I used to see lots of Bibles and often collected them to send to an organziation that ships them to other countries. http://www.bf.org/biblenet.htm Of course, since that time the post office has elimiated the economy shiping for M-Bags making shipment to other countries very expensive for books.
Anyway, a few years ago I found a Bible I decided to keep. (Of course it's also missing part of the New Testament, so not complete.)
The way I remember it, I got it with a few Bibles and my mother opened it, and said, "Wow, look at all these signatures." I looked over, and recognized all the names. It pretty much is a "Who's Who" of the WV north district of the Church of the Nazarene from the early 80s to early 90s. The district superintendant, visiting evangelists, missionaries, pastors of various churches. I went to a Nazarene church for years as well as spent two years at a Nazarene college, so I recognized many of these names!
I had never heard of Bible signing before I ran across this Bible, although since I've heard it's common in a few denominations. I have heard everything from "These people are heroes of the faith and people we should look up to" to "No person should sign a Bible because that's God's Word and humans aren't God."
But still I think the Bible is really neat!
There are more signatures than this, just took one photo!
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