I am thinking of TV religion where a Jimmy Swaggart Bible (study edition) or one of the many similar "study bibles" produced by a TV based "ministry" is spruiked mercilessly at the end of the TV show. Does that kind of religion and that kind of study bible run the risk of becoming a negative influence on its owner? I say, run the risk, because many will not be negatively influenced, and the study bible is not in and of itself a negative influence even if some of the notes in it may be.
I have one such bible, I bought it from Amazon.com for an exceptionally low price, it is from a TV ministry out of Atlanta, Georgia. The featured preacher is a quite elderly fellow (now deceased as of April 2023) who sits on a tall stool in front of a world map as he preaches. The bible is a "NKJV Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible [Second Edition, Brown]" and it cost $30.79 in Australia. It is Genuine Leather, the normal amazon price for it is $160. And the notes in the bible seem okay, as far as the ones I have read go. But I wondered if this sort of thing may not be a sort of personality cult and carry with it all sorts of risks.
I have one such bible, I bought it from Amazon.com for an exceptionally low price, it is from a TV ministry out of Atlanta, Georgia. The featured preacher is a quite elderly fellow (now deceased as of April 2023) who sits on a tall stool in front of a world map as he preaches. The bible is a "NKJV Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible [Second Edition, Brown]" and it cost $30.79 in Australia. It is Genuine Leather, the normal amazon price for it is $160. And the notes in the bible seem okay, as far as the ones I have read go. But I wondered if this sort of thing may not be a sort of personality cult and carry with it all sorts of risks.