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- The issue of Bible literacy is a growing topic of discussion and debate. Kenneth Berding, professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology says biblical illiteracy has reached a crisis point.
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Jun 16, 2014 · For the past 15 years that Kenneth Berding has been teaching the New Testament, he admits that his students have always had little knowledge about the Bible. But today, he says, biblical illiteracy has reached a crisis point.
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It would seem not. A recent LifeWay studyfound that only 32 percent of Americans who “attend a Protestant church regularly say they read the Bible personally every day.” Evangelical Protestants faired a little better (36 percent), but not much. As Albert Mohlerput it, “The scandal of biblical illiteracy [is] our problem.” Perhaps Google really has ...
God doesn’t expect the same degree of biblical mastery from all his people. We’re not all called to be pastors or teachers. But we’re all called to know him, to hunger for him, and to commune with him. And other than prayer, there is no better way to know and commune with God than to hear his voice in Scripture. And this is the worst part of biblic...
To that end, The Gospel Coalition has partnered with Crossway to launch an initiative for 2020 called Read the Bible.The goal is to help individual Christians and churches read God’s Word faithfully next year. Here’s what it involves—and no, it’s not too late to join: 1. The Robert Murray M’Cheyne Bible reading plan, which takes us through the enti...
May 31, 2022 · Biblical literacy involves a deeper awareness of the meaning of what’s in the Bible—how God’s grand narrative unfolds from the first words in Genesis 1, “In the beginning . . . ,” to the very last words of Revelation. How there’s one common thread that knits the whole thing together.
Aug 10, 2023 · There’s been no shortage of concern over the lack of spirituality among America’s young people. It’s a reality on full display in the American Bible Society’s “State of the Bible 2023,” though researchers believe the most recent data wave shows a glimmer of hope and a window of opportunity.
May 6, 2020 · In fact, according to the same study, only 14% say the Bible is outdated, only 7% say it is harmful, and a mere 8% say it is bigoted. If the problem is not one of time, access, or outlook, it must be then, a lack of recognition of the truth of the Bible and its application for our daily lives.
Jen just released a bible study on the book of Revelation tittled: Revelation: Eternal King; Everlasting Kingdom. You can find more of Jen’s work at JenWilkin.net. In this episode, I talk to Jen about the crisis of bilbical illiteracy in the church and how to address it.
Apr 15, 2018 · In less than two generations, the proportion of Australians who never pick up a Bible has leapt to seven out of ten. But a robust biblical literacy can help us decode creative works and...
