On first reading it might seem that Ecclesiastes is expressing a deeply nihilistic worldview. This is especially noticeable in the repeated phrase 'all is vanity' or 'chasing after the wind'. In the original Hebrew this phrase mea...

Ecclesiastes 5 goes in a different direction from the previous chapters. It talks about taking seriously what we promise to do for God. Its main message is when you make a vow to God, 'do not delay to fulfil it' (verse 4).

Eliphaz the Temanite has heard Job’s words, but it’s clear he hasn’t accepted them. When it comes to understanding God’s ways, he thinks he’s got it nailed and no matter what evidence Job puts forward, he’s not about to let it get in the ...

Our Good News Bible – The Youth Edition, designed with the help of Youth for Christ and young people themselves, recently won the Christian Resources Together Bible of the Year award, which recognises the impact it is having on young people’s lives.

In the middle of the first century, the Apostle Paul wrote to a Christian fellowship in the Greek city of Philippi. The congregation had started out as a house church which Paul himself had previously founded (see Acts 16). Meanwhile, he had been det...

With the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak – now a global health emergency – on their doorstep, Christians in China are relying even more on their Bibles and reading at home.

When Winnie Reynolds (62) moved into her new home in Seaford, East Sussex, ten years ago, she wanted to do something a bit different with her garden.

Corinth had a reputation throughout the Roman Empire for being a particularly immoral city, prone to all kinds of sexual licence. In Paul's day it may have been no worse than any other seaport, but mud sticks. In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul picks on s...

Jesus was attracting large crowds who came to hear his teaching and receive his ministry. When he went to his own town, Nazareth, it was a different story: the people there saw only the carpenter who had grown up among them. Calling him the 'son...

This is a deeply moving story. It portrays a man who has lost his independence with his sight, who has evidently lost any family he had (otherwise they would have cared for him and he would not have needed to beg), and who is so desperate for a solut...

Terrorism poses a constant threat to many Christians and Bible translators in the western part of the Sahel region of Africa, where we are involved, through your generous support, in many Bible projects. In 2019 your generosity helped support vital B...

This chapter is sometimes mined for its teaching about marriage. But step back from the details, and what strikes us is its common-sense approach not just to marriage, but to living faithfully in the world as it is. Perhaps Paul is dealing with peopl...

There’s no comfort in the words of Job’s friends, who insist on seeing his suffering as a sign of his guilt. Neither defending himself nor staying silent alleviate his situation. It does seem like God is his enemy.

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In Genesis 4, we're face to face with some of the darkest instincts of human beings. The two sons of Adam and Eve offer sacrifices; Abel's animal sacrifices are accepted, but Cain's grain offerings aren't. There's no indicati...

If there’s anything you’ve picked up in the story of Abraham, it’s likely to be the significance of his role as a father of great nations, and that of his son Isaac through which this promise will come to pass. You don’t need me to tell you h...

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