The Sea of Galilee provides the location for two of the most famous stories in the Bible. The first involves Jesus asleep in a boat, unaware of a frightening storm that scares even the experienced fishermen on board. The second features Jesus walking...

Jesus was a Rabbi (teacher). Rabbis would traditionally visit the synagogue to teach the Torah, but Jesus' teaching and miracles were sensational. His authority and power amazed the people. Healings sometimes took place on the Sabbath, getting h...

Kua Wee Seng witnessed the stunning growth of the Church in China during his 28 years working in Bible mission in China. Kua retired in 2021 as Director of China Partnership, United Bible Societies.

In Moses’ day, while the Hebrews were on their way from Egypt to the promised land, no temple was available for worship. Instead, the Israelites built a tabernacle

Your generous gifts are helping to put Bibles into the hands of thousands of children in not only this West African country, but also other nations across the continent.

The history of the island of Ireland and mainland Britain makes very painful reading, of which the Troubles of the 1960s to the 1990s were the latest instalment. More than 3,500 people died, approximately 60 per cent of whom were killed by Republican...

Leaders of Chinese-speaking churches in Britain are adjusting to huge changes as they welcome new members in unprecedented numbers.

Beena is a 76-year-old Christian woman living at the mouth of the Khyber region of Pakistan. She is a cheerful lady with eight children and 27 grandchildren, but until recently she lived in terrible fear. Gun-toting Islamists controlled and terrorise...

Ecclesiastes 4 starts by talking about oppression. We know that from God's perspective oppression is bad because the Bible talks about this several times. But Ecclesiastes is examining a worldview in which God is out of the picture. From this pe...

The Chinese Church is at a pivotal moment of change, but what does it mean for Bible work, and how is your support making a difference?

In 1947, as Princess Elizabeth, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II toured South Africa with her parents and sister Princess Margaret. In a speech broadcast from Cape Town on her 21st birthday, she referred to her ancestors' motto, ‘I serve’, sa...

The public life of the Royal Family is very much bound up with the established Church. The monarch bears the title 'Defender of the Faith', inherited from Henry VIII, and the Church of England is part of the royal landscape.

Sharing the Bible in Jordan is difficult, but with your support the team sees hundreds come to Christ each year

This chapter contains Jesus' Sermon on the Plain (verse 17), Luke's version of Matthew's Sermon on the Mount. It begins, though, with two stories about the Sabbath. Sabbath-keeping was – and is – one of the marks of an observant Je...

The prophet's visions continue. There is an elaborate lampstand which symbolises the wisdom and power of God, and either side of it are two olive trees, an emblem of fruitfulness. These stand for Joshua the High Priest and Zerubbabel, who are wo...

Prison chaplain Dominic Dring thanks Bible Society supporters whose kind giving is enabling the gospel to spread so dramatically through prisons in England and Wales.

I think we see two things in this small piece of Scripture. First, the spirit in which something is given is of tremendous importance to Jesus. A gift given begrudgingly, or for the sake of self-importance, loses so much of its value. Second, there i...

There are two visions in chapter 5: the flying scroll and the woman in a basket. Both relate to the purging of wickedness from the land. The huge scroll flies like a bat or a bird of prey. Remorselessly, it seeks out the thieves and liars who dishono...

Seeking God, his justice, and the flourishing of our communities should lie at the heart of our lives as Christians. Prayer is the central way that we seek it. That was the message today from Paul Williams, at the Gather Movement Summit.

Prisoners are asking for Bibles. They’re desperate to experience God’s love. You can help turn a life around today.