LBW 507, “How Firm a Foundation”
Devotion
I have this recollection of a Search Institute study from the late 1980s in which only 20 percent or so of Lutherans could speak knowledgeably about the Bible or what their churches profess.
The ELCA has moved from one controversy to another throughout its history, debating issues and struggling to find its identity. For all the debates, there is a larger crisis in our church. Biblical illiteracy threatens our future as nothing else. There is a firm foundation in the Word of God. Even within the church, many ignore it.
Instead, may we know this life-giving Word that dwells among us, even now. It is God’s love letter to us, and the only sure foundation that exists.
Prayer
Lord God, you have created us and blessed us beyond our understanding. Your desire is for us to have life, and have it abundantly. Help us to know that life, lived in relationship with you. Amen.