The Bible Tells Me So
Mike Stone
Luke 24:13-27
My wife and I are blessed with 4 children. The baby just turned 4. As a creature of habit, he has a pretty meticulous bedtime ritual. And it includes singing his 3 favorite songs. And the trilogy of worship always concludes with, ''Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.''
I was shocked when I recently heard the pastor of one of the largest churches in the nation speaking at a Southern Baptist sponsored conference. When asked what he'd like to change about the American church he said that if he were in charge of the church, one of the things he would do is make sure we took the spotlight off the Bible and put it on Jesus.
This shocking departure from sound theology was magnified days later when, speaking before his own congregation, he suggested it's possible to question, even deny the historicity of various Old Testament accounts so long as you believe in the resurrected Christ.
Mocking the children's hymn, he said the problem with our children leaving the faith in record numbers begins when we teach them, ''Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.'' He theorized that many young people have ''deconverted'' (his word) when they are taught that all of the Bible must be true.
Young people, he contends, have been foolishly taught that the Bible is like a house of cards and if you can't trust part of it, none of it can be trusted. By the way, I plead guilty. That is exactly what I try to teach my kids and yours!
He theorizes that when students decide that parts of the Bible are false, their whole faith comes crashing down like a house of cards. When students base their faith in Jesus on ''the Bible telling them so'' and then they realize or come to believe there are errors in the Bible, he says these students leave the faith unnecessarily.
Students, he believes, are actually done a disservice to be taught that the Bible rises or falls together. Because when they go off to ...
Mike Stone
Luke 24:13-27
My wife and I are blessed with 4 children. The baby just turned 4. As a creature of habit, he has a pretty meticulous bedtime ritual. And it includes singing his 3 favorite songs. And the trilogy of worship always concludes with, ''Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.''
I was shocked when I recently heard the pastor of one of the largest churches in the nation speaking at a Southern Baptist sponsored conference. When asked what he'd like to change about the American church he said that if he were in charge of the church, one of the things he would do is make sure we took the spotlight off the Bible and put it on Jesus.
This shocking departure from sound theology was magnified days later when, speaking before his own congregation, he suggested it's possible to question, even deny the historicity of various Old Testament accounts so long as you believe in the resurrected Christ.
Mocking the children's hymn, he said the problem with our children leaving the faith in record numbers begins when we teach them, ''Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.'' He theorized that many young people have ''deconverted'' (his word) when they are taught that all of the Bible must be true.
Young people, he contends, have been foolishly taught that the Bible is like a house of cards and if you can't trust part of it, none of it can be trusted. By the way, I plead guilty. That is exactly what I try to teach my kids and yours!
He theorizes that when students decide that parts of the Bible are false, their whole faith comes crashing down like a house of cards. When students base their faith in Jesus on ''the Bible telling them so'' and then they realize or come to believe there are errors in the Bible, he says these students leave the faith unnecessarily.
Students, he believes, are actually done a disservice to be taught that the Bible rises or falls together. Because when they go off to ...
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