It is important that God's people realize that true faith is not a matter of agreeing with whatever the minister teaches or the Synod concludes. In this sin-filled world no minister and no Synod is always absolutely right. Rather, true faith is a matter of believing God's Word. B Assumed here, but not stated, is that those with true faith, as far as they are able, have a personal knowledge of God's Word. It makes little sense to claim belief in Scripture if one does not know what Scripture teaches.
Faith is meaningless if it has no content.
True faith, in other words, requires head knowledge. The article informs us that we can no longer assume general knowledge about the Bible in our culture. Roving through the audience of his late-night talk show, Leno asked people how much they knew about the Bible. Last year a candidate for governor in Nevada wanted to propose a new tax on the gambling industry but did not want to give the impression that he was against Nevada's most powerful and lucrative industry. He didn't kill Goliath, he just hurt him a little.