Campus
Students queued at water troughs outside a Miami arena. Three more campuses are booked.
UniteUS began with one mother praying for one campus in Alabama. Appalachian State is next, then Mobile, then Nashville.
5Talents
Staff · India
Written by the 5Talents editorial desk.
Current
A Texas church baptised 882 people in one Sunday. The argument started on Monday.
Three American churches set single-day baptism records this year. The numbers hold up. The question is who is sitting with those people in February.
Culture
The industry's song of the year is about a Bible nobody opens
Josiah Queen's "Dusty Bibles" took Song of the Year at the 57th Dove Awards. Phil Wickham won Artist of the Year and Angel Studios' David won the film prize.
Faith
A language with 55,000 speakers just got a new New Testament. It took 89 years.
The Faroes have had two rival Bible translations since 1948. A former bishop built one both sides could use. The same year, Tyndale's English New Testament turns 500.
Current
Twenty-five singers, six languages, one stage in Kompally
Oneness began in 2022 as a single recorded medley. It has since been watched close to twenty million times. On 16 October it returns to Hyderabad live, and the room sings with them.
Current
Your feed says they found Noah's Ark. The team digging there says not yet.
Bear Grylls visited Turkey’s Durupınar site, and the post got 791,000 likes. But the team’s founder told Newsweek they found no ancient wood, while a Christian archaeologist called the hype irresponsible.
Technology
Why we built a devotional app in three languages
Know who you are in Christ. That is the tagline of Daily Devo, a five-minute devotional in English, Hindi and Odia. Its maker talks about mother tongues, screen time, and why an app should never be mistaken for a Bible.
Current
Katie Taylor walked out to a worship song at Croke Park. 82,000 people heard it.
For her last fight, Ireland's greatest boxer picked "All Hail King Jesus" and wore Psalm 18 in gold down her robe. Then she won, and retired undisputed at 40.
Current
Aladdin Is Playing Daniel. The Detail Worth Noticing Is the Names.
A Daniel film opened today in the US and Canada. The sharpest thing in the story isn't the lions — it's what Babylon did to four teenagers' names, and how little of it Daniel actually fought.
Current
Germany Put Seven Past Curaçao. Then Two German Players Knelt Down in the Losers' Prayer Circle.
Curaçao had just played the first World Cup match in their history. They lost 7–1. What happened after the whistle is the part worth watching.
Technology
In 2012 we printed a page of YouVersion's numbers. It has since passed a billion installs
Fifty-two installs a minute, back when we ran the figures. Seventeen years after an idea in an airport queue, the Bible App is on a billion devices — and the way it counts itself is worth a second look.
Faith
Every Christian has both natural talents and spiritual gifts
One comes to you at birth and is developed over a life. The other is given by the Spirit for the sake of other people. Knowing which is which changes what you do with them.
Work & money
Some believers make money by unlawful means and then give generously to the church, as though that settles it
Wanting to be rich is not the sin. An unsigned page from 2014 on bribes, substandard goods, and the bribe that has become normal procedure for moving a pastor from one parish to another.