the content,

501
00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:48.920
not the container. The philological danger comes when we begin

502
00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:53.960
to associate truth with esthetic quality. Scripture is powerful, whether

503
00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.920
it's in a worn out paperback or on a cracked

504
00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:59.920
phone screen. What matters is not what's on the cod

505
00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:03.839
but what's inside and whether we believe and seek to

506
00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:07.680
try to live our lives according to it. Does packaging

507
00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.200
the Bible and goat skin with two two hundred or

508
00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:15.119
two hundred and twenty Gustav Dore illustrations at a cost

509
00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:17.839
of two hundred and twenty nine dollars does this enhance

510
00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:20.920
its the logical power? Or does it risk turning the

511
00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:25.519
Bible into a luxury object of aesthetic appreciation rather than

512
00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:33.079
a convicting and transforming word. Does it turn It may

513
00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:36.759
be subtle, like if I wanted what that Bible, it

514
00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:39.640
would I'm telling you, if I wanted that Bible and

515
00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:41.920
I do, and I saw it, and I would be like, well,

516
00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:44.079
I'd love to have one of these. But immediately I

517
00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:46.440
had to ask myself, I don't want it because it's

518
00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:48.599
a Bible. I don't even want it because it's the

519
00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:50.920
Word of God. I want it because it looks amazing.

520
00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:53.279
It looks awesome, It would be great. I like the

521
00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:57.319
touch of physical books. It would be amazing to touch

522
00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:59.599
it and to open it and to use it and

523
00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:03.079
preach and teaching and on the podcast. Oh, it would

524
00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:06.079
be amazing. But from a functional standpoint, that has nothing

525
00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:09.359
to do with anything, because I just need the words

526
00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:11.359
that are inside, and I can have them right here

527
00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:20.640
in this hardback for like fifteen twenty dollars. So, but

528
00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:23.440
it would be subtle, right, I could tell myself it's

529
00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:25.240
the word of God. It's the word of God. I

530
00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:28.960
love the Word of God. I love the way it's made.

531
00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:32.839
It's the same thing why I love the physical, the

532
00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:35.880
physical Liturgy of the Hours, the four volume set and

533
00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:38.039
the Liturgy of the Hours, which is about one hundred dollars,

534
00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:41.799
but it's four volumes. Those things are beautifully made. I

535
00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:45.400
love the feel. I love to touch them. I like

536
00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:50.880
the opening of the pages. But sometimes I'm more drawn

537
00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:53.559
to the esthetic and the feel than i am the

538
00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:58.680
actual words contained inside. So the same thing can happen.

539
00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:09.839
So we've got you know, the sufficiency of scripture has

540
00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:12.119
nothing to do with how it's wrapped up? Is this

541
00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:15.599
a subtle attack on that without us even really knowing that?

542
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:18.359
How about the issue of stewardship. Jesus taught in Luke

543
00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:22.000
sixteen that we are stewards of God's money. The average

544
00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:26.880
premium Bible from Humble Lamb costs more than forty paperback

545
00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.799
bibles combined. In other words, I could buy forty paperback

546
00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:34.519
bibles forty for the price that I could buy one

547
00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:40.359
premium Bible from Humble Lamb. I could buy forty paperback

548
00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:43.359
Bibles for the price of it cost me to buy

549
00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:48.519
one Bible from Humble Lamb. First, Corinthians force as it's

550
00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:52.200
required of stewards that they be found faithful. Luke sixteen

551
00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:55.240
says you cannot serve both God and money. But again,

552
00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:00.039
we're talking about a Bible. I spend money on so

553
00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:05.960
many other things. So a Christian is called to be

554
00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.960
a steward of their resources. Spending one hundred and seventy

555
00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:11.000
nine dollars to two hundred and twenty nine dollars on

556
00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:13.760
a Bible while many are without food, clothing, or even

557
00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:16.960
single Bible in their language must be weighed carefully. What

558
00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:21.039
could that money do in missions aid or Bible translation efforts?

559
00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:24.119
But guess what whatever I spend money on, whether it's

560
00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:30.880
stereo equipment, television streaming services, door dash. I could be saying, well,

561
00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.559
that money could have been used for missions, It could

562
00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:36.559
be used for Bible translation efforts, it could be used

563
00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:41.639
to help people who don't even have a Bible. So

564
00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:48.199
it's a double leedged sword. So this forces me to ask,

565
00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:51.760
what if that two hundred and twenty nine dollars bible,

566
00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.760
that that cost went towards missions or Bible translations, or

567
00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:59.239
feeding the poor, our discipleship and struggling churches. Now those

568
00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:01.239
are good questions, but you can ask that question anytime

569
00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:03.079
you spend money on anything else. So I don't think

