One of the alarming trends in today's evangelical community is the low priority being given to the importance of the daily or regular reading and study of the Scriptures.
The consequences of this are alarming, for unless something is done to correct this trend, future generations might turn out to be charismatically sophisticated but biblically illiterate.
In many of our churches (particularly those with a strong emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit), the Christian life is less a matter of assimilating truth from the Word of God than it is experiencing a spiritual high. A 'great' service may have more to do with the worship group than the expository ability of the preacher. As one writer puts it: 'The Christian life nowadays has become more a matter of experiencing something than learning something.'
