Taking Back the Good Book: How America Forgot the Bible and Why It Matters to You Book

Acknowledgements     9
Preface: Why This Book?     11
No Book Like It
You Can't Live Without It     16
Reasons to Read the Bible     25
The Bible's Historic Influence on America
The Bible and America's Beginnings     37
The Bible and America's Education and Culture     43
The Birth of New America     49
The Bible's Declining Influence on America
What Is Bible Illiteracy?     57
Bibles, Bibles Everywhere     63
Why People Don't Read the Bible     69
The Spreading Famine of Bible Illiteracy
The Spreading Famine and the Christian     81
The Spreading Famine and the Church     87
The Spreading Famine and Christian Ministry     93
The Impact of Bible Illiteracy on America
Bible Illiteracy Leaves Life's Key Questions Unanswered     101
Bible Illiteracy Hinders Spiritual Maturity     109
Bible Illiteracy Threatens Theological Integrity     115
Bible Illiteracy Causes Moral Uncertainty     123
Bible Illiteracy Weakens Our Defense of the Gospel     129
Recovering Bible Literacy in America
A Reason for Hope     135
What Bible Literacy Means to God     143
We Can Recover     153
What You Can Do     159
What Parents Can Do     169
What Church Leaders Can Do     175
What Churches Can Do     185
What Others Are Doing     191
What The Bible Literacy Center Is Doing     199
Conclusion: It's Time To Attack     205
Appendix 1     213
Help Is On The Way     215