- How do we close the gap between believing the Bible's wisdom and actually living it?
Mike reads an article on the American Bible Society's State of the Bible 2013 study: 66% of Americans say the Bible contains everything needed for a meaningful life, yet 58% say they don't want wisdom and advice from it and 57% read it fewer than five times a year. He adds that 61% wish they read it more, and that 56% say the Bible has too little influence in US society while only 13% say it has too much. The article quotes an ABS spokesman on the gap between believing the Bible is beneficial and opening one's heart, mind, and life to it.