Why Tag the Bible?

When emailing back in forth I got this question -

I still can not figure out why I'd spend time tagging the bible?

Good question, there are plenty of online and offline commentaries, software products, studies, etc. For the non-professor, scholar, average joe what value is there in tagging the bible?

Much in every way!

While those discussions of exegesis and hermeneutics are valuable, it's you who has to live out your spirituality.

Instead of describing the bible as a scholarly exercise, try linking biblical truth to your online life such as -

"This happened yesterday to me and I'm blogging about it / I read about it in another blog / I read it on the news / I read an article." ....

"It was good/bad/sad/interesting/hard" ...

"It Reminded me about Psalm X or Proverb B or Book Chapter Q"

"How it's really comforting / challenging / useful / true / difficult "

The Benefit is this: You learn to look to the scriptures to help you understand you're everyday existence - you're relationship with God and his universe.

The Jewish way was to meditate on the scriptures day and night, in the midst of everyday life and use them to frame their perspective of the world around them.

Benefit two - blessing others

Next when someone is reading Psalm X or Proverb B and say's what does this mean? How is this relevant? They have a page full of links including yours that act as examples to help them engage the God of the bible in their everyday life and figure out how that particular scripture is useful.

My hope is that a community tagging the Bible in this way will be transformed by a deeper understanding and engagement of God and the Bible in their everyday life.