We have billions of pieces of information at our fingertips. A quick search for any topic or question will yield numerous articles and videos to help you understand it quickly. Many times, the facts and figures revealed prove to be mere trivia with little practical application. We have our answers, but they do not transform our lives.

I have noticed this same information addiction among Christians. We like to know things about the Bible and be able to answer questions about theology. That way, we look smart in Church conversations and can contribute adequately to small group discussions. Put us in a room with someone who doesn’t know the Bible, and we feel proud of how spiritual we are.

The trouble is that it rarely leads us to transformation. You can know a lot of Bible trivia and little else. The essential question is not “Do I know more about the Bible after what I read?” It is “Am I becoming what God desires, having read the Bible?”