I gave up on reading a book by a Catholic priest about his ministry to the severely handicapped. Supposedly his emphasis was on living closer to Jesus.
But so much of what he wrote was based on feelings and things associated with the Catholic church, such as icons and stories about monks or Catholic saints. The Word of God was secondary or incidental to the author.
How sad and disturbing.
I’d much rather read about how someone became closer to Christ based on the Word of God. In turn, how did that person influence others for Christ with God’s word as his authority and guide? I want to see what a belief in the authority of God’s Word can do to transform a life.
In other words, I don’t want to read or hear spiritual pablum. No fluff, please. No man centered “God told me this or that.”
God’s Word must be supreme if we are to walk closer to Him. It’s the only thing that will transform our lives and enable us to have an impact on the lives of others.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12.