God’s Word for a Young World: A 4/14 Bible Engagement Strategy
God’s Word for a young world … Connecting children with Jesus and His Story. “Connecting children with Jesus and His Story should be the priority of the church today!” This, according to the keynote message at the December 2014 Forum of Bible Agencies- North America meeting in Niagara Falls. “God’s Word for a Young World,” […]
Why Do We Read Different Versions of the Bible?
Why do we read different versions of the Bible? Tradition! According to the Canadian Bible Engagement Study, people tend to read the translations used in their denominations. To be precise, 40% of Canadian Christians privately read the translation that’s publicly used in their church worship service. Stereotypically speaking, that means if you’re an Evangelical, you’re […]
Why We Should Read The Bible Daily
Why we should read the Bible daily … There are many good reasons, and one essential reason why we should read the Bible daily. First, several good reasons: to fuel our faith to inform our worldview to direct our activities to nurture wisdom to reflect on life to strengthen our convictions to incline our hearts to […]
Christian Millennials and the Bible: Valuing the Scriptures
Valuing the Scriptures … Good news! According to Barna’s research in the United States (August 2014): “When it comes to the Bible – more than many other areas of their faith – *Millennial Christians are starting off on comparatively solid ground.” The three main findings from the MillennialPollSM are: Christian Millennials hold a high view […]
The Goal of Bible Engagement: Finding Life Through Scripture
The goal of Bible engagement … Bible reading isn’t an end in itself! Really? Shouldn’t we be studying the Bible for all it’s worth? Isn’t the discipline of Bible reading profitable? Well, yes and no! According to the Scriptures, we should aim for something more than just reading the Bible as a source of knowledge […]
Bible Reading in Canada
Bible reading in Canada … According to the Canadian Bible Engagement Study (May 2014), 55% of Canadians never read the Bible, 28% seldom read it, 7% read it a few times a year, and 11% read it once a week or more frequently. How do these statistics compare with Bible reading in the past? In […]
Canadian Bible Engagement Study
Most Canadians seldom or never read the Bible – according to the (May 1, 2014) Canadian Bible Engagement Study (CBES) conducted by the Canadian Bible Forum and Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. Sad news from the CBES 55% of Canadians have never read the Bible 50% of Canadians who read the Bible weekly in 1996 no […]
Back to the Bible: Practical Steps for Deepening Scripture Engagement
Back to the Bible … Scripture engagement renewal. Renewal and revival are desperately needed. The church is struggling, and the world is carefree. Faith is lukewarm, beliefs are shallow, and attendance at worship services is in decline. Moral relativism prevails, polytheism and idolatry are commonplace, and hedonism is thriving. One of the reasons why the […]
Why It’s Good to Read the Bible
Why it’s good to read the Bible … We asked hundreds of people why they think Bible reading is good. This is what they said: It tells us what God is like It develops an understanding of God’s relationship with us It has transformed the world It helps us understand God’s plans for us It […]
Inviting Non-Bible Readers to Read the Bible
Inviting non-Bible readers to read the Bible … How do we invite non-Bible readers to read the Bible? Here are six important things we need to think about and do: Nurture trust. Some people are innately suspicious of the Bible but may consider reading it if they trust the person who shares the Story with them. […]