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1 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | Sir Pent | 59516 | ||
A Different View........................................ Dear Justme, I agree with EdB that the Bible is the most important book for all Christians to read, and that too few of them spend enough time studying it. However, I would also like to say that I think your idea of a “suggested reading list” is terriffic. You are entirely correct that it would be easy for a person to be led far astray by reading some books in Christian Bookstores. Therefore, I think that it is a great idea for a church or a pastor to put together a list of good books to read for their congregation. This just seems to me to be another way of “shepherding the flock”. There is definately value in many books beside the Bible, and infact, I have mentioned a couple in my personal profile on this site. |
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2 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | Hank | 59537 | ||
Sir Pent: I happen to be in general agreement with the views espoused by you, by EdB and by justme -- all in one package and at the same time! [1] The Christian's bible is the Bible itself, for which there can be no viable substitute. It is the one source that has no peers. It is the one book to which both fledgling and seasoned Christians must turn for the final authority on their faith and practice. [2] There are other, secular, books on religious topics that are well worth reading, and I'd place them in two broad categories: (a) Those that teach orthodoxy and (b) those that don't. Newer, less well-grounded Christians ought to restrict themselves to category (a) and postpone their indulgence in category (b) for reasons that I think are obvious: It is far easier for tender saplings to be bent in the wrong direction than for a mature tree. Category (b) may be quite helpful to the mature Christian who needs to equip his mind with information on the broad spectrum of religious beliefs and practices whose ideas are radically different from and frequently in opposition to orthodox Christianity in order to be more effective in his ministry to these groups. --Hank | ||||||