Resilient discipleship is not purely a reactionary measure the church must take against the rising tide (tsunami?) of secularism. Rather, the church must always be edifying the saints for kingdom work. Edification is a construction, building word. What I mean to say is this: The church must seek to build people up into maturity; to give priority to the ministry of disciple-construction.

Each new year it happens: Inevitably, we all take up a grand Bible-reading plan. We start off fast out the gates, usually in Matthew or Genesis, but then, the all-to-often interruption occurs and we stop. The stop has many reasons, but I want to try to diagnose one today. 

We stop reading the Bible because we start merely reading the Bible. 

True teaching identifies Jesus as the biblical, prophesied Messiah, while false teaching dangerously denies Jesus as Messiah. False teaching subtly pulls on threads that unravel the whole tapestry of Christian theology.

Let's all be honest with one another: The Bible can be hard to read. We wake up some days and the last thing we do is read the Bible. There is no desire to open God's Word on these days.

How important is it to know what you believe?

I think we need less and less "blind believers."