Queen's Road Cell

Edmund Chan says that we are becoming a Biblically illiterate society where even churchgoers only have a superficial knowledge of the Word. We get our Bible knowledge second-hand rather than from personal study. The Word is "incidental, not fundamental". So our Bible studies are dominated by superficial opinions instead of Christ-centred depth. He says there are 4 things that will help us engage with Scripture: 1. A desire to encounter God, not just to learn about Him 2. A disciplined approach to Bible study - training whether we feel like it or not. 3. Learning to delight in the Word because it changes us. 4. Being devoted to the Word as a response to God's love. We commit time and effort and seek to obey it with all we have. Why is it important to experience all these things? My answer is that we engage with the Word of God in basically the same way as engaging with God himself. We do not approach Him in a single way, and so we can only approach His Word rightly b...

Laity Sunday 2019: Word 27  As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” 28  He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” (Lk 11:27-29) 19  Now Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. 20  Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” 21  He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” (Lk 8:19-21)                 We conclude from these parallel passages that: 1.        It is more blessed to hear and obey God’s word than to be Jesus’ mother. 2.        Jesus regards those who hear and obey God’s word as His true family. 3.     ...