How to get more Christians reading their Bible?
bibles (Photo credit: fancycwabs ) “The Bible is easy.” “The Bible is simple for a child to understand.” “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand the Bible.” I hear these and other statements at times from well-meaning church leaders and church members. The idea is to shrink the distance from us and the biblical text, to make the Bible seem accessible. Certainly, we have plenty of materials designed to help us out. From study Bibles to daily nuggets of biblical wisdom to devotional thoughts, you can purchase any number of options intended to help you dig into the Word every day. The Bible is a Tough Book But what happens when your Bible reading plan takes you into Leviticus ? Many of us don’t make it out of the wilderness. What happens when your eyes glaze over as you read through the Minor Prophets ? Many of us are afraid to pronounce their names. Stress the simplicity of the Bible, and the people you are hoping will read the Bible next year may be...