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$\"\"$ <\/a>The latest issue of Christianity Today <\/em>has a great article on cutting-edge discipleship material<\/a> that seeks to address the lack of theological and biblical knowledge in the church.\u00a0 Entitled \u201cWhy Johnny Can\u2019t Preach\u201d<\/a> and written by CT\u2019s Collin Hansen, the piece sheds light on BibleMesh, an online discipleship tool<\/a> that I have mentioned before (and for which I write).<\/p>\n

Hansen sums up the contemporary problem:<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>mericans love their Bibles. So much so that they keep them in pristine, unopened condition. Or, as George Gallup Jr. and Jim Castelli said in a widely quoted survey finding, \u201cAmericans revere the Bible but, by and large, they don\u2019t read it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He offers some words on computer-based Christian training:<\/p>\n

Computer technology has long been a boon to high-level biblical studies. Scholars can instantly search archives of ancient manuscripts, essentially turning their offices into world-class libraries. Pastors likewise benefit from popular software that aids original language studies and sermon preparation. But the gap is widening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this rate,\u201d Emmanuel Kampouris says, \u201cthe Bible will be just a historical artifact for seminarians.\u201d<\/p>\n

BibleMesh<\/a> is seeking to address this major issue:<\/p>\n

BibleMesh hopes to remedy the problem of fragmented biblical understanding with a personalized learning tool that tracks what users have studied and where they are weak. The site will help users memorize Scripture and remember facts, names, and places from the passages they have read. Another component allows pastors and small-group leaders to shape their own courses. Later channels will teach church history and biblical Greek and Hebrew.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery church intuitively knows it needs a discipleship program that goes beyond the preaching event,\u201d Thornbury says. \u201cI hope BibleMesh will be Sunday school curriculum 2.0. It\u2019s an update on what used to be done in Sunday school: taking Christians through the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article then goes on to consider other special initiatives<\/a> on the discipleship front, including David Platt\u2019s efforts in Alabama to spur his congregation on in learning and living out the Bible.<\/p>\n

This piece is encouraging; one hopes it will foster a greater understanding of various groups and movements (including BibleMesh, which debuts June 2010<\/a> with an original, Christ-centered narrative of Scripture by Tim Keller) that are seeking to build in God\u2019s people a love for the Word that will result in transformed living and greater glory to God.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"