Serious Christianity

Scripture

Do you take the Bible seriously? Many professing Christians do not. While most of them do own a Bible, it seems that there are relatively few who actually read it on a regular basis. Even those who do, seem rarely to allow the Word of God to challenge them and change them as it ought. [...]

Study

Do you take Bible study seriously? Many professing Christians do not. While most of them do own a Bible and while many will attend the Bible Studies scheduled by their local church, it seems that there are few who spend time studying scripture on their own. If more Christians did study their Bibles, they would [...]

Translation

Do you take Bible translation seriously? Many professing Christians do not. It seems that most simply use the Bible translation that their parents used or whatever their pastor happens to use. Many even choose their translation like they choose any other commodity (having being manipulated through mass marketing). If more Christians did take seriously the [...]

Memorization

Do you take scripture memorization seriously? Many professing Christians do not. While they will indeed memorize a favorite “life verse” from the Bible and perhaps a few other de-contextualized snippets of evangelical sloganeering, it seems that very few devote themselves to a regular and rigorous program of scripture memorization. If more Christians did take scripture [...]

Doctrine

Do you take doctrine seriously? Many professing Christians do not. Rather than following the noble example of the first believers who continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine (Acts 2:42), they have chosen to walk according to that post-modern excuse for biblical ignorance: “Doctrine divides, but love unites.” The only thing doctrine truly divides is truth [...]

Preaching

Do you take preaching seriously? Many professing Christians do not. While they will indeed pay attention and perhaps even take a few notes during the sermon, it seems that few understand and appreciate what actually happens when the Bible is preached by men who are sufficiently gifted and duly approved and called to the sacred [...]

Holiness

Do you take holiness seriously? Many professing Christians do not. While many will indeed speak of their desire to “become more like Jesus”, it seems that any serious discussions about pursuing personal holiness are immediately dismissed by modern evangelicals as nothing but legalism and phariseeism. If more Christians took seriously God’s command to come out [...]

Sabbath

Do you take the sabbath seriously? Many professing Christians do not. While most will indeed attend an hour-long worship service each week, there are very few who consciously and consistently set aside an entire twenty-four hour period each week for rest, worship, and ministry. If more Christians took seriously God’s command to remember and keep [...]

Worship

Do you take worship seriously? Many professing Christians do not. While most of them do attend the weekly service of their church, many do it only out of custom and merely go through the motions of worship (while their hearts remain far from God). Even those who attend for the right reasons, are often unable [...]

Baptism

Do you take baptism seriously? Many professing Christians do not. Whether one believes in infant baptism or believer’s baptism, it seems that most Christians believe that baptism is as a religious rite which is once to be received and then may be forgotten. If Christians were to remember their baptism more often and especially that [...]