"One of the fundamental areas where you can really see the Enlightenment rob the church of its power, worship, and enjoyment is this: [The Bible] has ceased over the years to be a book about God and has become more and more a book about us...'It's about me; about me as an individual...How can I become happy? How do I get rid of this or that?' We use it as a Spiritual Medical Encyclopedia. The problem with that is that that is not what this is! Now are there Truths inside that can help with these things? Yes, but only after the Gospel has taken root. Once you get the Story. Without the Story you have nothing...The Bible is ferociously about God. If there are lessons to learn in the Bible, they come by who we are in light of who He is..."
-Matt Chandler
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