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Bible News Roundup – Week of August 28, 2016

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Zondervan Releases NIV Beautiful Word™ Coloring Bible
Bible Gateway Blog post
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Advocacy Group Wants Dept of Defense Inspector General to Investigate Officer Who Displayed a Bible on His Desk, and His Superiors
Air Force Times

Teens Read Bible More During the School Year
Christianity Today
OneNewsNow: Only 3% of Teens Read Bible Daily
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Novel-Like New Testament Created for Teens Who Don’t Read the Bible
Christian Newswire
Pierced: The New Testament in the Bible Gateway Store

National Bible Bee Encourages Students
The Jackson Sun

At a Hotel on a Business School Campus in Arizona, It’s Now ‘Bring Your Own Bible’
The Arizona Republic

Bible Reading Marathon Set for Iowa’s Louisa County
The Hawk Eye

Winchester Cathedral UK to Hold Bible Reading Marathon
Hampshire Chronicle

Ex-Muslim Turned Christian Evangelist Fighting Stomach Cancer
CBN News
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—No God but One: Allah or Jesus?—An Interview with Nabeel Qureshi
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—Interview: Nabeel Qureshi, author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus
See the Understanding Islam section in the Bible Gateway Store

Chalk Bible Passages on Bangor, Maine Sidewalks Spark War of Words
Bangor Daily News

USA Man Among First People Targeted Under Russia’s New Anti-Evangelism Laws
Premier
Forum 18: Punishments Under Russia’s Anti-Sharing Beliefs Law Begin
See resources in the Evangelism section in the Bible Gateway Store
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—I Am N: An Interview with Cole Richards and Jason Peters
See resources on the topic of Christian Persecution in the Bible Gateway Store

Is the Bible Still Relevant?
Seedbed
Bible Gateway Blog post—Reading & Understanding the Bible: An Interview with Ben Witherington III
Bible Gateway Blog post—Invitation to the New Testament: An Interview with Ben Witherington III

Bible Speaks Today Editor Alec Motyer, 91, Dies
Premier
See Bible Speaks Today commentaries in the Bible Gateway Store

3,000 Year Old Treasures Dated to the Time of King David Unveiled
The Jerusalem Post
Read the article about King David in Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary on Bible Gateway
See Bible search results for “David” on Bible Gateway
See resources about Biblical Archaeology in the Bible Gateway Store

11th Century Bible Recovered in Central Turkey
Daily Sabah

Exhibition Features Biblical City of Shaarayim, Where David Fought Goliath
Ynetnews
Jewish Post: Archaeological Evidence of the Kingdom of David to be Displayed in Jerusalem
Read the article about the Valley of Elah in Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary on Bible Gateway
Read 1 Samuel 17 on Bible Gateway

King Solomon-Era Palace Found in Biblical Gezer
Haaretz
Read the article about Gezer in Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary on Bible Gateway
Read 1 Kings 9:15-17 on Bible Gateway

Bible Survives Katrina, Finally Returned This Year to Georgia Woman
GainesvilleTimes.com

Survey: New Zealand Youth Prefer Reading Printed Bible Rather than Bible Apps
New Zealand Bible Society
2016 Report: New Zealand’s Teen Bible Readers (pdf)

Astronaut Jeff Williams Sees ‘An Infinite God’ From Space
Baptist Press
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—First Liquid Poured on the Moon and the First Food Eaten There Were Communion Elements
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—God of the Big Bang: An Interview with Leslie Wickman, Rocket Scientist

Saturday’s Venus-Jupiter Encounter May Explain Bible’s Star of Bethlehem
Space.com
Read Matthew 2:1-12 on Bible Gateway

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