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Calling People of Goodwill

A compact, pocket-sized booklet, helping thoughtful Christians of all traditions to explore the common good in the Bible.

Good News Bible – The Youth Edition

Go deeper with the Good News Bible - The Youth Edition. An award-winning Bible that helps young people to explore the Bible regardless of where they are on their faith journey.

Good News Bible – Children’s Rainbow Edition

Introducing the Good News Bible – Children’s Rainbow Edition: the best full-text Bible for children, designed with children.

The Well Good News of Christmas

The Well Good News of Christmas, our children's Christmas resources from 2016.

Good News Bible (GNB)

Browse Good News Bible (GNB) products that are sold on the Bible Society online shop. Our Good News Bible resources start at £4.49.

Good News Bible – The Youth Edition

We teamed up with Youth for Christ to create a truly unique Bible. Young people helped us put this Bible together.

Good News Bible – Children's Rainbow Edition

We're excited to introduce you to the brand new Good News Bible – Children's Rainbow Edition. The best full-text Bible for children, designed with children.

The Next Generation of the Good News Bible

The Bible is for everyone and has the power to transform lives. Equip the next generation with these great Good News Bible editions.

I’ve had a struggle with mental health battles for a good number of years

I’ve had a struggle with mental health battles for a good number of years. That’s come from self-doubt. I didn’t believe I was good enough, or worth anything. It developed into suicidal ideation. I just wanted to give up. I tried a number of ti...

It’s good to be able to turn worry into prayer

It’s good to be able to turn worry into prayer. We have to let the emotions come out somehow. Often, I don’t feel that I have words, and I just cry, but I feel that the Lord hears my cry.

Good news: a two-part Christmas spoken word

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

A good year for the gospel in the Gulf

The World Cup made many of us more aware of the conditions endured by migrant workers in the Gulf countries. In the year that followed, Bible Society has reached thousands there with the gospel.

The verse that means the most to me is Romans 8.28

The verse that means the most to me is Romans 8.28. It says, “We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose”. I see it as a special promise that God will work for good through the o...

Improving the farm and the land

Improving the farm and the land has always been one of my aims. It was important to my father before me. He was improving the land back in the 1960s. Then it was my turn. If you have good grassland and good stock, you can’t go wrong. It’s exactly...

I was in my early 30s and had been approached by several people to become a minister

‘I was in my early 30s and had been approached by several people to become a minister. I thought, “Not me. You are joking.” I was working at the GPO. It seemed like a good reliable job. I had a wonderful free life, a good salary, I travelled an...

Church Engagement Manager (London and the South East)

We are looking for someone who is able to develop warm and fruitful relationships with key church and network leaders in London and the South East. With a deep theological knowledge, and a good understanding of how charities operate you’ll know the...

Job

The book of Job famously asks why bad things happen to good people and, perhaps even more importantly, how a good person ought to respond. The opening chapters suggest that Job’s suffering took place as an experiment conducted by God and Satan to s...

Ruth: Not your average love story

The book of Ruth is set during a dark time in Israel's history, though most scholars believe it was written down a good deal later. Not many good things happened during the period of the Judges ¬– it ends with the words, 'There was no ki...

My Dad left when I was two

My Dad left when I was two. He was in and out of our lives. He was there, but just once a week. Growing up without a father figure in my life made me wonder why I was here. Whenever someone talked to me about God, I thought He was on a white, fluffy ...

I was a serving police officer for 30 years

I was a serving police officer for 30 years. Now, I’m the executive director of the Christian Police Association. I’m proud of our officers. But it’s really difficult being slightly on the side lines, watching your friends and colleagues on the...

There was a chorus at I loved to sing as a kid

‘There was a chorus at I loved to sing as a kid: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” I found that encouraging. I didn’t know back then that it was from the Bible, from Psalm 23. It reminds me that my future is...

Romans 8.28 became the verse that all our family had on the wall

‘Romans 8.28 became the verse that all our family had on the wall. It says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”.

 

 

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