Biblica Africa
Africa is a continent of amazing opportunities. Christianity is growing rapidly, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. But Africa also faces daunting challenges. HIV/AIDS is decimating an entire generation in some countries, leaving countless children orphaned. Biblica Africa is helping.
http://biblica.com/ministry/africa/
Finding Hope, Rebuilding life when you've lost your job
Do you feel a bit hopeless and overwhelmed? Frustrated? Do you feel angry? Lost and confused? Rejected? Useless? And maybe even a bit depressed? Whatever your economic situation may be, and how well you and your loved one(s) are (or are not) dealing with it, there is hope.
http://biblica.com/outreach/unemployment/
The Minor Prophets
The Book of the Twelve, or the Minor Prophets with book introductions from the NIV Study Bible.
http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/minor_prophets.php
Joshua
This introduction to the book of Joshua talks about the conquest and the ethical question of war. It also reports on the books title, theological theme, author, and date, the life of Joshua, the historical setting, and outline. Joshua is a story of conquest and fulfillment for the people of God. After many years of slavery in Egypt and 40 years in the desert, the Israelites were finally allowed to enter the land promised to their fathers.
http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/joshua.php
The Church Persecuted and Scattered
Saul begins to destroy the church. From Acts 8.
http://biblica.com/bible/verse/index.php?q=Acts8
Judges
This introduction to the book of Judges reports on the title, author, date, themes and theology, background, literary features, and outline. The book of Judges depicts the life of Israel in the promised land from the death of Joshua to the rise of the monarchy.
http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/judges.php
Deuteronomy
This introduction to the book of Deuteronomy reports on the title, author, date, contents, theological teaching, structure, and outline. The Hebrew name of the book is ‘elleh haddebarim ("These are the words") or, more simply, debarim ("words"). The word "Deuteronomy" (meaning "repetition of the law") arose from a mistranslation in the Septuagint.
http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/deuteronomy.php
Numbers
This introduction to the book of Numbers reports on the title, author, date, contents, theological teaching, structure, and outline. Numbers presents an account of the 38-year period of Israel’s wandering in the desert following the establishment of the covenant of Sinai.
http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/numbers.php
Why do some Bibles have a section called the Apocrypha?
During the period between the completion of the Old Testament and the first writings included in the New Testament (i.e. the period between 450 BC and 50 AD), many essays, psalms and historical accounts circulated throughout the synagogues and early churches.
http://biblica.com/bibles/about/8.php
Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1947 in an obscure cave west of the Dead Sea, Bedouin shepherds discovered some scrolls carefully placed in ten tall jars. They did not know what they had come upon, but they sold the scrolls to a nearby dealer.
http://biblica.com/bibles/about/12.php