Local church volunteers wore Take the Word Challenge T-shirts and handed out a special Book of Psalms. Photo by Patricia A. Walker Last November the American Bible Society participated in the first Faith & Family Night at an NBA New Orleans Hornets home game against the San Antonio… Read More
A tribute to Jeremiah Lanphier In 1857 a New Yorker of Dutch descent, Jeremiah Lanphier, began lunchtime prayer meetings in lower Manhattan. Those meetings sparked a spiritual fire that brought 1 million people to faith during the 18 months of its heyday. On the weekend of September 21 to… Read More
On hand to honor Latino leaders are Jaime Cardinal Alamino, Edward Cardinal Egan and Theodore Cardinal E. McCarrick. Photo by David Singer More than 250 people, including Edward Cardinal Egan, the archbishop of New York, and salsa legend Willie Colón, gathered in New York City to honor the work… Read More
”Send your light and your truth to guide me; Let them lead me to your house on your sacred mountain.” Psalm 43.3 (CEV) On your morning walk, the first 10 chapters of Romans come loud and clear through your iPod… Read More
Since the earliest days of the United States, those charged with leading the nation have found wisdom and courage in God's Word. In the spirit of Presidents' Day, we offer the following words from those who would have been in frequent need of a steady and trustworthy guide. “Almighty God,… Read More
October 2008 – Let Your Light Shine and Pursue Peace and Justice Wednesday, October 1st – Job 34.1-37 Thursday, October 2nd – Job 35.1-16 Friday, October 3rd – Job 36.1-33 Saturday, October 4th – Psalm 85 Sunday, October 5th – World Communion – 1 Corinthians 11.17-34 Monday,… Read More
Dr. Dickerson and Sister Wang Shuyun, who helped found China's first rural church. Photo by James Sheldrew With other American Bible Society board members, I traveled to China for the opening of the Amity Printing Company's new facility in Nanjing. We watched as new pages of Scripture moved forward… Read More
It is particularly gratifying when stories come to my attention about young lives transformed by Scripture, like the one Tonya Wilder-Butts told at the American Bible Society Board meeting in June. I asked Tonya to present something about her experience visiting a Youth Commission facility in Texas. Afterward, I don't… Read More
Book page courtesy of the American Bible Society There is a timely new tool for those who yearn to know Christ and for those who yearn to know him better. The Life of Christ is a new book produced in a partnership between Time Inc. Home Entertainment… Read More
When a second-grader named Carlos first started in The Salvation Army (TSA) and American Bible Society literacy programs, he was overwhelmed. From the beginning he clearly enjoyed his time there, but he had so many questions: “Who is God? Was he before everything else? Can he see us all… Read More
