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Bible News Roundup – Week of February 3, 2019

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State Legislatures Consider Expanding Use of Bible in High School Curricula
The Washington Times
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Reading the Bible with America’s Founding Fathers: An Interview with Daniel Dreisbach
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, American History’s Entwined Relationship with the Bible: An Interview with Angela Kamrath

Bible Education Class as an Elective in Public Schools Proposed by Mississippi Lawmaker
WLBT

Lawmakers Push for Bible Literacy in Missouri Schools as an Elective
KYTV

Requiring Public Schools to Offer a Bible Education Class? A Florida Lawmaker Asks ‘Why Not?’
Tampa Bay Times

Virginia Senate Panel Endorses Bible Education Classes for Public Schools
Mercury Virginia

Baldwin County Parents React to State Bill Allowing Bible Education Class in Alabama Public Schools
NBC15

Students Sue Pennsylvania School District Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Bible Distribution Ban
The Daily Caller

Public Bible Reading ‘Marathon’ at Notre Dame Seminary Spreads the Sacred Word
Notre Dame Seminary
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Scripture Says Reading the Bible in Public is Important
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, This Bible is Perfect for Public Reading in KJV and NKJV

Miracle? Family Bible from 1823 Survives After Fire Destroys Home
WYCD

In China Today, ‘Sinicization’ Means Rewriting the Bible and Creating a New Christianity
The Stream
The Daily Signal: Preserving the Integrity of the Bible in China
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Translator of Bible into Belarusian Language, Vasil Syomukha, Dies at 83
Belsat
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Suspected Smugglers Arrested Trying to Sell Ancient Bible in Turkey
Anadolu Agency

Almost Half of Practicing Christian Millennials Say Evangelism Is Wrong
Barna
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Evangelism in a Skeptical World: An Interview with Sam Chan

Are Religious People Happier, Healthier?
Pew Research

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