Growing up, I remember my Youth Minister encouraging me to take notes on the sermon when I went to church. I would take my NIV Bible on Sunday mornings and underline significant passages in it and jot down points on my notepad with a pen. It was quite a paradigm shift to write in my Bible, but I was assured it was okay.
Fast forward a few decades, and today I use a Bible app on my Apple iPhone X (Bible app is my favorite). I can underline or highlight verses in a variety of colors. I can share verses on social media like Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat. I can make a Bible image using the verse. I can even compare the version I'm using with a dozen others with the touch of my finger!
I can take notes in that same application. Or I can use the Events and pull up my home church's sermon notes. At the end of the service, I can save my notes, print them, or share them with others. My, how technology has changed how we read the Bible!
It's an amazing technological world we live in today. I don't know that the older way of doing things was any better or worse than the way we do things today. They are just different. Maybe more efficient, some would say. Each method came with its own pros and cons.
However you access your Bible today, just remember, what is most important is that you read it. It is not simply words on paper or a screen, but it is actually "alive and active." Hebrews 4:12 says, "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."
Also, the Words of Jesus, and we find them written in the Bible, are eternal. They are everlasting. Forever true. Jesus says in Matthew 24:35, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." We can trust our future to the Word of God. It is solid, firm, and unchanging.