Today in the Word Devotional

In the back yard of one Arizona home is a very unusual tree: some of its branches produce tangelos, but other branches produce grapefruits. While the hybrid tree is most certainly the result of grafti …

When an energetic black Rottweiler named Leslie went missing from home, her owners became concerned. After seven days, the father found Leslie at the bottom of an abandoned well in the woods behind th …

Cochlear implant surgery has changed many lives in recent years. In the revolutionary surgical procedure, doctors drill holes in the skull to insert a steel plate about the size of a quarter just abov …

Advances in modern technology enabled us to do many things: to communicate better and in more ways, to contact more people, and to obtain easily all the information we need from many different sources …

Imagine holding in your hands an original published copy of the American national anthem by Francis Scott Key, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” There are just eleven copies known to be still in existence, …

The Roman centurion Marcellus, a new convert to Christianity in A.D. 298, had to make a choice. Would he celebrate Emperor Maximian’s birthday? It involved sacrifices to the gods and worship of the em …

Theologian J. I. Packer wrote stirringly of the centrality of Scripture: It “is held to be divinely inspired and authoritative, true and trust worthy, informative and imperative, life-imparting and st …

In the early twentieth century, Frederick Kenyon carefully studied the manuscript history of biblical texts. An Oxford graduate, British Museum director, ancient languages scholar, and archaeologist, …

When opposing Moses and his message to let God’s people go, the magicians of Egypt found initial success (Exodus 7–9). They, too, were able to turn their rods into snakes and water into blood, as well …

A church in north London is growing—but it’s a “church” for atheists and religious nonbelievers. They meet on Sunday mornings to “have a bit of community spirit but without the religion aspect,” as on …

When the Anti-Mine Network recently visited a school in Uganda to teach children how to recognize bombs left over from decades of war, they were aghast to find one being used as a school bell. Not kno …

Last year, China’s Communist government began implementing a new plan for wiping out unregistered house churches. As a result, according to a report by China Aid, Christians there experienced a signif …

In her very first marathon, Norwegian runner Grete Waitz set a world record. Though she held a world record in the 3,000 meters, she had never run a marathon before. When she crossed the finish line f …

Pastor Behnam Irani is in prison for the gospel. His health is failing, he’s been tortured, and his family fears he will die in jail. Yet at Christmas last year, he wrote to his fellow Iranian believe …

Prenatal care for pregnant women can have a beneficial effect on their children’s future educational achievements. Researchers found that children whose mothers were given iron and folic acid suppleme …