New Study Reveals How to Pray for Americans to Flourish
American Bible Society just released the third chapter of the State of the Bible: USA 2022 report entitled, “Better Living Through Bible Reading.” In this chapter, we explore what effect the Bible has on well-being. We also learn how we can pray for fellow Americans to flourish despite the unique challenges of the past couple of years. Bible Engagement and…
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How to Read the Bible’s Apocalyptic Literature
“Revelation,” they said. “We want to study Revelation.” My Bible study group was insisting that I lead them through the last book of the Bible. They hoped that I would be able to explain it all for them. Ha! I had been avoiding Revelation all my life, ever since encountering some overzealous end-timers in my youth. But now I couldn’t…
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Why Teenagers Can Make the Best Bible Teachers
I was struggling to help teenagers in my youth group dig into Scripture. I tried everything. Jokes. Skits. Stories. Lectures. Games. Prepackaged curriculum. For one lesson, I even tried creating a game using rubber chickens and finger rockets. Nothing worked. Then one Sunday evening I began youth group as usual. I sat the kids in a circle and opened my…
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Pray as a Bible Translation in Malawi Nears Finish Line
You open your Bible to 1 Peter 3:15. You read to yourself, “But have asking for Christ in your hearts.” Asking in your hearts? You’re confused. You know you’re missing something. One pastor in Malawi had this exact experience. He kept reading the word kupemba in the Chichewa Scriptures and translating it as asking. It didn’t make sense. And he…
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Can God Give You Strength With a Chronic Illness?
In May of 2008, everything seemed to be going my way. I had just graduated from college and accepted an internship with a Christian mission organization, planning to subsequently join one of their teams in Asia. Over the summer months, I raised enough money to fully fund the internship. In early September, full of anticipation and excitement, I flew out…
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How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think
Do you feel overwhelmed by other people’s judgment? Like you’re always the one who gets blamed for everyone’s mistakes? Like everyone expects you to anticipate their every little need and resents you when you can’t live up to their impossible expectations? Maybe you feel like you constantly let your family down. Perhaps coworkers talk about you behind your back. People…
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God is Comforting Refugee Children in the Middle East Through Your Prayers
The joy of children is infectious. But many children are robbed of that joy when they endure the violence of war. More than 3.8 million Iraqi and Syrian children have been displaced by relentless killings and political unrest. Instead of going to school and inventing games on the playground, these children spend uncertain days and fearful nights in makeshift shelters.…
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