If there ever was a Bible-believing couple, it was Ernest and his wife. During the year I attended church with them, I observed how heavily they relied on the Bible, and how often they quoted favorite passages.
As I read the Bible myself, and also became attracted to the early Friends, Ernest and his wife’s constant Scripture quoting bothered me. But I couldn't put my finger on it until many years later.
They were “Bible-believers,” all right: They relied on about 10 passages, no more; all from the New Testament and, of these, not one from any of the four gospel accounts of Jesus’ life. I still don’t know whether they were ignorant of the Old Testament and large chunks of the New, or just didn’t feel they were important.
My Fundamentalist supervisor
by Rebecca Hein
8thMo 2, 2024
Part Four, Selected beliefs
If there ever was a Bible-believing couple, it was Ernest and his wife. During the year I attended church with them, I observed how heavily they relied on the Bible, and how often they quoted favorite passages.
As I read the Bible myself, and also became attracted to the early Friends, Ernest and his wife’s constant Scripture quoting bothered me. But I couldn't put my finger on it until many years later.
They were “Bible-believers,” all right: They relied on about 10 passages, no more; all from the New Testament and, of these, not one from any of the four gospel accounts of Jesus’ life. I still don’t know whether they were ignorant of the Old Testament and large chunks of the New, or just didn’t feel they were important.