Bobby Gruenewald, founder and chief executive officer of YouVersion, said the Old Testament verse has been the Bible Verse of the Year four out of the last six years, an indication of the enduring ...

"For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory" (Psalm 32:7). While this verse is comforting, the faithful today know that life is complicated, ...

Who in the Bible had the greatest faith? Was I Noah who built the Ark? Was it Abraham, the father of the Jewish race? Was it the prophet Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Elijah? Each of these and many more whose ...

This is one of my favorite verses in the whole Bible. It is not a very long verse in comparison to others, but it is packed full of great, comforting, and applicable truth. “God is our refuge” — God ...

Find inspiring bible verses for the new year offering hope, strength, and guidance. Perfect for daily encouragement beyond ...

I have recently finished a study of the book of Acts. I have been inspired particularly by the second half of Acts which chronicles the three ministry journeys of Paul. Through the years I have ...

We care and talk about what we are most passionate about in life. Some people are passionate about their careers. Some people are passionate about sports. Some people are passionate about money. Some ...

Christians have every reason to reduce light pollution. It’s hard not to be sentimental about a Northern Hemisphere December, with its snow (or in the American South, where I live, its relative cool), ...

"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the ...

Now and then I take off the shelf Charles Péguy’s Mystery of the Holy Innocents, a book-length poem I first read as a newly minted Ph.D. in 1956, the year it was published. There is a peculiarity in ...

It is no secret that my favorite passage in the Bible is Matthew 4: 1-11. To me it’s good versus evil, up close and personal. On one side the devil incarnate; on the other Jesus the Christ. When I ...