PHILADELPHIA, March 30, 2016—President Obama recently called the current election cycle “vulgar,” suggesting that the tenor of the current presidential campaign is divisive and damaging to the reputation of the United States. It seems that many Americans agree. In the 2016 State of the Bible: The Bible and Politics released… Read More
Whether you’ve heard the Easter story a hundred times or a handful, it’s easy to overlook the sheer wonder of this moment in human history. “On the third day he rose again from the dead,” rolls off our tongues with relative ease. Perhaps you casually recite this truth regularly… Read More
As Christians in the Western Church set aside time to reflect on the life of Christ this weekend, our hearts can be tempted to rush straight to the empty tomb on Easter morning—the happy ending of Holy Week. But Christ had to endure the suffering of the… Read More
As Christians in the Western Church set aside time to reflect on the life of Christ this weekend, our hearts can be tempted to rush straight to the empty tomb on Easter morning—the happy ending of Holy Week. But Christ had to endure the suffering of the… Read More
In the last 2,000 years, the story of Christ’s journey to the cross has shaken up history. This Sunday, it will rock the world of television entertainment. Literally. At 8 p.m. EDT on Palm Sunday, March 20, Fox will air “The Passion Live,” a musical event that will… Read More
In the last 2,000 years, the story of Christ’s journey to the cross has shaken up history. This Sunday, it will rock the world of television entertainment. Literally. At 8 p.m. EDT on Palm Sunday, March 20, Fox will air “The Passion Live,” a musical event that will… Read More
Even on a cloudless day, sunlight rarely permeates Aholou’s mud and straw hut. Located in Togo, West Africa, the home is completely sheltered from the light, a mandate imposed by her father. But Aholou’s father’s behavior has kept her family from experiencing more than just sunlight. For as long… Read More
If you walk through a bookstore in Tanzania’s Kigoma Region—a lakeside territory in the northwest corner of the country—you may overhear customers asking an excited and increasingly common question: “When will the Kiha Bible be available?” Over the course of a decade, the Ha tribe in Kigoma Region has watched… Read More
On Ash Wednesday, Christians around the world will begin observing Lent—a 40-day spiritual journey leading up to Holy Week. With Christmas behind us, we shift our eyes from Christ’s cradle to his cross, preparing our hearts to remember his death, and to celebrate his triumphant resurrection from the dead. Paralleling… Read More
On Ash Wednesday, Christians around the world will begin observing Lent—a 40-day spiritual journey leading up to Holy Week. With Christmas behind us, we shift our eyes from Christ’s cradle to his cross, preparing our hearts to remember his death, and to celebrate his triumphant resurrection from the dead. Paralleling… Read More
