Is there a remedy? The default Christian response to the problem advocates greater self-discipline. A stoic system of read-through-Scripture in one year. Don Hudson exposes the flaw in this behaviorist regimen: If the Bible really is the story of God, why must I treat myself like some prisoner in a labor camp who must discipline himself to do the dreaded duty of reading his Bible again? If you were an outsider hearing most Christians talk about reading their Bibles, you would think they were speaking of root canals or tax audits.727