570
00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:07.880
that really gets us any anywhere. Now, as I keep

571
00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:10.559
throwing out this kind of an objection, I'm kind of

572
00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:14.280
playing Devil's advocate to this entire thing. I think some

573
00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:18.159
may say, and I would say, not just others. Well,

574
00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:21.239
I mean I spend hundreds, maybe even thousands on TVs,

575
00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:24.639
sound systems, phone close, So what's wrong with spending two

576
00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:27.440
hundred dollars on a Bible? Not that I think that's

577
00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:30.320
an accurate question, but I do believe there is somewhat

578
00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:35.639
of a distinction. My TV is not a sacred object,

579
00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:39.599
My stereo equipment is not a sacred object. My headphones

580
00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:42.440
are not a sacred object. No one believes that my TV,

581
00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:45.320
my stereo equipment, and my headphones are divine. They may

582
00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:49.559
my stereo system may sound divine, but it's not divine.

583
00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:54.719
No one says it's inspired. No one will say it's authoritative.

584
00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:58.079
No one's going to say it's holy. No one's going

585
00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.800
to be saying it's used to proclaim salvation or declare

586
00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:04.599
the words of eternal life. But the Bible is treated

587
00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:08.400
as God's direct word to humanity. It's used in worship,

588
00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:11.559
for discipleship, and in evangelism. It is we treat the

589
00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:14.440
word of God as if it's sacred, not just spiritually,

590
00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:18.400
but even symbolically, that this is the this is the

591
00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:22.639
word of God. We hold it up that serves even

592
00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:31.079
as a symbol of these are the sacred words of God.

593
00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:35.199
So maybe spending one thousand dollars on a TV maybe

594
00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:39.039
a matter of preference or entertainment. Spending two twenty nine

595
00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:44.440
on a Bible, then we're crossing over into philological territory.

596
00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:50.079
And is that fair to say? Maybe the issue isn't

597
00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:54.840
just what it costs, but what the object is and

598
00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:57.119
what we communicate about the nature of God's word when

599
00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:59.239
we cover it in luxury? What are we saying about

600
00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:02.679
God's word? The issue isn't how much it costs. It's like,

601
00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:05.360
what does it become? Is it still the word of God?

602
00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:08.480
Or is it just a status symbol? Is it the

603
00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:12.559
word of God? Or is it what are we saying

604
00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:15.119
about God's word when we cover it in luxury, that

605
00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:22.199
it's a status symbol? I don't know. I think the

606
00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:26.719
possible concern could be this, and I think this concern.

607
00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:28.920
It may not be allowed concern, It may not even

608
00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:32.400
be considered heretical, but and it may not even be

609
00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:37.840
considered obviously corrupt. I think the issue here is there's

610
00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:45.159
a problem that's quiet, attractive and maybe deceptively spiritual, because

611
00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:50.519
the value begins to shift from the scriptures to the

612
00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:56.760
materials surrounding them. We don't mean to do it, but slowly,

613
00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:01.800
maybe even we can't even perceive it, our eyes begin

614
00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:04.480
to rest not on the truth inside the text, but

615
00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:12.719
on the calf's skin grain, the gold edging, the Gustav

616
00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:18.000
Dore artwork, and the status of owning such a fine addition.

617
00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:23.760
Maybe instead of being moved by Christ crucified, we are

618
00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:27.239
moved by how beautiful the Bible feels in our hands.

619
00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:32.719
And maybe, just maybe it's a little bit of the

620
00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:39.119
golden calf problem repackaged. Israel created a golden calf to

621
00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:46.480
worship yahweh luxury. Bible's risk becoming a representation that replaces

622
00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:51.880
the revelation. The object made to point us to God

623
00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:55.199
becomes the thing we admire. We admire the object, not

624
00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:59.880
the God of the word. We now admire the object

625
00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:04.440
which the word is contained. So, in a roundabout way,

626
00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:08.079
our reverence is quietly redirected from truth to the texture,

627
00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:13.360
to how it feels. So when the value of the

628
00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:17.760
Bible becomes the lamb's skin and not the lamb who

629
00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:24.039
was slain, maybe we've already missed the entire point. When

630
00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:27.599
we say the Bible is priceless, but we clutch the

631
00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:31.480
addition with better stitching, deeper grained leather, we're saying something

632
00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:35.559
we don't even realize. We begin to measure holiness by aesthetics.

633
00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:38.480
We begin to talk about how amazing it is, and

634
00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:43.119
we're not talking about the actual words of God. Same

635
00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:45.800
thing can happen with church building. Some people they go

636
00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:48.559
to it. They may not want to admit it. Some churches,

637
00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:52.480
they would feel awkward or embarrassed by going to that church.

