Have we missed something?

Last night the Bishop visited our local parish for Confirmation. It was a cool service. About fifteen persons were confirmed. The Bishop preached a good sermon. I remembered my own confirmation and the text which was assigned: "Seek those things which are above," Col3:1). The Bishop didn't assign a text and I missed that.

All this got me thinking about the service, preparation for it and the content of it. We tell people that it is about their receiving the Holy Spirit. What we do, however, is focus their preparation on doctrine, church history, and liturgics.

No matter how hard I try I can not find any Scriptural authority for this. Nowhere are we told that we must be knowledgeable, liturgically graceful or orthodox in order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Where in the training do we find the meaning of discipleship, of following Jesus in our daily life, of developing and deepening our relationship with God?

Have we missed something here? I know we are teaching a contemporary version of what we have always taught, but is that teaching people to follow Christ?