Don’t take your books for granted, Christians around the world are crying out for them

This World Book Day, Simon Foulds challenges us to think twice before we buy another book. Could we put that money to better use resourcing leaders in the majority world who do not have the materials they need to study God’s word? 

As I browse the book stands at Christian conventions and watch people queuing to pay for their books, I often wonder how many of them will actually be read.

We buy them with great intentions but, once we are home, everyday life takes over and our good intentions often go out of the window.

I love the photograph above of Komenan reading a copy of the Africa Bible Commentary (Zondervan). The book is well-thumbed and the spine falling off. In one sense, I am eager to ask if he wants a new one, but the book’s worn pages show a love for the Bible; for studying and preaching God’s word with faith and knowledge. You know, just by looking at the book, that it is well-read.