For the first time in about 60 years, excavations by Israeli archaeologists have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). More than 20 bits of parchment were found after teams rappelled down 90 yards off a cliff into “the Cave of Horror” in the Judean Desert reserve’s Nahal Hever. […]
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At the age of 83 in January 2018, international bilingual Christian evangelist Luis Palau, who died March 11, 2021, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. That startling revelation was the impetus for him to reflect on his adventure-filled life of trusting God from his humble beginnings on the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to […]
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Saint Patrick is not an officially canonized saint by the Catholic church, his birth name was Maewyn Succat (or Sucat), and he wasn’t originally from Ireland. He was born at the end of the 4th century in what is now Dumbarton, Scotland (northwest of Glasgow). By his own admission, he ignored Christianity until he was […]
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Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, announces its release of The Open Bible, now available for the first time in the widely-read New International Version (NIV) translation. “For more than 40 years, Thomas Nelson has published The Open Bible,” says Philip Nation, vice president and publisher of Bibles for Thomas Nelson (@NelsonBibles). “The […]
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Hebrew scholar and Semitic languages specialist Dr. Larry Walker, the last living translator of the original team of biblical language experts who produced the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, died March 8, 2021 at age 88. According to CT, he cared deeply about accuracy and specifics, believing a commitment to the doctrine of […]
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The New Testament You Never Knew Online Bible Study with N.T. Wright Starts March 8 Bible scholars N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird say the New Testament is filled with startling and unforeseen twists. According to Wright, “When we see Jesus announcing the kingdom of God saying the time is fulfilled, this is the time […]
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Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, announces the release of its New International Version (NIV) and New American Standard Bible (NASB) Artisan Collection Bibles. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, New Artisan Collection Bibles: An Interview with Olivia Joy]
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