638
00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:55.519
It's broken down in the middle of nowhere, but they'll

639
00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:59.400
go and they will never say otherwise. But you can

640
00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:01.920
tell that they're proud of the building they go to.

641
00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:06.519
They don't feel awkward or embarrassed. They want people to

642
00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.480
know they go to this church because it's a nice building.

643
00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.880
And that's why they used to say in church growth books,

644
00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.880
if you want to build, if you want your church

645
00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:16.679
to grow, build it and they will come. Give them

646
00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:21.320
a nice, beautiful building. They will show up. The preaching

647
00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.679
may not be any different than it was. Just give

648
00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:27.840
them the building. Because people like esthetics. They like atmosphere,

649
00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:32.000
They like visuals. They like the way something touch, how

650
00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:37.199
something feels, how something looks, They like the atmosphere, the vibe.

651
00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:41.239
So and that the same thing there as wait, I thought,

652
00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:42.559
we show up to church to hear the word of

653
00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:46.800
God preach, we can do that in a broken down building. Well,

654
00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:49.199
they'll find some reason why the preaching in that broken

655
00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:52.119
down building is not good. I know, because you're embarrassed

656
00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:54.920
to be there. You feel embarrassed, But you don't feel

657
00:40:54.920 --> 00:41:00.559
embarrassed being that nice, big building down the road, same

658
00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:03.800
thing can happen. So then we have to ask questions

659
00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:05.880
what is the function of a bible? A bible is

660
00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:09.400
primarily means of communication, not a museum piece. The logical

661
00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:13.000
purpose is to be read, internalized, studied, and shared. A

662
00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:15.719
twenty dollar or even a five dollar bible accomplishes the

663
00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:18.559
same function. If a two hundred and twenty nine dollars

664
00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:22.360
bible is purchased but cherished more as a possession or

665
00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:25.920
an heirloom, does it functionally become an idol? I don't

666
00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:30.199
have the answer for that. What does a two hundred

667
00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.360
and twenty nine dollars bible do that a five dollar

668
00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:34.760
bible cannot. It's got the same words, it's got the

669
00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:37.360
same Gospel, it's got the same chapters, it's got the

670
00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:44.480
same verses. The luxury Bible does nothing more except feel nicer,

671
00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:50.000
look nicer, and appeal to prestige. So the question becomes

672
00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:54.119
what exactly are we paying for? It's not truth, it's

673
00:41:54.159 --> 00:42:02.360
not revelation. Its appearance. So how does it appear when

674
00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:05.599
Christians carry luxury bound bibles into churches where others are

675
00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:08.960
struggling financially. You got someone sitting in in your church.

676
00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.239
They are having a hard time even paying their bills.

677
00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:13.920
They're living paycheck to paycheck. And you sit down next

678
00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:16.159
to them with your two hundred and twenty nine dollars

679
00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:19.840
Bible and your two hundred and twenty dollars Bible book bag.

680
00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:25.400
You could probably just the money you spend in your

681
00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:27.440
Bible and book bag. But at the same time, should

682
00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:30.320
the person who has money then feel bad and they

683
00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:33.000
can't have anything because the other people in the church don't.

684
00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:35.000
Should they worry about what kind of car they pull

685
00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:37.119
up in? Well, I pull up in a nice car

686
00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:40.119
and that person over there is broken down piece of

687
00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:44.199
garbage car even looks embarrassing to park next to it. Okay, well,

688
00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:47.639
should you feel bad? No, because it's your money, You've

689
00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:57.119
earned it. See so, I don't know. I don't know

690
00:42:57.119 --> 00:43:01.000
how to approach this right now. What message does this

691
00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:05.000
send to outsiders? Is it about Christianity? Does it show

692
00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:10.360
that Christianity is about revering objects? Does it show that

693
00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:13.920
we you know, we like nice things and aesthetics because

694
00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:17.159
it makes us feel good. Is it saying something about us?

695
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Is it a contradiction because many who own such bibles

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would affirm doctrines of humility, simplicity, dying to self, but

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the level of luxury would it not kind of contradict

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those values? But at the same time, they drive up

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in a nice car, they go to their nice home,

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So don't they already contract they wear nice clothes, so

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aren't they already possibly contradicting the very doctrines that we claim,

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and all of us are guilty of that right, we're

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supposed to be humble, life of simplicity, deny self, die

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to self, love God above all things, else, love your

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And what do we do well? We see constantly that

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we're not doing any of those things. Maybe the extravagant

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Bible highlights my tendency, maybe your tendency to mix reverence

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with materialism. Maybe it highlights that we substitute luxury for holiness.

