Amy Grant visits the Rare Scriptures collection at Bible House “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (KJV). Reading these words from Psalm 119 brings to mind “Thy Word,“ a song by Amy Grant, one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian… Read More
Alice Ball. Photo by Benjamin Leaman The American Bible Society celebrates the life and mourns the death of Alice Ball, who served with ABS from 1955 through 1988. At retirement she was one of the Bible Societies' top three… Read More
Andy Crouch. Photo by Courtney Brooke “The Bible” as we know it — a printed book with numbered chapters and verses — is only a few hundred years old. Is it possible that the Bible of future generations will look and feel very different from ours, while still… Read More
Receive Daily E-mail Devotionals Sign Up Here October 2009 – Called to be Free to Work for Peace and Justice 1 – Habakkuk 1.1-17 2 – Habakkuk 2.1-20… Read More
Rwandan worship leader, Jean Paul Samputu, at left, and traditional drummers performed at the Global Bible Summit. Photo by David Singer. Celebrated writer and Bible teacher, Philip Yancey, opened the American Bible Society's fifth Global Bible Summit with a simple and powerful invitation. “The cross set loose a… Read More
Angola Thank God for the peace that now prevails. Praise him for the donors who support our translation projects and for the printing of the diglot (two language) Umbundu/Portuguese Bible. Pray for Angola politicians, for the recruitment of young people to carry out Bible work, for… Read More
Rojo promotes La Biblia Es Mi GuÃa on tour Rojo’s lead singer/frontman, Emmanuel Espinosa, was 13 when his parents died. In a recent interview with ABS, he told of the impact that the Bible had on his life. “When I was 14, my older brother gave me the Bible. Read More
You have a pocket New Testament, which was developed by the American Bible Society, for the first time, in 1862, to literally fit into a shirt pocket. It was distributed to the Armed Forces in the North and the South during the Civil War. The “Soldier’s Testament,” as it was… Read More
Ezekiel is the priest and prophet to whom is attributed the Old Testament book by that name, from which a history and background for this biblical character emerge. The name Ezekiel means “God strengthens.” Along with other Judeans, he was deported to Babylon after Jehoiachin’s surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar in… Read More
