12 SPRING 2015
IN THE CLASSROOM
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"WHY DOESN'T YOUR CHURCH HAVE ANY ADULT BIBLE CLASSES?" I ASKED A PASTOR.
"WASN'T THERE ANY INTEREST?" THE CHURCH HELD CHILDREN'S CLASSES AND SOME
SMALL GROUPS DURING THE WEEK, BUT NO ADULT CLASSES DEVOTED TO STUDYING
THE BIBLE. TO MY SURPRISE, THE PASTOR REPLIED THAT HE WAS AGAINST SUCH CLASSES.
IN HIS VIEW, SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES TYPICALLY BRED COMPLACENT CHRISTIANS WHO
THOUGHT THAT THE MORE THEY KNEW, THE BETTER CHRISTIANS THEY WERE. "INSTEAD,"
THE PASTOR WENT ON, "CHRISTIANS NEED TO LIVE OUT THEIR FAITH IN THE WORLD BY
SERVING THE POOR, WORKING FOR JUSTICE, AND SHARING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
WITH UNBELIEVERS."
A Life
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