Is the Bible Still Relevant?

On June 30, 2022, someone named Robert posted this comment on our ministry’s YouTube channel with reference to the Bible: “Why would anyone in the 21st century give a [expletive] what illiterate desert dwellers from 2,000 years ago thought about anything?” In writing this, he reflected the views of many people today, especially in the younger generation, who wonder, “Why on earth should I care about what this outmoded, outdated book has to say? What does the Bible have to do with me?”

This growing dismissal of the relevance of the Bible was confirmed in a recent Gallup poll that found that, “A record-low 20% of Americans now say the Bible is the literal word of God, down from 24% the last time the question was asked in 2017, and half of what it was at its high points in 1980 and 1984.” In contrast, “a new high of 29% say the Bible is a collection of ‘fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man.’ This marks the first time significantly more Americans have viewed the Bible as not divinely inspired than as the literal word of God.”