This is both simplistic and shallow. Ignore Petrine authority and find yourself in a mudslide of different and contradictory truths from the fortune-cookie feel good rot from the Joel Osteens to the homicidal preachings of Jim Jones and David Koresh to the vapid Bible thumping orations of the Billy Grahams.
Is this a great country or what? Freedom of religion allows us to chose which cult we wish to support with tax deductible dollars. We have great choices such as the Roman cult of the pointy hat, the snake handlers talking in tongues and even the get on your knees five times a day and smell your neighbors butt as you face the big black rock cults.
“... the vapid Bible thumping orations of the Billy Grahams.”
Right.
Do you not personally interpret Scripture throughout the day? Do you not find yourself reflecting on Scripture, and how it might apply to a particular circumstance in which you find yourself? Isn’t it good for us to personally wrestle with the words Jesus spoke and the accounts recounted about his life?