I grew up with the Bible in my family, and, to us, it was an open book.
At Sunday School in church we read stories from the Bible as well as memorized Bible verses. We also heard the Bible taught and preached from the pulpits.
To us, the Bible was as common as cornbread and milk.
Over the past five and a half years, as I have been writing the 7th Highway, I have learned many lessons. Today, I believe the Lord has given me a truth that only He could give.
As much as the Bible is common to many Christians, to many other Christians the same cannot be said. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that, to many people in churches across America today, the Bible is not common to them. How many, for example, have never seen a Bible up close with their own eyes? And how many have never touched a Bible with their own hands?
No wonder so much confusion abounds within the Christian community!
No wonder people in churches know so little about the Bible!
No wonder people in churches know so little about God!
No wonder people in churches do not know the stories of Jesus in the New Testament!
It is no wonder, then, that people in churches know more about Santa Claus and Easter Bunny than they know about the birth and resurrection of Christ!
Knowing that this is true, then we should be able to see and understand that many, many people in churches today are strangers to the Bible, strangers to God, and strangers to Christ.
To ask why or how this happened is pointless; the answer should be: what can be done about it?
For it is easy to point fingers and find fault; but it is difficult to find a solution.
To solve this situation, I do not have the answer. I do not have the solution.
In some way, however, the Bible must be returned to the pulpits in churches for the ministers and pastors and preachers to teach and preach the Bible. In my mind, this would be the best place to begin to educate the minds of people in churches in the word of the Lord.
Secondly, parents must also take responsibility and help ease the burden of church ministers, for they cannot do everything by themselves.
For if the Bible is to become common among Christians, it must first become common at home: as common as cornbread and milk.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
At Sunday School in church we read stories from the Bible as well as memorized Bible verses. We also heard the Bible taught and preached from the pulpits.
To us, the Bible was as common as cornbread and milk.
Over the past five and a half years, as I have been writing the 7th Highway, I have learned many lessons. Today, I believe the Lord has given me a truth that only He could give.
As much as the Bible is common to many Christians, to many other Christians the same cannot be said. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that, to many people in churches across America today, the Bible is not common to them. How many, for example, have never seen a Bible up close with their own eyes? And how many have never touched a Bible with their own hands?
No wonder so much confusion abounds within the Christian community!
No wonder people in churches know so little about the Bible!
No wonder people in churches know so little about God!
No wonder people in churches do not know the stories of Jesus in the New Testament!
It is no wonder, then, that people in churches know more about Santa Claus and Easter Bunny than they know about the birth and resurrection of Christ!
Knowing that this is true, then we should be able to see and understand that many, many people in churches today are strangers to the Bible, strangers to God, and strangers to Christ.
To ask why or how this happened is pointless; the answer should be: what can be done about it?
For it is easy to point fingers and find fault; but it is difficult to find a solution.
To solve this situation, I do not have the answer. I do not have the solution.
In some way, however, the Bible must be returned to the pulpits in churches for the ministers and pastors and preachers to teach and preach the Bible. In my mind, this would be the best place to begin to educate the minds of people in churches in the word of the Lord.
Secondly, parents must also take responsibility and help ease the burden of church ministers, for they cannot do everything by themselves.
For if the Bible is to become common among Christians, it must first become common at home: as common as cornbread and milk.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
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