Sales of the Good Book have doubled in five years. Is it an aesthetic statement; a smokescreen co-opted by the far right ...

Q: If the church’s new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) a holy day of obligation? A: You are correct that the church’s liturgical new year ...

"The lions roared and crept up to Daniel. Then an angel arrived!" Lauren Jones knew the biblical story of Daniel in the Lion's Den when she heard it, but she didn't recognize the voice sharing the ...

Mary Dzon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

YouVersion revealed its most-engaged Scripture of 2025 after reporting a record-breaking surge in global Bible use across its family of apps. Isaiah 41:10 took the top spot as verse of the year for ...

Nearly 19 million people engaged with Scripture across the YouVersion family of apps on that day, with the top days for guided scripture, prayers created and Bible verses shared recorded during Holy ...

Five hundred years ago, a Bible accidentally printed with a backwards map of the Holy Land sparked a revolution in how people imagined geography, borders, and even nationhood. Despite the blunder, the ...

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round—showing the Mediterranean to the East—but its inclusion set a ...

When he launched the YouVersion Bible App in 2008, Bobby Gruenewald never imagined the reach and impact it would have. "There's been lots of challenges and ups and downs, but we never thought it would ...

As revivals take place both domestically and abroad, the YouVersion Bible app celebrates a monumental achievement — it has now been downloaded over one billion ...

A small phone held up under the spotlight of an Oklahoma City arena represented a historic moment in time. Bobby Gruenewald, founder and chief executive officer of YouVersion, said the phone had been ...