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Maybe it reveals our failure to prioritize the mission of

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the Word over the medium on which it's wrapped. The

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good news is that the Word of God, the Word

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became flesh, not leather bound. Christ came in poverty so

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we could receive grace freely, and that grace doesn't need

714
00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.639
goat skin, it only needs faith. So maybe we see

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this luxury Bible and we see, don't worry about how

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it impacts anybody else. Don't even worry about what it

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says to anybody else. Ask what it says about us?

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What it says about you and me? And again you

719
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may look at the website and you may not even cure,

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But what does it say about me? Me? And it

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may say on a lot of negative things. So therefore

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I'm going to use it as law. And you know

723
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what it it shows me I need the one I need,

724
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the Lamb of God who came in the flesh, the sinless,

725
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eternal son of God, who took upon human flesh and

726
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died for me. Because he lived a life of simplicity,

727
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He lived a life of humility where I don't. He

728
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lived a life in many cases I think you could

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say poverty, where I tend to live in excess. So

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maybe with some questions, I'll just leave you with these.

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Have we and I'm putting me right there with you.

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Have we begun to associate the value of scripture with

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the fill er look of my Bible? Now? I think

734
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this is older people's problems. Younger people are more than

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happy just to look at the Bible on their phone, right,

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But for us older. Have we, throughout our Christian lives

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associated the value of scripture with the fill the look

738
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of my Bible? Do I admire my Bible more than

739
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I apply its content? So I probably have admired some

740
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of the bibles purchase more than it's and probably admired

741
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them more than I apply its contents. What I still

742
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treasure the Word as deeply if it were printed on

743
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plane recycled paper. I don't know, the look of it

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definitely draws me to it. Right And because I don't

745
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like Bibles necessarily Bible apps. I mean I have them,

746
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but I'm not a fan of using them. I like

747
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a physical Bible because I use the iPad for all

748
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the other things. So when I get ready to do

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Bible readings day, I like to set aside the electronic

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and then look at the physical. Have I confused reverence

751
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with luxury? Am I spending more to surround the Word

752
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with beauty than I am to share the Word with

753
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the lost? The Word of God ultimately doesn't need gold, trim,

754
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doesn't need lamb skin, It doesn't need branding or you know,

755
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some kind of special cut and print, and it doesn't

756
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need any of that. It just needs to be heard

757
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and believed. Christ came to the poor, his word came free.

758
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Now we are told not to adorn ourselves with outward beauty,

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but with the inward humility of the spirit. So if

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our bibles become way a way to display status instead

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of submission, admiration, a set of application, then we have

762
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fallen into the trap Paul warned about having the form

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of godliness but denying its power. Now, we should love

764
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the scriptures for what they are, not how they look.

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We should read them obviously, we should want to obey them.

766
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We're never going to ultimately do that, and we should

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do that even if the cover is torn and the

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binding is weak, because the true power of God's word

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was never in the Lamb's skin. It was always supposed

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to be in the lamb of God takes away our sins.

771
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That's easily said than done. Right, Because man, we're human beings. Right.

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This goes back to some of the things we talk about.

773
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We're human beings. We're visual, we have feelings, we have needs,

774
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we have desires, we like nice things. So what do

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you think luxury bibles, premium bibles? Are you for them

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or against them? Or you think these a good thing

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or a bad thing. And now, of course we have

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to just admit sometimes it's just based on how much

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money you have. A premium luxury bible is not a

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premium luxury item to someone that two hundred and twenty

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00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:51.840
nine dollars is basically like a door dash order. It's

782
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a premium luxury bible for me because I would have

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to do a payment plan to get one, all right,

784
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So that's a see, that's a completely So sometimes we

785
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can't say, well, man, you you spent all of that

786
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money on a Bible, but it's nothing to them, so

787
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they shouldn't be criticized for that, right. It's just a

788
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hard thing for when when I saw the video, I

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just kept thinking, man, that Bible is beautiful. Wow, that

790
00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:20.719
thing's amazing. That thing's awesome. And then I'm like, well, wait,

791
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it's I'm not saying the Word of God is amazing.

792
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I'm not saying the Word of God is awesome. I'm

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just looking at the way it's binded, and it's color,

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and it's and the illustrations. All that thing's beautiful. But

795
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I'm not in any way talking about the actual words

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of God. So then I had to slap myself going like, well,

797
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is this a problem for everyone or just me? So

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do you have a premium Bible? If you do, what

799
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do you feel about it, and what do you think

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about this entire issue. I know it's probably not what

801
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you were expecting to hear a discussion about today, but hey,

802
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that's what happens. I open up YouTube and there's someone

803
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unboxing a video a Bible that costs two hundred and

804
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twenty nine dollars. I'm like, well, that's what I'm talking

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about today. We've talked about it. Love to get your thoughts. Everyone,

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have a great day, and now you can go back

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to your Bible that costs whatever it costs, and you

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can draw your own conclusions. Thanks for listening. God bless