The Old Testament prophets spoke the words of God into their own situations. Sometimes these words were fiery rebukes for the people's sin; sometimes they were prophecies of judgement on their enemies; sometimes they were words of comfort in the...

I love the story of Thomas in John 20.24–29. He knew that there was such a thing as fake news. People didn’t rise from the dead, did they?

My confirmation verse was Jeremiah 31.3: “The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love: I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’”

In 1971 I was privileged to be offered a position for the NSPCC, running a playgroup in Belfast. I had always worked with children. The first day I went in, I wasn’t prepared

Today, when we think about ‘legacy’ we probably think first of making sure our money and property are passed down to the next generation when we die. In Bible times, too, this was an important concern, and people’s first instinct was that wealt...

Andrew Ollerton discusses The Map and the Mountain, a short film by Bible Society that captures his journey with God summiting a 4,067m-high peak in the Swiss Alps.

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Check out these spoken word films by poet Dai Woolridge, creatively bringing the Bible to life. An award-winning storyteller poet from South Wales, Dai blends rhythm and rhyme with passion, playfulness, and colloquial prose.

This Christmas, Dai Woolridge has put together a two-part film re-telling the nativity story from the shepherds’ perspective.

Mission teams in the Bible Lands asked for help, and you answered. A month ago, when Israel suffered its worst attack in decades, the teams led by Victor, Dina and Nashat knew their work in a painfully divided region would now be more needed than ever.

Tom reaches the half way point of his Bible in a year plan. We found out how it's going and whether it's responsible for his grey hair.

Our Book of the Month for July is the Letter of James. It is a short letter – only five chapters – but it has some extraordinarily deep and challenging teaching within it.

Many of the Old Testament leaders had more than one wife. At what point in Jewish history did monogamy become the accepted norm?

What is known about the disciple called Thaddeus?

This is an extraordinarily moving story, because it shows so clearly the reality of grief. A loved brother has died, and his sisters are prostrated with sadness – and they're confused and resentful, because they believe Jesus could have saved ...

I suspect more people than usual will currently be asking this question. Christians naturally turn to the Bible, yet the Bible offers no seamless answer to the problem of pain. It speaks in stories and images, and tackles this thorny issue in more wa...

After the escape from Egypt, the Exile is the most important event in the life of God's people in the Old Testament.

Tithing is the practice of setting apart one-tenth of one's earnings as an offering to God. Numbers 18 tells us that the tithes were to be given to the Levites, the Israelite tribe who were set apart as priests.

Covid-19 is telling us a great deal about our own fragility. It is also shattering any illusions that might previously have existed, of us humans being in control.

Most Christians believe that the Old Testament should be interpreted in the light of the New Testament.