By Samuel Smith, Christian Post. At least 10 new Bible translation projects will be launched in countries where Christians are highly persecuted, one of the world’s leading Bible translation organizations has announced. Wycliffe Associates, which partners with churches and Bible translators around the world to bring the Gospel into new languages, announced in a…
Two billion Bibles later, the Gideons are still at it, spreading the Gospel room by room. By Bob Greene, The Wall Street Journal. If 2016, as various where-is-society-heading experts predict, turns out to be the year in which the sleek new digital world rudely shoves ink-on-paper products deeper than ever toward the dustbin of history,…
By Tim Keller, The Gospel Coalition. Western society used to be basically divided between people who (1) respected the Bible as “the truth” but didn’t follow it, (2) believed and followed it devotedly, or (3) rejected it as simply a book of legends and myths. Things are changing. To begin with, the first group is rapidly…
Dr. Mateen Elass is a Christian apologist who was raised in a Muslim home and has a passion for reaching Arabic-speaking people with the gospel. As a part of Voice of the Truth in Colorado Springs, Mateen works with churches and Christian groups eager to learn about Islam, its claims and challenges, and how to…
While the airwaves are filled with the refrain “Mary did you know” the person of Mary, the circumstances of conception, and the nature of her child, Jesus, are sources of deep theological division. Evangelical Christians and Muslims agree that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary. But Progressive Christiansand Jews reject that. Some Eastern Christians and Roman Catholics…
By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today. Every second, 112 people open the Bible app. Here’s what they’re looking at. Every second, the world conducts more than 40,000 Google searches, creates 5 new Facebook profiles, and opens YouVersion’s Bible App 112 times. In the app, three bookmarks are created, four verses are shared, and 18 verses…
By Ed Stetzer, The Exchange. Last week, LifeWay Research released a study on how people view sacred texts. Click here to see the report. It also in the November 2015 issue of WORLD Magazine. Below are some of the most notable data points from the survey. How Do Americans See the Bible? As one may imagine,…
By Veronica Neffinger, ChristianHeadlines.com. Two editors have released a new version of the Bible in which they have highlighted all the passages in the Old Testament that refer to Christ. The Blaze reports that Rick Lawrence and Ken Castor came up with the idea for the “Jesus-Centered Bible” from Bibles that print the New…
I attended a parent meeting last night in preparation for the new school year at Franklin Classical School. The school’s founder, Dr. George Grant, reminded us all of our calling and invited us each to always do the next right thing. His remarks reminded me of the continual need to be reminded of primary things….
On Tuesday, during an interview with Jimmy Carter about his forthcoming memoir at 90, Huff Post Live’s Marc Lamont Hill worked the conversation around to the topic du jour: gay marriage. Carter deftly deflected the initial question saying that he has no problem with it. Then the former President, aware of his stature as a public moralist,…