The last few days I have been asking myself these questions:

• “What if the spiritual decline in America over the last several decades has very little to do with church structure and people’s preferances?
• What if all of the worship wars and culture wars that we have experienced in the church are merely symptoms of a much larger problem?
• What if the real issue is the fact that most Christians have very little to no commitment to studying scripture?

The more I think about this and reflect on my own experience the more I am convinced this is the problem. In spite of the fact that most Christians have heard hundreds and thousands of sermons, most never go deeper than someone else is willing to take them.

Without a real commitment to scripture how can a follower of Jesus ever really get to know Him? How can a follower ever learn to really follow Him? They can’t.

Any thoughts? I would love to discuss this.