The Gospel Briefing: Kids Edition

Today's Kids Edition takes little disciples on a tour of God's amazing creation. We learn about a new rule that affects endangered animals like the bald eagle and the California condor, and we discover a funny trick-painting hiding the front of the White House. Along the way, kids learn that the whole earth belongs to God and that He asks us to care for it. Grown-ups, for the daily news through th...

Today's Kids Edition looks at a driverless robot taxi in Los Angeles that noticed some trouble and called for help — a gentle way to talk with your kids about how God always sees us and loves us (Psalm 139). Then we travel to Britain to meet a very silly election candidate named Count Binface, a fun reminder from Ecclesiastes that there is nothing new under the sun. Grounded in today's verse, Psal...

Welcome to The Gospel Briefing: Kids Edition, a daily ~5 minute news briefing for ages 5-12. Today we explore the growing need for skilled airplane mechanics and a hard-fought World Cup match between Egypt and Argentina, all grounded in Proverbs 4:23 - guarding your heart. Kids are invited to pray for pilots and mechanics and to find Egypt and Argentina on a map. Grown-ups: today's show is brought...

Today's Kids Edition brings two stories from the day's news, gently reframed for ages 5–12: a Georgia appliance factory that started letting workers choose their own shifts so they could care for their families, and the town of Nazareth — where Jesus grew up — where Christian families keep meeting and praying even as fighting continues nearby. Our verse of the day is Isaiah 26:3 (ESV). Families ca...

Big news for little disciples! Today we cheer on the U.S. team at the World Cup, discover why so many stories are secretly about longing for home, and learn that God is preparing a real home for those who love Him — all anchored in Hebrews 11:16. Parents: Bible Copilot helps your whole family study the Bible together. Download Bible Copilot on the App Store . Grown-ups, for the daily news through...

Big news for little disciples! In today's episode, kids celebrate America's 250th birthday with fireworks and freedom, and travel across the ocean to cheer for tiny Cape Verde, whose soccer team pushed mighty Argentina to the brink at the World Cup — and won hearts even in a loss. Grounded in Psalm 33:12, we learn that the happiest nation is the one that loves God, and that in God's eyes, faithful...

A ~5 minute daily news briefing for kids ages 5-12, drawn from the day's Gospel Briefing. Today: America's 250th birthday, how ships and fertilizer connect our whole world, and today's verse from Proverbs 14:34 (ESV). Bible Copilot helps your whole family study the Bible together — a free app for parents and kids: Bible Copilot on the App Store . Grown-ups, for the daily news through the lens of S...

Big news for little disciples! Today we cheer for the World Cup coming to America, learn how leaders can choose talking over fighting, and rest in today's verse, Psalm 46:10 (ESV): "Be still, and know that I am God." Kids also get a fun soccer-ball fact and a mission: find Ukraine and Qatar on a map and pray for peace. Parents — Bible Copilot is a free app that helps your whole family study the Bi...

Big news for little disciples! In today's ~5-minute episode: Florida funds swim lessons to keep children with autism safe near the water, staying kind and cool during a summer heat wave at the World Cup, and the reminder from Proverbs 21:1 that God holds every leader's heart in His hand. Parents: Bible Copilot is a free app that helps your whole family study the Bible together — get it here . Grow...

Big news for little disciples! Today we meet Ms. Pat, who helped keep a 400-year-old church alive simply by showing up, and we learn what it means to be a peacemaker as two countries sit down to talk. Today’s verse is Psalm 46:10 (ESV): “Be still, and know that I am God.” Families can study the Bible together with Bible Copilot, a free app: download Bible Copilot . Grown-ups, for the daily news th...

Big news for little disciples! In today's episode (ages 5-12): rescue workers in Venezuela use the silence to find baby Juan David and his brave mom in the rubble of an earthquake, and a heat dome over the United States gives kids a chance to show God's love by helping neighbors stay cool. We land on Psalm 46:10 — Be still, and know that I am God. Parents: Bible Copilot is a free app that helps yo...

Big news for little disciples! In today's episode (ages 5-12), we celebrate Uzbekistan reaching the World Cup for the very first time and learn what it means to never give up. Then we pray for families in Venezuela after an earthquake and discover how each of us can be a helper, showing God's love with our own hands. Today's verse of the day is Psalm 46:1. Grown-ups, Bible Copilot is a free app th...

