Welcome to this episode of Real Christianity. I'm your host, Dale Partridge. And as many

of you know, you can find the show notes for these episodes at our ministry's website

at relearn.org. This is a podcast that's completely funded by our listeners and financial

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relearn.org, you can go to relearn.org forward slash donate. And that really helps us

continue on this ministry, producing this podcast, supporting our other ministries, getting

more content out to the Christian community. Today, I wanted to have a short discussion

about the need for rigorous study of your Bible. Now, as you guys know, we are inundated

right now with ideas and information and perspectives more than ever before. And I want you to, I

think I'm going to offer you a pastoral perspective on this. A hundred years ago, as a pastor,

you know, the last thing a church member heard as they were entering your church on Sunday,

the last thing they heard about the Bible was from your sermon the previous week. Today,

people leave the teaching of their pastor and the sermon that they heard on Sunday. And

between that time and the following Sunday, they're consuming several different podcasts

from varying Bible teachers. They're listening to nearly a hundred different worship songs.

They're possibly skimming articles sent by friends on moral issues on, you know, issues

relating to politics, you know, to doctrine and theology. They are commenting and engaging

on online posts regarding Christian life or Christian issues. And they're probably

reading a book or two by a Christian author. And this all happens in one week. And I expect

that you as the average listener are one of these people. This podcast is one of those points

of content that I'm specifically talking about. That next Sunday, as you enter into the church,

you know, these church members return with hundreds of new influences regarding doctrine

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