Thanks for the update Jari. Praying for you & your family.

Tom,

Thanks for your reply. I agree the duty of the Church is to make Disciples. The first step of that process is to witness and make converts (I can't be a Disciple until I’m a Christian). The new convert really needs to plug into a Bible preaching church, to get a solid 'foundation' for his/her  new 'Christian house' they are living in. I believe that all true believers live in the 'Christian house'. The ‘Christian House' is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The ‘Christian House’ is what everyone needs to be saved. The ones that don't put a solid foundation under the house are more likely to fall away when the stormy seasons come (and the storms will come). I believe ‘The Foundation’ is solid Biblical theology & doctrine. We can only learn Biblical theology & doctrine, you know it – from the Bible. I do get help from more senior Christians than me (Pastor, Elders, Brothers, and study groups), but their help/teaching must always be Bible based.

Maria,

Thanks for your post. That’s a great idea. You got to spend some time with your Mom & your Mom got to hear God’s word – that’s a win-win. I’ve even heard of people that go to nursing homes and read scriptures to/for the elderly – what a great service to provide.

Forgot to mention in my previous post that the Bible can be very confusing for the new convert. I always advise in witnessing encounters to start with reading the book of John. Then read the other Gospels, Acts, and the Pauline letters. Bible studies are also great-there are many online and in you community/local church. Also find an Elder to help you understand some of the concepts & verses that will be confusing.

Jari,

I agree with others here that witnessing to family members and friends is the hardest. Usually because they knew us before we were saved and they might think that we are being judgmental (even though we are not – our motivation is for their eternal destination).  This makes your ‘Christian Walk’ so important for them to see.
1st – Pray, pray, pray, pray & never stop praying for them.
-The biggest problem with people, that I have witnessed to, is that they don’t fear God. Why should they fear God, they’ve been taught that God is Love and God saves peoples souls, and God forgives sins. The problem is that the Bible tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Ps 111:10). Heb 10:31 Why is it that we fear the Lord? See Heb 9:27, it is destined for man to die once and after this the judgment. It is the Judgment of God that we fear. Why do we fear his judgment? It is the second death that we fear, Hell and the eventual Lake of Fire destination – see Rev 2:11, 20:14, 20:6, 21:8.  Your family members need to be awakened to the path that they are on. I would advise that you talk to your family members with Love & concern, one on one with nobody else around. Reason with them, explaining everything you can, if a question comes up you can’t answer immediately – don’t get nervous and think you’ve blown it, just calmly tell them you’ll need to do some research to answer that question (don’t stop though). Show them the tears in your eye and the compassion in your voice for their souls – this is serious stuff.
Prov. 20:6 says that most men will proclaim their own goodness. 
They need to know that God will not allow sin into Heaven. Show them what sin is; Sin is transgression of The Law (1 John 3:4), at least part of ‘The Law’ is the 10 Commandments (Rom 7:7). Take them thru a couple;
(very important ->don’t be judgmental, do it in a light open give & take discussion – acknowledge that you’ve broken them too but they need to answer verbally so they can see for themselves what your talking about)
9-Have you ever lied? (they answer) Then you say - You would be a liar/just like me I’ve done that.
8-Have you ever stolen anything (regardless of value)? (answer)You would be a thief/I’ve done this too
3-Have you ever used God’s name in vain or as a cuss word? (answer) It’s called blasphemy/I’m guilty also.
7-Have you ever looked at someone with Lust? (answer)You would be an adulterer/just like me.

Tell them – OK here’s the bad news;
9 – see Rev 21:8 all liars will have there place  in the lake of fire.
8 – see 1 Cor 6:10 No thief will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven
3 – Ex 20:7 The Lord will not hold him guiltless that uses his name in vain.
7 – Matt 5:28 Jesus in the sermon on the mount equates looking with lust to adultery.

This is heavy stuff and the Holy Spirit will bring the conviction of sin upon their heart. I believe this is why our enemy is trying to get rid of the 10 Commandments from all public places (starting with schools and courthouses-that’s for another thread).

Ask them – if God judges you by the 10 Commandments will you be innocent? They will have already confessed guilt (9,8,3,7).
Ask them, what are you going to say/do on the Day of Judgment? (there’s nothing that We can do/say)
When you see conviction come upon them – tell them that God knew we couldn’t keep his perfect moral Laws, so he made a way, only 1 way.
Then share the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We broke the Law and Jesus paid our fine – but there’s 2 requirements to have your account paid in full by Jesus.
If we repent and put our complete trust in Jesus’ work on the cross & his resurrection, we can be saved through him.
Many people don’t fear God because they don’t have a Biblical understanding of Hell.
 Shame and everlasting contempt” (Dan 12:2)
“Everlasting punishment” (Matt 25:46)
“Weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matt 24:51)
“Fire unquenchable” (Lk 3:17)
“Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish” (Rom 2:8,9)
“Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord” (2 Thes 1:9)
“Eternal fire...the blackness of darkness for ever” (Jude 7:13)
Rev 14:10-11 tells us the final, eternal destiny of the sinner: “He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone...the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day or night."
Show your Mom James 2:19 – Even the demons believe & tremble (but they won’t repent)
This method is called Law to the Proud & Grace to the humble. It is based on Jesus’ personal witnessing to the woman at the well (Jn 4) and the rich young man (Mk 10). It might seem harsh, but sinners need to be awakened to their destiny with God’s judgment. It’s like this, a father grabs his young son from running across the road. The son cries and says his dad is mean and won’t let him cross the road. However, the father saw the semi-truck barreling towards his son and out of his love for his son he snatched his son from a certain death.  Sinners are on a path that leads to certain death & the lake of fire. It’s our job to snatch as many as we can from certain & eternal death.

Let me say first, if someone has a true eyesight or reading problem then by all means we should help the new convert get into the scriptures (audio or large text - online, program or hardcopy -whatever they need). If I'm understanding your post correctly - it seems that the "reasons" you posted why people are not reading the Bible are more like excuses.
You've heard the saying - you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink..... Well, how about if you salt his oats? The horse will become thirsty for the water (from eating the salty oats) and drink it in.
My suggestion would be to 'salt the oats' ... Make sure they know WHY they/we should read the Bible - to Know God and to know what he expects from us. Everything we hear, see or read about God should be filtered thru the Holy Scriptures for verification. As a Born Again/Evangelical Christian The Bible is the sole authority of how we know God – this is called solo scriptura.  If you won't read your Bible then you probably don't have the desire to know God. I heard a good saying about Bible reading....Reading your Bible will help keep you from sinning, but sin will keep you from reading your Bible. If someone won't read their Bible, it could be because they are protecting a sin in their life.