Is The Bible Valuable? (1)
June 4, 2009
byJohn Imler John is an RVchurchesUSA Ambassor and author of It’s Never Too LateLast week we chatted about the value of mankind’s soul as the Bible explains it. I realize, however, that many people do not place any value on the Bible or on what it says.
In realizing that, the question arises as to why this Book has so little value to so many. There is an old saying that “familiarity breeds contempt.” Could one reason that it has so little value to many be the fact that it is so readily available? It can be viewed on the Internet in most translations. It is in most motel and hotel rooms, hospitals, libraries, churches, and book stores, and in hundreds of thousands of homes. Perhaps many feel that if they ever need the Bible, it will be close at hand?
Yet, the phrase was “familiarity breeds contempt.” Statistics from many sources indicate that while the Bible can be found in all those places, people are not generally familiar with its contents. A Gallup poll taken in 2000, which indicated that 92% American households own at least one Bible; just 59% indicated they read it occasionally—a drop from 73% in 1980. This 2000 study indicated that “only one in seven Americans reported an involvement that goes beyond just reading the Bible.”
So it would appear that, although the Bible is readily available, it is not familiarity with it or knowledge of it that results in many people holding it as having little or no value to life as we know it today. This would seem to be the situation in the Prophet Jeremiah’s day also. (Jeremiah 4:22 NIV).
Join me next time as we continue to explore some of the reasons many people have disregard for the Bible.
John welcomes your comments either below or email him directly at john@faithrescued.com
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