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If that were indeed the case why does Scripture even need to be written down

WHERE do you think I get Scripture from? Thank God He wrote it down. He gave us everything He wants us to have.

90+ minutes of "preachin'" at their services to expand and clarify on what you presumably already know?

Already know? We are always growing and learning and will never stop. 90+ is NOTHING!! I spend hours myself daily! I'm a daily walker by faith not a Sunday walker. The Word needs to be planted - it's not for head knowledge but planted in the heart. Faith comes from hearing and hearing THE WORD OF GOD. Notice 'hearing' - it's stated more than once because it needs to be planted. It's like the sower sowing the seed - first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.

"To those who listen to My teaching, MORE UNDERSTANDING will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them."

Jesus also said, "The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he's asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens.

The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens.

And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come."

Jesus said, "How can I describe the Kingdom of God? What story should I use to illustrate it?

It is like a mustard seed planted in the ground. It is the smallest of all seeds,

Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade."

Faith is like a mustard seed. God's Word is seed. A hard heart cannot accept a seed - much like soil in a garden.

The parable of the sower occurs in all three of the synoptic gospels (Matt.13:1-9; Mk.4:1-9; Lk.8.4-8), and is explained by Jesus in Matt.13:18-23; Mk.4:13-20; Lk.8:11-15.

It is significant for us because it helps to explain the mechanics of spiritual growth.

In the parable, a sower goes out to sow seed in four different types of ground: hard ground (by the roadside), rocky ground, thorny ground, and good ground.

The seed that falls on the hardened ground beside the road is quickly stolen away by birds; the seed that falls on the rocky ground springs up quickly, but perishes because its roots lack depth;

the seed that falls on the thorny ground is choked by the weeds that grow up around it; but the seed that falls on good ground prospers and produces a bountiful crop.

Jesus explains the hard ground as the person whom Satan causes to reject the gospel; the rocky ground as the person who abandons the gospel in times of distress; the thorny ground as the person distracted from the gospel by the cares and worries of life; and the good ground as the person who actually produces fruit for God in this life.

The SEED is God's Word - not church doctrine. But church doctrine can cause a hard heart (ground/soil) if the church does not teach God's Word is Supreme - above everything else.