DISQUS

Bryant Neal · 3 months ago

Hey Dan...great points in the intro!! It is true what you said about people being able to take away from the Bible what they want because they read it from their own point of view..not that of the author, much less God's. The more I interact with people who live in our community around our church in in the county around, the more I find large numbers of people who are fundamentally Biblically illiterate and know practically nothing about the Bible...including people who claim a church background.

If we want the "church" to return to the former glory that God had given it, then we must return to helping people understand the Bible for themselves, but also to do it correctly. I find that my friends who belong to other "faiths" apart from orthodox Christianity are especially prone to this problem since they rely upon boards, counsels and priesthoods to tell them what the truths of God are and how to apply them.

This looks to be a great blog project and I look foward to it...

BibleDude · 3 months ago

This issue of biblical illiteracy is (I believe) one of the biggest problems in the church today. What makes it worse is that sometimes non-Christians know the Word better than Christians.

I really appreciate your thoughts and perspective here, and I agree that the call to return to helping people understand the Word for themselves is one of the keys to returning to that glory!

I am also looking forward to this project! I look forward to hearing your thoughts as we dive in!