First Things: Surveying the Basics of the Bible

How many of your opinions are grounded in the truth of the Bible?

I had the privilege of having someone older mentor me in the faith for several years. He would often ask me direct, almost confrontational, questions, like, "What is the gospel?" "Do you have the Holy Spirit?" "What is your role as a husband and father?"

At first, I simply responded to these questions with my thoughts and opinions. But then he would ask me how I knew what I thought I knew. I began to learn that some of my o...