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“Teens are lacking in basic Bible knowledge”
Washington-There’s considerable ignorance about the Bible among U.S. teens, judging from a Gallup Poll released Tuesday.
Fewer than half the 1,002 youths polled knew that Jesus turned water into wine at the Cana wedding, and nearly two-thirds couldn’t identify a quote from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount or the relation of the road to Damascus to the Apostle Paul’s conversion. About one-in-10 thought Moses was one of Jesus’ 12 apostles.
The poll, with a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, accompanied a report issued by the Bible Literacy Project of Fairfax, Va.
The literary project interviewed 41 high school English teachers who are regarded as outstanding by their colleagues; forty of those teachers said knowledge of the Bible gives students a distinct educational advantage.
This article that was reported by The Associated Press sadden my heart when I read it, yet I am not surprised. We live in a very Bible illiterate age. We must take the warning of Hosea 4:6 very seriously which reads, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge….” We as well as our young people will be destroyed if we do not heed the teachings and warnings of the Bible.
As Christian parents and concerned Christians we must encourage young people as well as ourselves to be involved with daily Bible study, regular attendance at Bible class and worship. We need to try to make a good effort to see our young people be involved in the spiritual activities of the church to help our children to spiritually and in the knowledge in the Bible such as: Bible Boosters, Vacation Bible School, Bible Bowl, Lad’s to Leaders, and other youth activities.
We must ask ourselves, are we making the most of these opportunities to build our faith and increase our knowledge of the God the Bible? Are we encouraging our children to be involved with various youth activities to boost their knowledge of Scripture and grow spiritually?
Not only will studying the Bible give students a distinct educational advantage as the article above pointed out, but the Bible will give every Christian a distinct advantage over sin, Satan’s schemes, and a knowledge of where we will spend eternity.
Church if you’re not encouraging your young people to read and study the Bible then we are setting them up for failure in this life and in the next. Please get involved with the various methods that the church offers to help your children get to Heaven. Do it now before it is to late for you and your children!
Written by
Mark T. Tonkery
November 10, 2016
