Hebrews 5:12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!
A few years ago Comedian Jeff Foxworthy hosted a game show called, "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" Although the show was designed to produce some laughs, many times the ignorance of people was no laughing matter. Too many contestants, many who had already received high school or even college diplomas, demonstrated ignorance of the basic facts of geography, math, and English literature.
Similarly what has happened to Christians in the United States is no laughing matter. While most Christians claim to take the Bible seriously, our actions reveal just the opposite.
Pollster George Gallup has dubbed the United States "a nation of biblical illiterates." David Van Biema of Time magazine cites a telling example of this kind of biblical illiteracy: "Only half of U.S. adults know the title of even one Gospel. Most can't name the Bible's first book. And the trend extends even to Evangelicals."
That's amazing and that's dangerous. Most Americans know more about the lives of Kim Kardasian and Lindsey Lohan than they do about Jesus. Here is the danger of the trend of our times:
Without knowledge of the Bible how will we know what God expects?
How will we know where to stand on the issues of our day?
How will we ever be salt and light in our culture?
How will we re-wallpaper our minds with the truth of Scripture to fight against the lies of the enemy?
If we don't know the Scripture, we won't know God or the world we actually live in.
At Grace Church we want everyone to be a person in God's Word every day of the year. That is why we have invited you on this Bible Reading journey. Our team of blog leaders gathered last week and they enthusiastically have committed themselves to continuing this journey in 2014.
Would you prayerfully consider not only joining us on the journey but also inviting someone to make the journey with you? We believe the most important commitment a person can make to move from milk to meat is the daily reading of God's Word. Your commitment to spend 20 minutes reading God's Word each day will transform you and ultimately the world around you.
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