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Join us as we count down to the #1 Christmas song in Bible Gateway’s Top 20 Christmas Songs email newsletter!
Filed under Christmas, Newsletters
We’re excited to announce the addition of two new French Bibles to Bible Gateway’s library: the Segond 21 (S21) and the Nouvelle Edition de Genève (NEG1979)! Start reading Genèse 1 in the Nouvelle Edition de Genève or Genése 1 in the Segond 21. Both are graciously provided to us by the Société Biblique de Genève […]
Filed under Bibles, Translations
Did you know that you can view multiple translations of a Bible verse or passage side-by-side on Bible Gateway? There are two ways to do so: While Reading a Passage To bring up a parallel translation while reading a passage (for example, Genesis 1), click on Add Parallel, located above the gold bar at the […]
Filed under General
When a Bible passage is read during a worship service at your church, or when the pastor mentions a verse during a sermon, how do you follow along?
Filed under Polls and Surveys
What are the most upbeat parts of the Bible? One of our Bible Gateway colleagues has created a statistical overview of the Bible using a technique called “sentiment analysis.” The results identify the cheeriest and gloomiest sections of Scripture.
Filed under Statistics
Here are a noteworthy blog posts we ran across this week that didn’t quite fit anywhere else. Marc Cortez muses about how we define heresy in What is Heresy? It’s Sugar in My Coffee. Most interesting to me is his point that heresy “arises from within the community.” Heresy, he says, “is better understood as […]
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Over the past few weeks my church has been studying the book of Galatians—specifically, Paul’s rather fiery rhetoric against the group of Jewish Christians who were demanding that Gentle converts to Christianity be circumcised. Exploring the context of this account has led us back to the story of Peter bringing the Gospel to the Gentiles […]
Filed under Reflections, The Bible
This week’s poll is a simple one: how many people attend a typical weekend service at your church? For those of you that have multiple services at your church, what’s attendance like at the biggest one? Last week’s poll was about whether or not your church has a Sunday school program. Just under 90% of […]
Filed under Church, Polls and Surveys
Is the God of the Old Testament barbaric and bloodthirsty? Does the Bible condone slavery, polygamy, or other violence against unbelievers? Lee Strobel interviews author Paul Copan about the nature of the God of the Old Testament.
Filed under Apologetics, Newsletters
For our poll this week we’d like to know what kind of Sunday school opportunities your church makes available: Growing up, I remember Sunday school being a non-optional part of church life. We had two services that sandwiched an hours’ worth of classes for every age group in the church. The past few churches I’ve […]
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