Status Updates From Knowing Scripture

“More often we face the problem of people calling them­selves to the role of teacher who are simply not qualified to teach. A good teacher must have sound knowledge and the necessary skills to unravel difficult portions of Scripture. Here the need for mastery of language, history and theology are of critical importance.”

“Sensuous Christians go their merry way until they en­counter the pain of life that is not so merry—and they fold. They usually end up embracing a kind of “relational theology” (a curse on modern Christianity) where personal relationships and experience take precedence over the Word of God.”

“Sensuous Christians equate “childlike faith” with ig­norance. They think that when the Bible calls us to childlike faith, it means a faith without content, a faith without under­standing. “They don’t know that the Bible says, “In evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature” (1 Cor 14:20).”

“Many of us have become sensuous Christians, living by our feelings rather than through our understanding of the Word of God. […] Their Christian life is only as effective as the intensity of present feelings. When they experience spiritual euphoria, they are a whirlwind of godly activity; when they are depressed, they are a spiritual incompetent.”