New Study Shows the Bible Is Being Pushed Out of American Lives

   If it feels as though the Bible is being pushed out of the American culture, a new Barna study confirms it.

   For its 2019 State of the Bible study, Barna discovered that about half of Americans aren’t engaged with the Bible at all.

   In a country built on Judeo-Christian principles and God-given rights, this is a disturbing trend.

   For the most recent survey, Barna and the American Bible Society asked American adults 14 questions about their interactions with and perspectives about the Bible, then defined five segments of Bible engagement measuring concepts such as frequency, centrality and impact.

   Nearly half — 48% — are classified as “Bible Disengaged,” meaning they interact with the Bible infrequently, if at all, and the Bible has minimal impact on their lives.

   As if this trend wasn’t already evident, this study backs up the fact that not only is the Bible and its universal wisdom being eroded from American families, American government and the American society as a whole, it is the trailing evidence of God being tossed aside in our culture.

   There was a time in our history when God and His Word — the Bible — were integral to every part of our civilization. We would hardly consider making a decision without it. It was referenced in the home. It was taug ...

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