Having never seriously read or studied the Bible prior to faith in Christ, the experience of this writer was similar to that of Peter in reading the letters of the Apostle Paul, “in which are some things hard to understand” (2 Pet 3:16). Searching for quality works that would explain the Bible was rather futile in the local bookstore, as most of the books in the religious section were obviously heretical or distortions of Scripture (even to a new believer). Locating a couple

New data from Nielsen BookScan has revealed that UK Bible sales in 2025 reached their highest point since records began in 2008. Annual sales more than doubled from £2.69m in 2019 to £6.3m in 2025, while sales have shot up by 106 percent in volume—the number of copies sold—over the past five years. According to a Bible Society study, Christians aged 18-24 were the group most likely to be reading the Bible regularly. Despite their digital native status, they’re using physical