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Could you summarize the Bible in six minutes? What about in 240 words? What about in one sentence? Tony Reinke has posted D. A. Carson’s short summaries of the Bible, including a 6-minute summary and a 240-word summary. Here’s his six-minute summary: And here’s his 240-word summary of the Bible: God is the sovereign, transcendent […]
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Last month, we asked our Facebook fans the following question: How long have you been attending your current church? We received hundreds of responses, which we’ve compiled into a nifty chart.
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At last count, between our Verse of the Day, devotional and reading plans email newsletters, we’re up to 11 different email lists. That’s a flurry of edifying and thought-provoking words flying past every day that few of us can keep up with. We thought we’d give you a few excerpts from the Men of the […]
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How will your favorite Bible version read in 50 years? 100 years? 400? Language changes over time, a fact that has long frustrated Bible translators and spawned many new Bible translations….
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Merry Christmas! If you haven’t done so already, take time today to reflect on the birth of our Savior as recounted in Luke 2:1-21.
We’re often asked if it’s possible to read the same passage in multiple translations side by side on Bible Gateway. Fortunately, the answer is yes! Here’s how.
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The final week of Jesus’ ministry covers a wide range of emotions and events. We see Jesus overturning tables in the temple; people hanging on Christ’s every word; cloak-and-dagger deals made to kill the Messiah; and fervent 11th-hour prayers offered. But before any of that happens, Jesus must first get to Jerusalem. Today, Palm Sunday, […]
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A few weeks back on the Facebook Fan page for BibleGateway.com we asked the question, “If you were given the chance to have dinner with someone from the Old Testament who would you choose and why?” As of this writing, 1,278 people have commented with answers ranging from insightful to downright hilarious.
We tabulated the responses from the first 1,000 or so comments and devised a sort of “Top 20 Old Testament Characters” dinner guest list. We’ve posted the first 10 below. You’ll have to head over to the fan page to see the rest.
Ever wanted to read through the entire Bible from start to finish, but didn’t know where to start? We’re excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with the Bible in 90 Days program to make their summer Bible reading challenge available here, starting June 1.
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Beginning on Ash Wednesday (Wednesday, February 25), the Bible Gateway will kick off a Lent reading plan that covers all four Gospels in 40 days. Please consider joining us in reading through the Gospels during Lent!
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