The Danger of Too Much Group Bible Study

You probably think I chose the title of this blog to jar you into reading it. That’s true. I did. But I do think there is a danger of too much Bible study.

Not too long ago, I met with a wonderful Christian couple. They attended a Bible study at their church on Sunday morning. In addition, they both attended Bible Study Fellowship, a wonderful ministry that scores of Christians I admire have attended. The woman also attended a Tuesday morning women’s study at their church.

Here’s what alarmed me. When I asked them what their ministry was – how they were serving the kingdom, aside from the man ushering at his church and his wife serving a local pro-life ministry a few hours a month, that was it. They were spending far more time studying the Bible than actually living it out in service.