YouVersion, creator of the world’s most popular Bible App, hit new records throughout the Holy Week, with an average of 18.7 million people engaging with the Bible each day through its Family of Apps.
After failing in a start-up business a Singaporean engineer is met by the Lord who gives strength to eagles and finds new confidence to pursue God's purpose for his life, his family, and those he works with; eventually investing back into God's purposes for the world.
Generative artificial intelligence is here, shaping belief and providing advice. Synthetic content is flooding social media. Churches need shepherds able to navigate the new complexity well and guide others through the new territory and its tools with great discernment and faithfulness to God.
In the midst of crisis, when powerful people play war games and masses suffer because of it, it is easy to feel impotent, a victim of circumstance. But there is hope. We need to look for, and recount, alternate stories that evidence hope. The quiet, "widows mite", stories of faithfulness and breakthrough in ordinary everyday living are needed, especially now.
As Christian Nationalism supports brute force and the application of power locally and globally, Palm Sunday presents a reality check for true followers of Jesus. His example is ours to follow, not the example of Constantine. Jesus' triumph, in contrast, was subversive; one of humility, compassion, and grief for those abused by the misuse of power. Only Jesus' way leads to resurrection.
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The moving twin dedications (both authors contribute) are personal and theological: a foretaste of the direction of travel of the whole book (which is also very practical) as it continually dives into Scripture and to central truths about God and humanity and the Lord’s work in hearts and minds.
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Hartman summarises the work of Ghanaian theologian Kwame Bediako, drawing on his three books and more than 75 articles, and addressing that cultural baggage from a contemporary African perspective: ‘Bediako asks what it means to be African and Christian after the shortcomings of colonialism.’
In an unprecedented editorial effort for Latin America, Grupo Nelson has announced newly updated editions of two pillars of Christian literature: Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, both by British author C.S. Lewis, widely known for The Chronicles of Narnia. To explore the impact of the relaunch, we spoke with Juan Tomás Widow, president of the Faith, Art and Myth Association, who collaborated on the project to introduce Lewis’s legacy to new generations in Latin America.
Artificial intelligence may be able to generate polished sermons, complete with structure, illustrations and theological analysis, but it cannot embody lived faith, suffering or spiritual encounter, speakers said at a Korean church conference examining the future of preaching in the AI era.
The YouVersion Kenya hub has been launched to facilitate localized content for the YouVersion app, which boasts more than 1 billion downloads across its family of apps. The Kenya hub, launched on Feb. 23. is expected to increase local content on the app, making it more relevant to the region.
Christian leaders, physicians and licensed counselors called on churches to confront what they described as a deepening mental health crisis with theological clarity, practical training and renewed compassion during a panel discussion at the recent National Religious Broadcasters International Christian Media Convention.
Police in Pakistan have declined to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according to her father.
