For well over twenty years now, Christian leaders have been lamenting the loss of general biblical literacy in America. … Some among us may be tempted to seek odd solace in the recognition that our culture is increasingly post-Christian. … Much to our embarrassment, however, it has become increasingly clear that the situation is really no better among confessing Christians, even those who claim to hold the Bible in high regard.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
BIBLE NEWS: A "Famine" of Bible Knowledge?
Bible Quizzers - as a group - really know our Bible. We not only know general facts about it, but we study the text intensely and talk about it every practice for historical and cultural context. But what about everyone else? Is there a crisis of Bible knowledge in America? A professor from Biola University makes the case.
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