Our lack of reading the Bible has created a vacuum that is filled by cultural nonsense, mammon’s lure, empty secularism, and skeptical agnosticism. It has left us with no standards for living, no compass for life, in the quicksand of moral relativism. We need the Bible to correct our thinking and our behavior; we need it to show up inconsistencies and hypocrisy in our own lives. We need the Holy Writings to lead us to acts of compassion, restorative justice and truth telling; we need it to help keep us focused on our journey toward Christlikeness.
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16–17 NLT).
