"Waiting on SUNDAY: The Veil of CHRISTIAN IGNORANCE!"

For most Christians, the major problem they have with walking out the Word of God in their lives is that they don't read, study and perhaps most importantly, MEDITATE on His Word.

According to the Barna Group, a California-based Evangelical Research Group that studies trends in the lives of Christians, states that 88% of American households own a Bible, the average household owns 4.7 Bibles and only 37% of Christians read the Bible more than once per week!

These statistics are astonishing and saddening at the same time. It is obvious that the lack of Christian scholarship has led to the deterioration of the influence, integrity and witness of the Institutional Church (IC). As many of you may know, I am an author of several books on the dilution of the power and authority of Christians in the marketplace. Not because I hate church, but because I hate what the church has become. In this sense I am NOT referring to the "building" but to the "individual person."

If Christians are not reading the Word of God (WOG) at home or at work, one can only conclude they are "Waiting on Sunday!" Too many Christian are totally relying on their pastors to interpret the WOG for them. A pastor can only teach you what he knows. If he is ignorant, guess what? Ignorance is transferable. Herein lies the calamity of ignorance. Now I must state emphatically that ignorance is NOT stupidity. However, they are inextricably connected. For to remain ignorant is stupid!

Christians are a nation of non-readers. How is it conceivable that an individual could expect to pass a test without studying the content of the text books they are given? The keys to a productive and successful Christian life and how to live that life abundantly, in the fullness of joy and in the Presence of the Almighty God is at hand! It is on your desk, fireplace mantle, nightstand or on the floor in the back seat of your car!

The Prophet Hosea says it best:

       "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children." (Hosea 4:6)

This is a popular scripture in the IC, however, most often it is not taught in its entirety. Two key points need to be addressed; 1) Hosea clearly states that the result of the destruction of the people is because they REJECT KNOWLEDGE (don't study and obey the WOG) and, 2) God said He would reject us as "priests" (spiritual visionaries having the ability to commune with and receive direction from the WOG through His Holy Spirit) and thus, "FORGET OUR CHILDREN!"

The Barna Group reports that young Christians (ages 16-29) study the Bible less than 3 TIMES PER YEAR!  Based upon these stats, it is apparent that our children have truly been forgotten! Selah...