Almost 90% of America owns a Bible. The average American household has at least four Bibles, but half of the population has never read it or has seldom done so. Almost one in five churchgoers say they never read the Bible - essentially the same number who read it every day. So, as a church, we thought it would be a good time to talk about How to Read the Bible.
How to Read It
Pastor Chris Sommer
January 7, 2018
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