Reasons Why People Choose First Christian Church - Reason One

A Biblical approach to life in which the Bible is taken seriously, but not bound by rigid interpretations;

This simply means that Disciples are a people who take the Bible seriously without beating you over the head with it.

We are a people of the Book, as are many denominations. We love the Bible; we study the Bible; we memorize the Bible. The Bible is our guide for faith and practice. It is the Word of God to us.

But, Disciples recognize that not everybody agrees on the interpretations of the Bible. If everybody agreed, there would be no denominations. Good and Godly people read the same book and come to different interpretations. We believe we can learn from everybody. After all, even a clock that doesn't run is right twice a day.

Sometimes church people get into arguments insisting that their interpretation is the right and only way. One teenage girl said to her very dogmatic pastor, "I wish I was as sure about anything as you are about everything." Disciples approach the Bible with a measure of humility. Rather than arguing about the Bible, we trust God to speak through the Bible.

A prison chaplain once gave an inmate a pocket New Testament. Some time later the prisoner said, "I took it because the pages were good for rolling cigarettes. I smoked Matthew, Mark and Luke, but when I got to John 3:16, I couldn't smoke it no more."

The best thing you can do with the Bible is to read it for yourself.