Have YOU read “The Shack” yet? It’s phenomenal. Barbara and I read it. We cried, we laughed out loud. It was called “A Modern Day Pilgrim’s Progress.”

We gave copies at Christmas and bought extras to hand out to friends. Everyone LOVES this book. Everyone has a “shack” they need to return to.

The author, Paul Young, was on the 700 Club today. Check out the interview:

Here’s the description of the book and stuff about Paul:

http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Paul_Young_030708.aspx

Here’s the link to watch the broadcast:

http://www.cbn.com/media/index.aspx

When was the last time you read the Bible? I came across some interesting statistics from the respected Barna Research Group regarding Bible reading.

• Bible Reading During A Typical Week By Year: 2006-47%, up from 36% in 1988. Great! Down from 47% in 2006.
• 96% of evangelical Christians have read the Bible in the past seven days. (2006)
• Women (51%) are more likely than are men (42%) to have read the Bible in the past week. (2006) According to Barna’s statistics, over the years, it’s always been that way.