Erik Raymond has another insightful article this week about how to prevent a gospel-centered fizzle out. He’s concerned for the next generation of Christian pastors and Bible teachers, and he’s wondering whether we’ll be able to replicate the great teaching we’ve been hearing for a generation. Will we learn not only how to repeat what we’ve been told, but also to draw new conclusions from the same old texts on our own?
It’s one thing to have been able to say you have been to the restaurant and eaten a meal, but, if you don’t know how to get there yourself then you’ll never be able to eat that food again, much less take someone else out to enjoy the same experiences. My concern is that too many have been piling into Sproul’s theological minivan to go eat a feast but never learned how to actually find their way to the meal.
He writes of how important it is for us to learn to read, interpret, and rightly apply the Bible on our own. I couldn’t agree more.
Peter,
Thanks to great ministries and what you have applied in my life, I can definitely see it going forward experientially. I see, even in Japan, men from around the world, focusing on seeing the word being expounded correctly for the glory of God. We can trust God and praise Him that His word is STILL going forth!