Giving away Bibles has been a ministry hobby of mine for a long time. I have a tendency to give my own Bible away too often. There was a period of time when I couldn’t keep a Bible in my possession for more than a month. I just always found reasons to give it away. I still do. It usually goes like this:
“Did you ever hear the story of ____?”
“No?”
I begin telling the story. (Bro Stephen, has a blog about biblestorying that was written while he was a missionary in Brazil.)
As I tell, I open my Bible to that passage. When I finish the story, I show the person where it is in scripture.
I ask “Do you have a Bible that’s just for you?” If they say no, I give them mine.
“This is mine, but I want you to have it. I have another Bible at home that I can use.
If the person politely refuses, I just tell them to consider it a gift. I don’t insist. Nine times out of ten, they take the Bible.
I want to point out a free resource: a program called E-Sword, which you can download for yourself by clicking the screenshot above.