Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Low Information Christians and the Canon of Scripture

Those who listen to Rush Limbaugh know that he loves to use the phrase "Low Information Voters" to describe people who disagree with him.  According to Urbandictionary.com, a Low Information Voter is a person who votes, even though he or she does not have any idea what is going on in politics.

The term 'Low Information Voter" has a negative connotation to it. It's really just a polite way of calling someone stupid.  There are also "Low Information Christians," but they are not stupid. Far from it. Heaven will be filled with people who on this earth fell into this category.

In Acts we read about at least 2 of the Apostles who were "Low Information Christians: Peter and John: "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled, and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus."  (Acts 4:13).

But Low Information Christians are especially vulnerable to the liberal God haters who would plant doubts in their mind - especially doubts concerning the Holy Bible. Books and Movies like the Davinci Code suggest that the Bible is merely the work of men (literally, males!), and that many other religious texts were excluded from the Bible.

I'd like to recommend this fascinating audio message by a very high information Christian, Dr. R. C. Sproul:

Canonicity

Also recommended:

The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by Josh Macdowell

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)