{"id":9571,"date":"2024-12-02T11:02:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:05:45","slug":"bible-buying-on-massive-uptick-after-decades-of-decline-in-religious-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/bible-buying-on-massive-uptick-after-decades-of-decline-in-religious-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Buying on Massive Uptick After Decades of Decline in Religious Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The numbers aren’t that great, but there are also very good web Bibles like esv.org<\/a> and biblegateway.com<\/a>, as well as free phone app Bibles like Crossway’s ESV Bible<\/a>, my favorite translation. And the answers to everything, along with having a relationship with God are there. So perhaps as more people are searching for truth, we’re getting closer to the completion of the church age roll, and the extraction of God’s children before the unleashing of God’s wrath on all who refused to believe in the Son of God, God as one of us human beings who came to teach and restore our relationship with Himself granting believers eternal life to be with Him for eternity. And the Bible perfectly explains this evil world system we’re living in. Maranatha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The increase in Bible sales comes despite data showing a rise in secularism in the US.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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By Hayden Cunningham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sales of Bibles<\/a> in the United States have surged 22 percent through the end of October compared to the same period last year. This rise comes despite overall print book sales increasing by less than 1 percent during the same timeframe, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal<\/a> citing data by Circana BookScan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts and industry insiders attribute the growth in Bible sales to societal anxieties and a search for hope. \u201cPeople are experiencing anxiety themselves, or they\u2019re worried for their children and grandchildren,\u201d Jeff Crosby, president of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association told the Wall Street Journal. \u201cIt\u2019s related to artificial intelligence, election cycles\u2026 and all of that feeds a desire for assurance that we\u2019re going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bethany Martin, manager of Faith & Life Bookstore in Newton, Kansas, noted that many of her customers are first-time Bible buyers. \u201cThey\u2019re looking for hope with the world the way it is, and the Bible is what they\u2019re reaching for,\u201d she said. Her store carries over 270 versions of the Bible in various sizes and price points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The increase in Bible sales comes despite data showing a rise in secularism in the US. A Pew Research Center study found that roughly 28 percent of US adults now identify as religiously unaffiliated. Despite this trend, Bible sales reached 14.2 million copies in 2023, a significant increase from 9.7 million in 2019. By October of this year, 13.7 million copies had already been sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Bibles, there is a growing demand for related literature that provides context and guidance for scripture study. Print editions designed for note-taking have gained popularity, and so have audiobooks. Even mainstream retailers and platforms like Amazon<\/a> report strong Bible sales, driven in part by influencers, podcasters, and TikTok<\/a> creators who share Bible stories and study tips with their audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Bertrand, founder of Lectio.org, a website focused on Bible design, noted that marketing efforts may also be fueling the trend as people are searching for life answers. \u201cI\u2019d like to say there is a craving for knowledge of scripture, but a lot of smart people are thinking about Bible marketing and catering to every whim for Bible study,\u201d Bertrand said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The numbers aren’t that great, but there are also very good web Bibles like esv.org and biblegateway.com, as well as free phone app Bibles like Crossway’s ESV Bible, my favorite translation. And the answers to everything, along with having a relationship with God are there. So perhaps as more people are searching for truth, we’re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9574,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571\/revisions\/9574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}