| You may not even realize it but there are audio Bible | | | | equipment will not run. However, improvements have |
| Study programs going on all over the world. Audio | | | | been made in this area with the application of recent |
| Bible study is one way that scholars and students are | | | | scientific digital technological advances. There are now |
| making use of the audio Bible. Audio Bible Study brings | | | | solar-powered CD players that will play the audio Bible |
| the Word of God to people who cannot read, the | | | | CD without the need for any local energy at all, |
| majority of the world's population at present. The Bible | | | | allowing the audio Bible to reach into indigenous areas |
| on audio CD allows missionaries and local pastors to | | | | that might otherwise have not been blessed with |
| share the treasures of the Bible to all who would like | | | | God's Word. |
| to hear about them. The audio Bible on CD is also | | | | If you are learning how to read, it helps speed the |
| being used worldwide as an aid to literacy. | | | | process by listening to what you are trying to read |
| One of the first steps a missionary or pastor might | | | | being spoken as you attempt to read it. The audio |
| take is to begin an audio Bible listening group. The | | | | Bible is used in this manner to help improve literacy |
| Word of God is presented in a language familiar to | | | | skills of people all around the world. Over half the |
| native speakers, and it begins to work on the hearts of | | | | world's population cannot read, so audio Bibles are |
| the listeners. | | | | being used as one method of sharing God's Word, and |
| This often leads to the building of new churches. | | | | are also used to help improve reading skills. |
| People then come to the churches to listen to the | | | | Illiteracy is even a problem in the United States, where |
| audio Bible and continue after with discussions of what | | | | many do no reading at all after graduating from high |
| they have heard, in order to build their faith. | | | | school or college. This can hamper spiritual growth, if a |
| Listening to the Bible also helps new believers to | | | | congregation is simply not reading the Bible. One way |
| memorize passages from it. Those living in a | | | | to overcome that obstacle is an audio Bible program |
| predominantly oral culture respond to dramatic | | | | that allows listeners to listen to the entire New |
| readings of the Bible, and audio Bibles are available in | | | | Testament in forty days while spending only 28 |
| dramatized versions, with sound effects, music and | | | | minutes a day at this endeavor. Because the audio |
| staged readings. | | | | Bible also comes in an MP3 player format, it can go |
| Some places in the world do not have the luxury of | | | | with you to the gym or on your commute, so that in |
| reliable power. This might put a damper on hearing the | | | | spare moments you can catch up on your Bible study. |
| audio Bible, because without a power source electronic | | | | |