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The Problem

Christian leaders and writers have for a while been lamenting the loss of Biblical literacy and the decline of motivation to study the Bible in recent times. This loss and decline has relevance to them because it impacts the relative power the Bible and the church have in our society.

Why I Care

This is a very large and complex issue. It is obviously a self-interested one for the church. As a pastor I experience it as a significant challenge as I understand my task, within the tradition I inhabit, which is to connect people to the Bible in a substantive way, both in terms of knowledge and motivation. I want the Bible to be alive for them but I also want them to read it in the most informed way they can given the restraints both of their contexts and their mental capacities.

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