American Bible Society

I mean, look, the Holy Spirit converts, but the show would be the proximate cause, and you say, well, maybe at another time, maybe people culturally would have converted to Anglicanism because of it.

Yeah, well, I would say the American Bible Society does an annual report of Bible reading and Bible sales.

And it's been going down for decades, both with reading and sales.

In the last few years, it has stabilized or in some places gone up a little bit.

Most people do not believe in the virgin birth.

Christmas isn't so far away, and the American Bible Society has been asking a timely question, discovering that only 49% of adults say they believe Christ was at least probably born of a virgin.

ABS says that's the first time in years of polling that the percentage in this country has slipped below half.

In fact, various surveys have indicated that belief in the supernatural nature of Jesus' birth in this country has been declining for decades.

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Most people do not believe in the virgin birth.

Christmas isn't so far away, and the American Bible Society has been asking a timely question, discovering that only 49% of adults say they believe Christ was at least probably born of a virgin.

ABS says that's the first time in years of polling that the percentage in this country has slipped below half.

God sits high, but looks low.

Several years ago, I was in New York for a meeting of the American Bible Society.

One evening, the ABS took us to dinner at the top of the World Trade Center.

I'll tell you, I felt out of my element.

Recently, we were talking about men like Elias Boudinot in the founding of our country, names that used to be well-known.

And yet now, how few Christian young people have even heard of this man who was president of Continental Congress, founder of the American Bible Society, courageous officer, and so many others like them.

Our heroes are being lost.

And who's replacing them? Sadly, I would say that the modern Christian knows more about a sports figure than he does about Elias Boudinot, and it's a tragedy.

I hope some publisher does pick that story up.

He actually had, I hope that our friend Joe Moorcraft isn't upset about this, but Spencer Cohn.

was actually having a battle with the American Bible Society because he was a part – I don't know if it was a soul effort or a part of a group, but he was trying to get a new translation of the Bible that used the word immerse when it came to baptism rather than baptizo.

And – He also, speaking of baptism, he was baptized on my birthday, February 14th.

There's also Christian Zionism that's very old.

The American Bible Society once petitioned President Taft to talk to the Sultan in Constantinople about independent Jewish polity in the land of Israel.

And there's sort of aristocratic British Jewish Zionism.

Aristocratic British 100 years ago might sound like an oxymoron, but I'm talking about certain very elite families.

Interesting question.

He says, is it okay to use the military Bible that the American Bible Society gives out to read the Gospels and some of the other scriptures? It is Catholic-based.

Yeah, Frank, great question.

Thank you so much for asking it.