Record Summer 2011 Issue

Through Mission: Literacy, American Bible Society provides Bible resources that give students around the United States the hope of the Bible and the opportunity for a better future. Serial killer David Berkowitz shares his testimony of transformation that started with reading the Bible. In Cuba, the Bible Commission of Cuba begins to print Bibles locally.

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5 Million Bibles

(Photo courtesy of the Bible Society of the Philippines.)The Philippines is the only predominantly Christian nation in Southeast Asia, but a 2005 Nielsen study, commissioned by the Philippine Bible Society (PBS), found that only 40 percent...

Kids Overcoming Cancer

J(Photo courtesy of the Bible Society of Nicaragua.)In the only pediatric hospital in Nicaragua, in Managua, cancer is a leading cause of death for children ages 10 to 19. The Bible Society of Nicaragua is...

School for Translators

James Maxey, Antonia Carcelen-Estrada and Stefano Arduini engage in a discussion at the Nida School. (Photo courtesy of the Nida Institute.)For two weeks in May, more than 50 translation scholars and practitioners from all over...

Bible in Royal Company

(Photo by Lucy Barnes.)Vickie and Lamar Vest recently gathered with HRH the Prince of Wales in London for one of several events celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Dr. Vest is...

Opening Access to Scriptures

(Photo courtesy of the Bible Society of Egypt.)Egypt is a transit point for refugees seeking passage to the Middle East and Europe, with some 8,000 entering yearly. Most enter from bordering Sudan. Blind adults and...

100 Million Seeds of Peace and Hope

Rudi Zimmer, general secretary of the SBB, holds up the 100 millionth Bible. (Photo courtesy of the Bible Society of Brazil.)The Bible Society of Brazil's (SSB) printing press is the largest manufacturer of...

Back from the Edge

(Photo by Jock Foo.)For much of his life, Ting was gripped in the jaws of addiction and would do anything to get his next fix: steal, rob, even murder. On the run from authorities...

Reading is Believing

Mission: Literacy™, the Bible-based literacy program from American Bible Society, is helping at-risk children across the globe to read and interact with the inspired Word of their creator. The child pictured here, like Alicia,...

What Scripture passages would you recommend to someone with anger issues?

What Scripture passages would you recommend to someone with anger issues — someone who cannot control his temper? — Monty, by e-mail Reading the following Scripture passages prayerfully and meditating upon them, perhaps even memorizing them, may...

Why does Paul quote from Deuteronomy 21.23 in Galatians 3.13?

What does the apostle Paul mean in Galatians 3.13 when he says that “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed...