Ignorance Isn't Bliss
Theme of the Week: Two Worlds, One Lord
David Aikman
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
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Key Bible Verse: God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge too vast to be measured (1 Kings 4:29). Bonus Reading:1 Kings 4:26—34
"Inever read the newspapers. All they talk about is bad news!" "You should never trust what you read in the newspapers. They're all biased!" These are comments I've heard dozens of times as a reporter. They have come from Christians who feel no need to apologize for their ignorance of what is going on in the world.
Of course, both statements contain part of the truth. Newspaper or TV news is always some sort of bad news. You also can assume some bias from reporters, who tend to be religiously agnostic and culturally liberal. But as an excuse for not keeping up with what's happening in the world, these comments are absurd.
How are we supposed to interpret change in our world if we haven't a clue what's happening?
The influential nineteenth-century English Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, said he lived with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. Billy Graham reads several newspapers every day, including some from overseas. He found that it was impossible to address any culture credibly unless he knew what was going on within it. God created knowledge, so it must be good. And it's certainly better than ignorance.
—David Aikman in Charisma
Adapted from Charisma & Christian Life (May 2002) by permission of Strang Communications Co. by permission.
My Response: How do I learn what's happening in the world around me?
Thought to Apply: Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell.
—Thomas Watson (English Puritan preacher)
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