Retiring Fox Anchor Hume wants to read Bible more

Brit Hume

Yep, you read that title right. Fox News “Special Report” anchor Brit Hume, 65, will be will be stepping down from full-time duties at year’s end. According to a recent interview, Hume looks forward in semi-retirement next year to spending more time with his family, working on his golf game, and reading his Bible. In fact, a recent interview revealed Hume’s well-thumbed Bible lying open to one of the Epistles of Peter. 

Hume’ interests haven’t always been so keenly into the Scriptures. In 1998 when his son Sandy, a promising reporter, committed suicide, Hume began to seriously pursue a Christianity which had only been nominal in his life. Further influenced by his wife Kim’s devotion to a “very serious Bible study program” for the past several years, Hume has become the “most regular attendee” at a weekly Bible study that longtime friend and Fox analyst Fred Barnes has been running at his office for the past several years. Speaking of Hume’s study of the Scriptures, Barnes says, “These were things that 10 years ago weren’t important to him. Now they’re the most important thing in his life.”

Still, Hume is hungry for more. “I think about God and Christ a lot. But is it first thing in the morning, last thing at night, every day and night?” Hume asks, gesturing to the Bible on his desk.

God bless you, Brit. And as for your prospects, the Author of the Book said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” (Matthew 5:6, ESV).