T. David Gordon writes the following in Why Johnny Can't Preach:
"Many Christians will read their Bibles daily for fifty years, and not have one opinion that changes in the entire fifty-year span. Texts do not change or alter or skew their perspective; texts do not move them or shape them; they merely use them as mnemonic devices to recall what they already know." (49)
This is one of those quotes where I am inclined to agree but hope that I am being overly pessimistic.
I do think it is true that most Christians don't read and study Scripture enough at home to determine their own understanding of the message but instead appropriate bits and pieces from the "experts" and from their denomination's formalized statements of faith.
What do you think?
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