Follow the (Non) Reader

(from Joe Veltman, guest blogger)

Imagine with me. Imagine with me that the RCA had commissioned its own Bible translation some years ago. Imagine that the RCA took an extensive survey, and discovered that only about 40,000 of the members of the RCA read their Bibles. Most of the members, they discovered, owned no Bible and were not interested in reading it. Among the main reasons people gave was that they cost too much.

A goodly number, mostly younger folks, said they read their Bibles online. And imagine with me that an advisory committee recommended...Read more.