Friday, March 23, 2018

Read the Bible First and Beware of Bad Blogs

This wonderful J.C. Ryle quote needs one tweak for the modern age.  "Whatever you read, read the Bible first.  Beware of bad books and bad blog posts: there are plenty in this day.  TAKE HEED what you read."

The Gospel Coalition often posts articles that leave me wondering if it is trying to be known as the MSNBC of evangelical blogging.  From integrating left leaning social justice thought into the mandate of the Church, to very selective and inconsistent demonizing, to the promotion of evangelical feminism, to unwise teaching concerning SSA.

In this age where no one has time for the Bible but everyone has time for social media we would do well to consider the wisdom of Ryle.  Whatever you read, read the Bible first.  Beware of bad books and bad blog posts; there are plenty in this day.  TAKE HEED what you read.

Ephesians 4:11-16And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.