Is it wrong to only listen to the bible?

[historyincognito]

I find that I do better with the bible listening to it then reading it!

 

[brinny]

i do too, and it's a blessing to be able to listen to someone read it....

i also read it, but there's nothing wrong with listening.....

 

[dysert]

Nothing wrong with listening to it at all. Remember that in the early churches they only had one copy of Scripture, so someone read from that one copy to everyone else. It's a tried and true tradition dating back to the formation of the Church. In fact, if you can get more out of it by listening than by reading it for yourself, you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you only read it. Whatever mode works best for you is the way you should go. The point is to absorb it, however that works best for you.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

I listen every night. I do read, but I have better recall by listening.

 

[com7fy8]

It is good to be able to listen

And the person reading to you might be more mature in Jesus, than you are; so the person may be used by God to spiritually minister to you while reading to you.

 

[Neogaia777]

I also listen more than I probably should read, I like just kicking back and listening...

God Bless!

 

[Sketcher]

Are you asking if an audio Bible is worse than a print Bible?

If that's the case, no.

 

[historyincognito]

Yes

 

[com7fy8]

Well, God's word is a personal message of love. So, if a person reads it to you, this can make it more personal.

 

[Neogaia777]

Well, listening to it may have one advantage, your not likely to cherry-pick scriptures and take things out of context, the negative side is the ability to know the story's and sayings in the bible, but unable many times to quote where they are at specifically...

God Bless!

 

[JCFantasy23]

I don't see anything wrong with it. Some people are audio book only. If that's the way you learn the best or get more absorbed into it, I'd say it's a good thing.

 

[Xalith]

I've got a mild form of APD, so listening to an audio bible is probably not a good idea for me, lol. But others might be just the opposite. Whatever works, though with an audio bible, if you miss something or need to go over it again, that's a lot of rewinding/fast-forwarding to do if you're using tapes or moving sliders around if you're doing it on computer looking for the part you need.

Also, you might be missing out on helpful tools like footnotes and other information that print Bibles usually have.