A gentle, faith-filled news briefing for kids ages 5-12, drawn from today's Gospel Briefing. We talk about a new housing law helping families find homes, and a Viking treasure dug up in Denmark - all pointing back to a God who settles the lonely in a home and made us to be builders and makers. Verse of the day: Romans 8:18 (ESV). Parents: Bible Copilot is a free app that helps your whole family st...

Big news for little disciples! In today's episode, kids meet the brave firefighters who battled a six-day cold-storage warehouse fire in Los Angeles, travel to France to learn about a heat wave and why God asks us to care for His creation (Genesis 1), and settle into today's memory verse, Psalm 46:10 (ESV): "Be still, and know that I am God." Today's mission: pray for the people of France and find...

In today's Kids Edition, we explore two news stories at a 2nd-3rd grade level: SpaceX sharing its blessings with over four thousand workers (cooks, welders, and engineers becoming millionaires), and the UK's Prime Minister peacefully stepping down. We connect both to a big truth — God is King over every king. Today's verse is Proverbs 21:1 (ESV). Families can study the Bible together with Bible Co...

Big news for little disciples! In today's episode, kids hear about kind women in Uganda who served their neighbors for a lifetime, a silly story about a famous pool that turned green, and the truth that every single person is fearfully and wonderfully made by God (Psalm 139:14, ESV). Today's mission: do one kind thing for someone older who has helped others. Parents: Bible Copilot is a free app th...

Big news for little disciples! In todays episode, kids learn about a new ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon — a grown-up word for leaders promising to stop fighting — and how we can pray for families far away. We also remember TV director James Burrows, whose quiet, behind-the-camera work reminds us that God sees the good things we do even when no one is watching. Todays verse is Colossians 3:23...

Today's Kids Edition celebrates Juneteenth with a kid-friendly story about how the good news of freedom traveled slowly across America — and how God's good news about Jesus is meant to be shared far and wide (Isaiah 61:1, ESV). We also have fun with the new Toy Story 5 movie and choosing real adventures over screens this summer. Bible Copilot is a free app that helps your whole family study the Bi...

Big news for little disciples! In todays episode, we talk about a new peace agreement between two countries, marvel at the amazing alligators and manatees of the Florida Everglades, and remember that God holds the whole world in His hands. Our verse of the day is Psalm 33:16-17 (ESV). Parents: Bible Copilot is a free app that helps your whole family study the Bible together — download it here . Gr...

The Gospel Briefing: Kids Edition is a daily ~5 minute news briefing for ages 5-12, retelling the day's news through the lens of Scripture at a kid-friendly reading level. Today: a kind stranger helps a worried traveler on a plane, World Cup soccer brings fans together as friends, and a fun fact about one of the world's busiest water roads. Today's verse is Psalm 46:10. Families can study the Bibl...

Big news for little disciples! Today we cheer for an underdog goalkeeper from the islands of Cape Verde, talk gently about leaders trying to make peace, and learn from Psalm 146:3 that we trust God above any prince. Includes a map mission and a fun fact about Cape Verde. Brought to you by Bible Copilot — a free app that helps your whole family study the Bible together.

Big news for little disciples! In todays episode, kids learn how voting works through a story from Switzerland, discover that God made every nation as one big family (Genesis), and cheer along with the Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup victory. We anchor it all in Proverbs 21:1 — God holds every leaders heart in His hand. Plus a kid mission and a fun fact about the snowy Alps. Brought to you by Bibl...

In this episode, little disciples hear about world leaders working toward peace and about kind helpers feeding hungry children in Senegal — all reframed gently for ages 5–12. We anchor the day in Psalm 46: God makes wars cease and holds the whole world in His hands. Includes a kid mission, an open-ended question, and a fun fact about Senegal's bubblegum-pink Lake Retba. Brought to you by Bible Cop...

A ~5 minute kid-friendly briefing for ages 5-12, drawn from todays adult Gospel Briefing. We talk about the many children waiting for loving foster and adoptive homes (James 1:27), and a heartwarming story of the King of Spain lending his plane to the Pope. The verse of the day is Micah 6:8. This episode is brought to you by Bible Copilot - a free app that helps your whole family study the Bible t...

In todays Kids Edition, we cheer for the World Cup kicking off across North America, then travel to Camp Blessing in Brenham, Texas, where children with special needs enjoy ziplines, kayaks, and a talent show. The big idea: every single person is fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). Todays show is brought to you by Bible Copilot, a free app that helps your whole family study the Bible to...