Based on Bible sales, a recent study shows which bible translations are the most popular. Here are the top 10… 1. New International Version 2. New King James Version 3. King James Version 4. New Living Translation 5. English Standard Version 6. Holman Christian Standard Bible 7. New American Standard Bible 8. The Message 9. [...]

I’m really bothered by people who focus only on the negative side of their faith. There are some that are SO engrossed in the rules, keeping the rules and on others keeping their rules that they miss what the gospel is really all about. For example, a bulletin article from a church I won’t name, [...]

Here are two interesting facts about your bible. Did you know … The bible is the best selling book in the world? The bible is the world’s most shoplifted book? When it comes to my morning bible reading I’ve used a lot of different translations over the years. Seems that the NIV is the translation [...]

I’m sure you know that the Bible is the best selling book ever, but did you know that the Bible is also the world’s most shoplifted book. “King John” Dobbs has been talking about Bible translations this week and it got me thinking about, “What’s my favorite translation?” According to Bible sales, the top selling [...]

Cooper has recently learned to say all the books of the Old Testament, which is great for a 6 year old. Yes, there are times when I feel like we’re doing a good job teaching our boys about God, and then there was yesterday. I had just told Cooper I liked his new Bible he [...]

John Cassis is one of our nation’s finest motivational speakers. He told a story recently about a time when he was serving as one of the chaplin’s for the Chicago Bears during their glory years of the 80′s. As John tells it, Mike Ditka was about to deliver a locker room pep talk one day. [...]

Did you know that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time and it continues to be the best-selling book of the year, every year. The CBA has released this month’s “Best Selling Translations” list. Does any of these surprise you? New International Version King James Version New Living Translation New King James Version [...]

I wasn’t trying to hurt his feelings when I told him that reading his bible must not be that important to him. He had just told me that he wasn’t finding any time in his daily schedule to read his bible. I told him I didn’t want to sound preachy, but if he wasn’t reading [...]

You really can’t remember if it was Moses or Noah that took the animals on the ark. You fall for the old preacher’s joke, “Turn in your bibles to the book of Hezekiah,” when there really is no book of Hezekiah. You think the old saying “cleanliness is next to godliness” is actually a verse [...]

1 – Favorite O.T. Bible Story 2 – Favorite Bible Character 3 – Favorite Scripture 4 – Favorite Chapter 5 – Favorite Book of the Bible 6 – What are you reading from the Bible? 7 – Favorite Bible translation

I love email, and I hate email all at the same time. Let me tell you why … Here are the reasons I like email: It’s quick. No paper, no pen and no stamps. Hit the “send” button and it’s there! It’s amazing what I can accomplish with email, and it’s amazing how fast I [...]

The New Year is upon us. Do you have a New Year’s Resolution? Well, if you’re like most Americans (88 percent according to a recent poll), you have at least one resolution. And, if you are like the majority of these promise-makers, your resolution is probably related to health and fitness. But how about some [...]

Tim Shields tell about a Peace Corps instructional bulletin for the young men and womenheaded toward the Amazon jungle. The bulletin is a practical guideline on a very important issue in that region and is entitled, “How to Survive an Anaconda Attack.” It goes something like this: ”If you are ever attacked by an anaconda, [...]