{"id":4631,"date":"2018-03-16T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/chorusinthechaos\/?p=4631"},"modified":"2018-03-16T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T21:48:40","slug":"scribe-bible-journal-interview-yed-anikpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/chorusinthechaos\/scribe-bible-journal-interview-yed-anikpo\/","title":{"rendered":"The SCRIBE Bible Journal: An Interview With Creator Yed Anikpo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"SCRIBEA few weeks ago, a Kickstarter Campaign<\/a> caught my attention. It\u2019s called The Scribe Bible Journal and carries the tag line: \u201cGet Your Quiet\u00a0Times Done\u201d. As someone who has regularly struggled with consistent, long-term quiet times, I find the project very interesting. You might say my inconsistencies are consistently frustrating.<\/p>\n

The SCRIBE Bible Journal claims to be the world\u2019s first \u201chabit-forming bible study system\u201d and\u00a0 if The Scribe Bible Journal can truly aid me in becoming more consistent in my devotional times \u2013 then I am all for it. For these reasons,\u00a0I decided to reach out to creator, Yed Anikpo, and learn more.<\/p>\n

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1) Can you tell me a little about your background and what brought you to start The SCRIBE Bible Journal Project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure! My name is Yed Anikpo, I\u2019m originally from Cote d\u2019Ivoire, and I currently reside in Minneapolis where I\u2019m married with three children.<\/p>\n

As a serial entrepreneur, I\u2019m always on the lookout for ways to be more productive \u2013 especially since I have young children; my oldest is 6. While looking online one day, I stumbled across the work of Dr. Peter Gollwitzer from NYU on implementation intentions or \u201cif-then\u201d planning. Reading further, I found over 100 studies showing that deciding in advance when and where one will take specific actions to reach their goal can double, or triple, their chances of success. I was intrigued.<\/p>\n

At around the same time, I asked my audience (about 20k Christians who\u2019d subscribed to my email list) what was their number one frustration when it comes to their engagement with Scripture. The majority responded saying it was a lack of time. later, I found that information was corroborated by Barna\u2019s\u00a0State of the Bible report where their polls showed that half of weekly Bible readers identified lack of time as their #1 problem when it comes to their\u00a0Bible reading.<\/p>\n

So, I thought this is a problem that a lot\u00a0of\u00a0people seem to have so why not apply implementation intentions (if-then planning) to the most\u00a0important goal anyone can have, namely\u00a0reading and meditating on Scripture. That\u2019s how\u00a0the SCRIBE Bible Journal was born.<\/p>\n

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2) What makes The Scribe Project different from other bible study tools?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SCRIBE Bible Journal is the only Bible study\u00a0tool that I know of that incorporates motivational, psychology principles to help Christians cultivate a habit of reading and\u00a0meditating on Scripture. Specifically, the daily layout provides users with an easy way to apply the \u201cIf-Then\u201d planning technique to plan\u00a0their Bible\u00a0reading the night before. As I\u00a0mentioned, using that\u00a0technique\u00a0alone can double or triple one\u2019s chances of actually doing what\u00a0they set out to do.<\/p>\n

The journal comes with a 2-year Bible reading plan and provides an easy way for its users to meditate on what they read in Scripture by using a modified version of the S.O.A.P Bible study method.<\/p>\n

SCRIBE uses many other psychological \u201chacks\u201d to get Christians\u00a0into Scripture. I can\u2019t get into all of them here, but I\u2019d recommend reading this article where I detail five of them HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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3) How have the techniques used in the Scribe Project changed your quiet times?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SCRIBE Bible Journal has helped me stay much more consistent with my quiet times. I\u2019ve also benefited in many other ways. As part of the journal process, I write down every day one thing I\u2019m grateful to God for in the evening. I\u2019ve found I feel happier and more content. Science shows that engaging in\u00a0thoughts of gratitude increases serotonin and dopamine levels in your brain while reducing cortisol\u00a0levels (a stress hormone) by as\u00a0much as 23%.<\/p>\n

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4) What are some long-term goals for The Scribe Project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the\u00a0Kickstarter campaign ends, we will put the journal for sale on our e-commerce website (https:\/\/www.scribebiblejournal.com\/<\/a>) and we will also list it on Amazon. One day, we hope to expand into brick-and-mortar.<\/p>\n

In the long term, I\u2019d like to create some more journals\u00a0and planners under the same publishing company, Lyfebooks. My vision for\u00a0this company is to help improve the spiritual lives of\u00a0Christians by creating beautiful\u00a0and meaningful tools.<\/p>\n

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5) How do you think technology has changed quiet times? Has it helped or hurt?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here I\u2019ll let the great John Piper answer for me. He wrote, \u201cOne of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with everything, there needs to be a balance. Technology has made the Bible and other biblical and theological resources available to all at the\u00a0click of a mouse. I have John Calvin\u2019s 22,000-page\u00a0Commentary of the Bible in my phone that literally fits inside my\u00a0pocket \u2013 and that\u2019s amazing. At the same time, the widespread usage of cellphones, and especially of Facebook, is having a detrimental effect on Christians. We\u00a0are becoming addicted to these things, and as a result most of\u00a0our free time is\u00a0spent getting\u00a0our dopamine fix on social media instead\u00a0of meditating on Scripture and seeking God\u2019s face through earnest prayer.<\/p>\n

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6) Anything else you would like to add in closing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to look at Scripture and answer this question: How do we become more Christlike?<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians\u00a03:18\u00a0reads: \u201cBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.\u201d We can learn four things from the above Scripture.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Bible is a mirror that reflects to us the glory of Christ.<\/li>\n
  2. We are changed into that same image by beholding or contemplating that glory (Wow! Just think about that for a second).<\/li>\n
  3. This change happens progressively over time.<\/li>\n
  4. This progressive change is affected by the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, how do we become more like Christ? By beholding or contemplating Christ as He is revealed to us in Scripture. To behold or contemplate means to view or consider something with continued attention. In other words, we grow in Christlikeness by meditating on Scripture. SCRIBE is designed to help you prioritize and implement this transformative contemplation every day until it becomes a habit.<\/p>\n

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