This Life: Drawing near to the Light in the pages of Scripture
CHARISSA CHEONG says we all need to let God turn on the light in the dark corners of our lives…
This Life: Knowing the One who always keeps His word
US columnist CAROL ROUND, of Assist News Service, reflects on God’s promises to us…
This Life: Lessons learned from a gingerbread house
US columnist CAROL ROUND reflects – in an article first published on ASSIST News Service – on lessons learnt while building a gingerbread house…
Religious Americans less worried about climate change – poll
New York, USAP Most adults in the United States – including a large majority of Christians and people who identify with other religions – consider the Earth sacred and believe God gave humans a duty to care for it. But highly religious Americans – those who pray daily, regularly attend religious services and consider religion […]
Essay: Cave of Horror – fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories
GARETH WEARNE, a lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Australian Catholic University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the recent discovery of ancient Scriptures in the so-called ‘Cave of Horror’ on the western shore of the Dead Sea…
This Life: Standing on the promises of God
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at what Scripture tells us of the promises of God…
SCRIPTURE: REIMAGINING THE BIBLE FOR A VISUAL GENERATION
CAITLIN YOSHIKO KANDIL reports for Religion News Service on a new Scripture initiative taps into the trend for visual design…
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – VANITY, LUST AND ENVY
BRUCE C WEARNE in his series on James looks at what verse five of chapter four is saying about improper use of the Scriptures…
World Cup outreach in Russia aims to distribute 600,000 Scripture resources
US based mission organisation Mission Eurasia is aiming to pass out 600,000 Scripture resources, including some 100,000 special edition Russian-language New Testaments, during this summer’s World Cup in Russia. As many as a million people are expected to descend on Moscow for the 21st FIFA World Cup which kicks off on 14th June. It’s the first […]
Some 30 language groups – 95 million people – received Scriptures in native tongue for first time in 2016, says United Bible Societies
BIBLE TRANSLATION AROUND THE WORLD: Some 3,655 languages still have no Scriptures in their language according to the latest UBS report. GRAPHIC: United Bible Societies. Lumasaaba speakers of Uganda, Mongondow speakers of Indonesia and Inupiaq speakers of Canada were among 30 different language groups, accounting for some 95 million people, that received at least […]