Christian News

HarperOne, publisher of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Bible, announces the launch of the NRSV Bible e-book, including electronic editions of the NRSV, NRSV with Apocrypha, NRSV Catholic Edition, The HarperCollins Study Bible (NRSV), and The Green Bible. For the first... [Read full story]

Point 11, a $4 Million Dollar Christian Camping and Retreat Center, will open for Christian retreats and group camping rentals on May 31st, 2010. The rental camp facility is located on a 70- acre peninsula on Table Rock Lake near Shell Knob, Missouri. The camp is owned and operated... [Read full story]

The Shroud of Turin, one of history’s most controversial and perplexing relics, is set to draw a crowd more than 5 times as big as the Olympic Games in Vancouver. Two million people are expected in Turin, Italy to see the ancient burial cloth when it goes on display in... [Read full story]

In his new book, “Hard Times Coming: An Overview Of The Book Of Revelation,” the founder of ReturnAmerica.com encourages Christians to reexamine their Christianity. Steve Magill points out that Revelation 2 and 3 reveals the character of the church before the Antichrist... [Read full story]

Insights from Bill Bright

For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News . . . . Pray at all times and on every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 6:15, 18, NLT). Dear friends: The story is told of a man who traveled to a certain city on one cold morning. As he arrived at his hotel, he noticed that everyone there was barefooted, including all the... [Read more of this article]

He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault (Ephesians 5:27, NLT). Dear friends: Previously, I provided some suggestions for your personal spiritual revival. After you experience revival inside the little circle that in your mind you symbolically... [Read more of this article]

Bible Reading Plans

Each day of this reading plan includes a reading from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Beginning in Genesis and Matthew, the readings continue sequentially and over the course of a full year, you will never read the same passage twice. . [Read today's readings]

In this Bible reading plan you will find a reading from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs every day. The plan divides the text into 365 sections, so you can read through the entire Bible in one year, in as little as 15 minutes a day. In one year, you will read the Old Testament, New Testament, and Proverbs once, and all of the Psalms twice. [Read today's readings]

This plan follows the Daily Office Lectionary found in The Book of Common Prayer (1979) which is used by Anglicans and Episcopalians around the world.  [Read today's readings]

Based on the M'Cheyne reading system, this plan features four different Bible readings for use in both family and personal devotions. Each day you will find two passages from the Old Testament, one passage from the New Testament, and a further passage from either the Psalms or the Gospels. In one year, you get to read the New Testament and Psalms twice, and the Old Testament once. [Read today's readings]

With this plan you read the events of the Bible as they occurred chronologically. For example, the Book of Job is integrated with Genesis because of the fact that Job lived before Abraham. This reading plan is copyright Back to the Bible. [Read today's readings]