Author: Biblica

Radical Gratitude: Overcoming Uncertainty with Thanksgiving

For a few years now, Biblica has been animated by a concept that we call “radical generosity.” What happens when we seek to mirror the radical generosity of our God by giving away everything we possibly can? One expression of this is freely releasing global Bible translations under Creative Commons

A Word from Geof

Dear Friend,  This is a Bible in Zambia. It’s the only Bible an entire church had. It was passed from hand to hand, new believer to new believer, and was studied, loved, and cherished. The cover came off and still it was read. The pages came loose and were crinkled

God Prepares the Way

Sa’ud from Iraq is studying in London and accepted one of our Arabic Gospels from a partner ministry. He was interested, but his English wasn’t strong, so a team member arranged to meet him again with one of the Arab team members.  Sa’ud brought a friend to that second meeting,

Serving Christ Bravely

When you think of Somalia, you may remember the famine of the early 1990s or the infamous Black Hawk Down incident. Or you may know Somalia as the birthplace of al-Shabaab, the extremist Islamic terrorist group.  But Somalia is also home to a small but determined group of our brothers

“They took my name from me.”

Can you imagine sacrificing even your name for your faith?  For their protection, we often change the names of the people whose stories we tell you. Sarah* can’t even use her real name with her neighbors and friends. She and her husband have escaped from two governments that hunted and

A Word from Geof

Dear Friend,  The Bible tells us that many things in the natural world point to God’s character.   And every year, spring reminds us that even after the deepest, darkest winter, new life is possible. In fact, in the midst of green grass and warm breezes, we may even forget that

One Audio Bible = Six New Churches!

No one should be excluded from God’s Word because they never had the privilege of learning to read. Each time we release a new translation, we also create an audio version to reach the whole community.  Minoti in West Bengal, India, has been glad to get the Bengali Contemporary Version