Category: Bible Blog
Christ our Brother, Christ our God
As we exit this time of Easter, I am struck with the idea of Christ’s incarnate humanity. How he is perfectly human and perfectly God. While approaching his passion and death he went through a stream of human emotions. Christ knew the depth of what he was about to face. He knew his friends would […]
Translation is a Justice Issue
Bible translation matters, there is no debate. Everyone deserves to have God’s Word in their own heart language, to hear him speak directly to them. More than 1 billion people still don’t have the full Bible in their own language. Almost 4,000 languages – that’s more than half of the world’s languages – still don’t […]
Bible Engagement Forum
As part of the Big Conversations on Bible Engagement taking place across our United Bible Societies Global Fellowship, the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) have launched a multi-year global study that will analyse attitudes to the Bible, and measure levels of Bible Engagement across the world. They plan to survey a range of 1,000-3,000 […]
The Bread of Life Programme: Peru
For over nineteen years, the Peruvian Bible Society has been running the “Pan de Vida” or “Bread of Life” project. The Bread of Life programme provides a nutritious breakfast and a Bible lesson every weekday to some of the poorest children in Peru. Currently, there are nearly 1,200 children enrolled in this project, which operates […]
Bible Translation Statistics 2021
Whilst the Coronavirus pandemic has caused difficulty for lots of Bible work, we are thankful that Scripture translations have been completed in 66 of the world’s languages during this time, directly benefiting 707 million people. For 46 languages, this was the first Scripture translation. As reported in the Spring version of our Word at Work […]
Bible Engagement in a COVID-World
On Wednesday 28th April we were thrilled to facilitate a conversation with Johnny McClaughlin (Pastor, Hamilton Road Baptist Church), Rick Hill (Discipleship and Leadership Development Officer, PCI) and Dina Katanacho (Director of the Arab-Israeli Bible Society) on Bible Engagement across Northern Ireland and the Middle East during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Sharing stories of their experiences […]
“I Should Do Something: BUT WHAT?”
There’s no doubt about it, we’re living in a “new normal” where everything looks different. We’ve asked Andrew Lamberton to write us a blog about how we can share the Gospel in our everyday “new normal”. Here’s some practical advice about sharing God’s Word in the midst of our current situation. “I Should Do Something—BUT […]
Bible Access in 2020
Bible Access in 2020 By Catherine Little I have been really moved by the UK Blessing – a collaboration of worship leaders from across the UK who sing the Aaronic Blessing from Numbers 6. You can listen to it here: This song uses words that many of us are very familiar with: ‘The Lord bless […]
SOAP Bible Study
The Bible tells us God’s Word is living and active (Hebrews 4:12). It gives us wisdom, hope, peace, comfort and so much more. The reason it can do so is because this Word is from God himself (2 Timothy 3:16-17). In these difficult days filled with uncertainty and fear we want to help you and […]
Longing for Home
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20) For Christians, giving shelter and hospitality go to the heart of what it means to love our neighbour. In the gospels, the example of Christ is one of a leader who frequently […]
