Measured by any standard...by sales, public opinion, or its effect on people...the Bible is the greatest book ever written. But in spite of accumulating enormous prestige over the centuries, in spite of wielding great power in people's lives and in spite of winning praise from leaders of government, art, business, and religion, it remains in America today the country’s unread bestseller.
Why should this be so? Perhaps because we are a prosperous people with access to countless books and seas of newspapers and magazines. The Bible is a long and difficult book, and we intend to read it sometime; but there are other books, new and timely books, short and snappy books that people are recommending. We will read these first.
Then, too, many people simply do not know how...