Articles about the Bible

Have you been to Bethlehem? Brooks Phillips, a hugely popular Bishop of Massachusetts, wrote a great carol based on his powerful experience of a Bethlehem night.

The three kings turn up in several places throughout the Christmas season, but in the Bible they’re not the sort of people you’d expect to find in the presence of the Jewish Messiah. Who were they really and what were...

Explore Psalm 110, an ancient song that the New Testament reveals is about Jesus.

Britain in 2024 is obsessed with asylum seekers. Migration is a huge issue in the Bible too. Explore the stories of migrants in the Bible.

In Leviticus, we find a command given to the Israelites: ‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not ill-treat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.' Is it unrealistic to...

One of the most common themes in the Bible is God’s almighty heart and concern for the outcast and the poor. Even if you are abused, thrown aside and left with nothing, there’s still one who sees you. ‘He will never...

Open up Philippians 4.5–6 in the new Nicholas King translation and look at Paul’s instruction to rejoice at all times. Dig deeper than ever into these words and find out how you can ‘rejoice at all times’.

This week’s Lectio Divina gives you four ways into a timeless passage from the Sermon on the Mount. Explore the words of Jesus in Nicholas King’s distinctive new translation.

This Lectio Divina challenges you to become more aware of the brightness of God’s glory. Read Ezekiel 1.22–28 in a new translation and find four ways into this mind-blowing passage of Scripture.

Unity was a key theme of Paul’s teaching and he wrote about it in many of his letters to churches. Just like believers today, the Christians of the early Church had fallings out and arguments that caused division, so Paul...

Explore Psalm 121 with this lectio divina using the Bible translated by Nicholas King. Use this devotional reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation journey for an immersive experience of Scripture.

Paul is the Christian apostle who spread the gospel of Jesus after his radical conversion. He planted church communities across Asia Minor and Europe, raised people from the dead, and was jailed for Jesus. But this is the...