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February 07, 2007

Coloring the Bible by Herschel Martindale

Here is a slightly paraphrased version of Herschel’s way of coloring through the bible. He started doing it the first day of his Christian life and still does it off and on today. I couldn’t find it online so I decided to post it.

Yellow The Glory of God - God, His person character and attributes.
Green Grace - All gospel verses but also for all aspects of grace.
Red Blood - Anything about the death, sufferings and blood of Christ.
Blue Holy Spirit – Anything about the person and work of the Holy Spirit.
Brown Judgment, punishment, sin, temptation, etc.
Purple Prayer – The royal privilege. Promises, examples, instructions, etc.
Orange Word of God – Anything that mentions the Word, Scriptures, Promises, etc.

To effectively use this method, color only the word or phrase that mentions the subject. You may have two or more colors in a verse. Use pencils with soft leads and not pens because they will bleed through.

Advantages:

  1. You must concentrate on the verses in order to know what color to use. This concentration enables you to gain more understanding of the verse.

  2. There is a greater retention of what you are reading. Many times I have read a passage and then asked myself, “What did I just read?” Coloring is one form of meditation.

  3. There is a greater ability to recall. I have found many passages as I looked for the colors.

  4. Coloring is often a prelude to further meditation and study. As you think about its meaning you are often stimulated to think and reflect further.

I’m sure that this method won’t work for everyone. It’s just a tool to help you and I study the Bible. Honestly when I first heard about this method I was really skeptical because it seems so “Sundayschool-ish” but I’m going to give it a try. Hey, it helped Herschel get through somewhere around 50 years of life as a Christian so it probably help me!

Posted by paul at February 7, 2007 09:17 AM

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