Read directly from the Bible to your children. That’s because, if you’re a believer, the Holy Spirit resides within you and will help you to understand the Word He authored. You might just be pleasantly surprised at how well you grasp it. Try. Pick a book of the Bible, start at the beginning, and read it through to the end, taking as much time as you need. Ladies, I know you may feel inadequate, but don’t give in to those feelings. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. ![]() I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. “…my conscience is captive to the Word of God. You need to pick up the actual Bible and begin studying the God-breathed text for yourself, and teach it to your children. If you are a 21st century believer with access to a Bible in your native language and doctrinally sound preaching and teaching I will not recommend a Bible study book or program to you. I will no longer help perpetuate the stranglehold the pre-packaged Bible study industry has on Christians. And, so, with hammer in hand, I have one resolution I want to nail to the door of Church As Usual: Well in my opinion, it’s time for another reformation. Using teaching materials written by somebody else is just assumed. Somebody wants to teach a women’s Bible study? She’s sent to peruse the shelves of LifeWay for a popular author, not to her prayer closet and her Bible. You walk into Sunday School and you’re handed a quarterly. Why? Because for the past several decades, that’s how Bible study has been presented to church members. ![]() Teach straight from the Bible with no leader’s guide or student books? It’s practically unheard of in the average church, and hardly anyone is equipped to do so. Twentieth and twenty-first century evangelicalism hasn’t taken that direct and violent route, but rather, has gradually brainwashed – whether intentionally or unintentionally – Christians into thinking that if they’re going to study or teach the Bible, they have to have a curriculum, book, or DVD study in order to do so. Only the elite, those in leadership, were supposedly able to comprehend the Scriptures and dispense doctrine to the common Christian. Catholic rulers prohibited the people from having copies of the Bible in their own language and martyred many Bible translators and Reformers. This is scarily reminiscent of the pre-Protestant Reformation ideology that ruled Roman Catholic “Christianity.” The pope and the priests, not the Scriptures themselves, told Christians what to believe. ![]() Namely, that the people in the pew aren’t capable of studying and understanding the Bible for themselves- they need some Christian celebrity to tell them what it means. The hate part has nothing to do with the people asking the question, but with the prevailing line of thought in evangelicalism that has led them to ask the question. That’s the central reason my ministry even exists- I want Christian women to be grounded in the Bible and sound doctrine, and it brings me unbelievable joy and encouragement when I see women seek that out. I love ( LOVELOVELOVELOVE) that women ask me this question because it means two things: they want to study, or teach their children, the Bible and they want to be sure what they’re learning or teaching is doctrinally sound and in line with Scripture. And, to be honest, it’s a question I have a love-hate relationship with. Next to being asked whether or not a particular teacher is doctrinally sound, this question, or some variation of it, is the one I’m most often asked. Can you recommend a good women’s Bible study?Ĭan you recommend a Bible study we can do with our teens/children?
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