Results showed that Christians who read the Bible less than four days out of the week are just as likely as those who don’t read the Bible at all to get drunk and have sex outside of marriage.

As people draft New Year’s resolutions, many Christians are adopting plans to read the entire Bible in 2011.

That would be a good resolution given a study by the Center for Bible Engagement, an arm of Back to the Bible, which found Christians simply do not read the Bible enough.

The Center’s study found that only one-third of Americans read the Bible every week, and even fewer, 13.9 percent, do so on most days of the week. According to the CIA World Factbook, 76.8 percent of the U.S. population is Christian.

“The one thing we’ve found through all of our studies is that nothing, not small group or church attendance, helps a person grow spiritually like the Bible,” Dr. Arnie Cole, Back to the Bible CEO and director of Research & Development for the Center of Bible Engagement, told The Christian Post.

Back to the Bible offers several Bible reading plans, from reading the events of the Bible in chronological order to reading the Old Testament and New Testament simultaneously.

Cole said it’s not so important which Bible reading plan or Bible translation people choose, but how often they plan to engage the Bible every week.

But those who read the Scripture at least four times a week not only have lower rates of immoral behavior, but also spend less time dwelling on temptation.

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