People buy these Bibles but when they sit down to actually read them, they begin to wonder if they are indeed reading God's word. The long predicted famine could be here. Thousands of Bibles are not faithful translations. The Bible is not preached from. In so many churches the Bible is hardly ever referred to in the pulpit.
Sermons are social, or entertaining.
In millions of homes Bibles are used for decorations or to impress visitors or some sort of good luck object. In our church you see the pulpit is centered on our platform. The position of the pulpit tells you something about the belief of the church. Here it means that Bible Preaching is central. Two of my church members are bookbinders.