Ignorance about the Bible.
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Millions of people throughout the world have read The Da Vinci Code or God Delusion. Millions saw a film based on the novel or TV documentaries about both themes. It is challenging the faith of many churchgoers, and confusing millions about what the Bible really says. 
This kind of books and movie show how ignorant most Christians are about biblical history. Most people almost never actually study the Bible as they would a textbook on science, mathematics or history. They usually read only a select few “inspirational” passages with which they are familiar, leaving the rest of the Bible as a sort of black hole about which they are totally ignorant. Many churches, rather than lamenting this ignorance and lambasting the book’s distortions, are recognizing this as a teachable moment. Publishers are seizing the opportunity, too, as for a church struggling with scriptural ignorance and public complacency, the opportunity seems almost—well, heaven-sent. (more…)