Pastor and author Michael Youssef says the problem of biblical illiteracy is to blame for America’s growing secularism, and he hopes a new book on the topic can help turn the tide.
The founder of Leading The Way Ministries and the pastor of Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Youssef, this month released a new book, How to Read the Bible (As If Your Life Depends on It), that he says is the culmination of 50-plus years of ministry. He calls it a “crash course” on the Bible and says he hopes it helps Christians “fall in love” again with God’s Word.
“Biblical illiteracy translates into ignorance of the issues that we’re facing — the moral issues,” Youssef told Christian Headlines, referencing as examples societal debates over gender and sexuality.
“How can I measure [those issues] against the Word of God if I don’t know the Word of God if I did not spend time understanding the character of God?” he asked.
“There can be no doubt,” he said, that there is a correlation between the nation’s secularism and the church’s biblical illiteracy.
“I’m a trained anthropologist, and, therefore, as a theologian, I’m looking at the culture. And I’m looking at…
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