“…whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.” Philippians 3:19

There is a great amount of biblical illiteracy among church goers today. Christian books are plentiful in Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Amazon, and other internet book sites, yet many people know very little about the Bible – and the Bible itself is the number one best seller of all time. I have seen how much I lacked just by discussing the basics with members who grew up in church hearing and supposedly studying the Bible.

Modern-day thinking is that we can pick and choose from the Bible the parts we want and throw away the parts we don’t want. We live in an age where we want our ears tickled and our backs scratched. We want exhortation, self-help, and entertainment. Paul warned of those whose god is their appetites (desires) and their glory is in their shame (no ability to blush).

Lacking biblical knowledge leads to secular and humanistic thinking. In other words, so called Christians lack a biblical world view not knowing what the Bible says about life. Even most of our pulpits lack in biblical expository preaching (dissecting the biblical passage) and most people lack an in-depth biblical study.

Martin Luther said hundreds of years ago, “I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. Then I shake every limb–study book after book. Then I shake every branch, giving attention to the chapters. Then I shake every twig, or a careful study of the paragraphs and sentences and words and their meanings.”

Bro. Larry