UKPuritan40
Puritan Board Freshman
I recently heard someone saying to another person who was sharing their enthusiasm over the Valley of Vision (a book of Puritan prayers) that they pretty much only read the word of God. The gist was not that they are hard and fast only going to read the bible, but seemed strongly convicted that reading anything else when one has the whole bible to read, is a poor choice, bad use of time etc. The way this discussion played out I felt that an illogical false dichotomy of sorts was being put out in the form of "Well is anything better than God's word?" (Of course a resounding NO would be given) so therefor, don't read other stuff.
I know that God gives us preachers and teachers and in the case of the Puritan writings we are dealing almost exclusively with such individuals, who though not of our era, are still blessing and profiting our souls to this day.
How would you, fellow PB-ers, address such an attitude? If you have scriptures to validate your "other than Bible reading" please share those too. I'm not planning to discuss this thinking with the Bible only person but I do wonder if others have encountered this and how they've responded. I've never met anyone in reformed circles who thinks it is a waste of time and possibly even sinful, to read beyond scripture.
Thanks in advance,
Susan
I know that God gives us preachers and teachers and in the case of the Puritan writings we are dealing almost exclusively with such individuals, who though not of our era, are still blessing and profiting our souls to this day.
How would you, fellow PB-ers, address such an attitude? If you have scriptures to validate your "other than Bible reading" please share those too. I'm not planning to discuss this thinking with the Bible only person but I do wonder if others have encountered this and how they've responded. I've never met anyone in reformed circles who thinks it is a waste of time and possibly even sinful, to read beyond scripture.
Thanks in advance,
Susan