This article was first published May 13, 2021
By Marsha West
Dr. David F. Wells lamented that he has watched “with growing disbelief as the evangelical church has cheerfully plunged into astounding theological illiteracy.” How can a believer in Jesus Christ plunge into biblical illiteracy? In part, the blame can be laid squarely on Christian publishing houses for printing theological rubbish.
Enter your local Christian bookstore, gaze around the shop, and eventually you will spot a couple shelves of Bibles in many sizes and colors, leather, hard cover, in every conceivable translation. Publishers promise that their version is the most “accurate” “up-to-date” and “easiest to read.”
Fortunately for me, my mother chose my first Bible. She bought it as gift for my 18th birthday. It was the KJV, Old and New Testaments, vintage black leather with gold gilding. Over the years I made many notations on the pages of that Bible. Mom was thrilled that her rebellious second born of five requested a Bible and not a trendy outfit.
The two of us spent many hours together browsing the aisles of Christian bookstores. She’d always nudge me toward the Theology section that housed giant hard cover commentaries, concordances and Greek Lexicons. I’d hang out with Mom for a short time then I’d meander over to the Christian Living, Fiction, and invariably end up browsing the “Christian” Music racks. Back then I wasn’t interested in taking a deep dive into God’s Word, even though I cherished my Bible and read it often.
Eventually I came to understand that many Bible translations are decidedly unorthodox and unfit for Christian consumption. Be aware that the translation you choose will become engraved in your mind and whatever you learn from it will become your truth. The scriptures you memorize will remain with you for a lifetime. Tragically, unorthodox material can lead immature (baby) Christians into heretical teaching, the cults, even the occult. More on this in a moment.
Visit just about any Christian bookstore (CB) and you’ll see display cases and shelves stocked with “spiritual” merchandise, including clothing, jewelry, figurines, framed pictures, posters, greeting cards, music, calendars and so on. What I find disconcerting is that some stores also stock books that attack the fundamentals of the faith! And a large number of books contain what respected scholars deem heresy.
Clearly, some CB owners feel no responsibility for the merchandise they sell to their brothers and sisters in Christ.
So-called Christian publishing houses produce books that purport, among other things, Word of Faith theology (WoF) a.k.a the prosperity/health & wealth gospel and then distribute this rubbish to Christian retailers. You ask, “What’s wrong with believing God for health and wealth?” For one thing, this is not taught anywhere in the Bible. For those of you reading this article who are unfamiliar with WoF theology, I’m providing a nutshell version of their beliefs. Once you know what these folks believe, and how different their beliefs are from what is taught in the Bible, you’ll join me in urging brick and mortar as well as online stores to remove books that teach heresy. Continue reading
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