Itching Ears Look Different Than You Think

An ever-present pitfall

The phrase “itching ears” has such easy, obvious application in our day. Hordes of people sit at the feet of Osteen and Furtick and other health-and-wealth spreaders each week.

Those people are there to hear about God’s big plan for their lives… which curiously doesn’t ever seem to include tearful repentance and pious dedication.

But examples like those are so far gone they would barely be in the purview of what Paul had in mind in his letters to Timothy. Itching ears are a phenomenon which is not far from any of our hearts at a given moment.

Let’s take a look at the text which gives us our title: