A recent sermon I heard at a church of Christ was about the need to read and study the Bible following the Berean example given in Acts 17:11. The preacher specifically said that we should question what we are told, and study the Bible to find the truth. He said that no one should believe something simply because he said it, or because any person said it, or simply because it is what our parents taught us, or simply because the church teaches it, but because it can be proven by the inspired word of God. (Galatians 1:8)
He mentioned a Gallup poll where a percentage of people in this country actually believe that Billy Graham delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and that Sodom and Gommorah were husband and wife! He said we were being destroyed for lack of knowledge of the word of God (Hosea 4:6), and that the remedy is to read and study the Bible, and to encourage others to do the same. (2 Timothy 2:15,16)
"A recent sermon I heard at a church of Christ was about the need to read and study the Bible..."
Should I catagorize this as a rebuke or as an encouragement?
:)
(i.e. are you CoC?)