Considering they are among the most influential words ever written, there are a number of curious things about the Ten Commandments. To start, there are two versions, with subtly different wording (Ex. 20:1–17; Deut. 5:6–21). No one knows how they were divided into two tablets.… Read More »The Ten Commitments Behind the Ten Commandments
Meg Baatz was first drawn toward God as a preteen. “I was really insecure and just full of shame and guilt, and searching for meaning,” she says, but she knew “Jesus was there just loving me exactly as I was.” Years later, while serving as… Read More »In Prayer, We Are Fully Seen and Fully Known
This is the one-hundred-seventy-eighth lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive… Read More »How to Live the Bible — Never Too Late
“Conflict” is a troublesome word to describe a society. But increasingly across advanced global economies—and particularly the United States—their societies believe it is the correct label. If there is any good news, religious conflict lags behind. The Pew Research Center surveyed almost 19,000 people in… Read More »Pew: US, France, and Korea Are Most Divided—Especially over Religion
I wish I still had my copies of the popular sexuality and dating books from my youth so I could see which quotes I highlighted as a 15-year-old. I’m sure there is a list somewhere in my handwriting titled “What I Want in a Future… Read More »What Comes After the Purity Culture Reckoning
By Abide Christian Meditation In vain you rise earlyand stay up late,toiling for food to eat—forhe grants sleep to those he loves.—PSALM 127:2 Perhaps you’ve never thought of sleep as a gift from God. But it is. Sleep is a beautiful gift of peace and… Read More »Embracing the Gift of Sleep
Christian evangelism entails a conversation with people of different beliefs. But those conversations are also often between people of different cultures. That’s where Effective Intercultural Evangelism, a new book from missiologists W. Jay Moon and W. Bud Simon, steps into the discussion. They want to… Read More »You Can’t Reach Nonbelievers with ‘Passive Congeniality’
Young Life leaders Eric Collins and Felix Chavez were thrilled to find a group of students eager to hear God’s Word. But there was a catch. The young people were inside Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, behind two security checkpoints and any number of locked… Read More »When God Opened a Coliseum, Young Life Ministers Were Ready
Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the New International Reader’s Version (NIrV) easy-to-read Bible translation for young readers and English language learners has more than 8.5 million copies in print worldwide, being jointly published by Zondervan and Biblica since 1996. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post,… Read More »New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)—Meet the Translators: An Interview with Michael J. Williams, PhD
Say “Gideons,” and the vision that comes to mind for most people is Bibles in hotel nightstands and pocket-sized Scriptures passed out to students. It’s a recognized brand, with a well-publicized purpose, but it’s getting a new moniker in Canada. Gideons International in Canada will… Read More »Moving Beyond Hotel Bibles, Gideons in Canada Announce New Name