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Catholic 2020 Advent Devotional with Recipes

Advent is a beautiful season where we prepare our hearts to receive our Lord anew, celebrating the first coming of Christ and affirming our anticipation of his return. [Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Saint John’s Bible Christmas Illumination] The coming of God’s Son to earth is an event of such immensity that God […]

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Barclay M. Newman, Jr. (1931–2020)

Bible translator Dr. Barclay Moon Newman, Jr., 89, died December 7, 2020 in his hometown of Springfield, Missouri. While employed by American Bible Society (ABS), Dr. Newman was chair and chief translator of the Contemporary English Version (CEV) of the Bible, first published in 1995. He was also a member of the Old Testament Committee […]

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Thompson® Chain-Reference® Bible to Be Published by Zondervan

The popular Thompson® Chain-Reference® Bible—for more than 100 years published by Kirkbride Bible Company, Inc.—will now be published by Zondervan, part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing. The Thompson Chain-Reference Bible is a well-known topical study Bible first published in 1908 using the King James Version (KJV) Bible translation. Today it’s also available with four more translations: […]

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Bible News Roundup – Week of December 6, 2020

Read this week’s Bible Gateway Weekly Brief newsletter ⇨ Bible Gateway Weekly Brief ⇨ Newsletter signup ▼ Support Bible Gateway—Find the Resources You Need At: ⇨ FaithGateway Store ⇨ Christianbook.com Order Resources in Bulk At: ⇨ ChurchSource ▼ Christmas Tree Farm Has Nativity Trail, Where One Can Visit 8 Stations Depicting Stories from Scripture ⇨ […]

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Former Atheist Makes the Case for Christmas; Bible Gateway Hosts Free Online Bible Study with Lee Strobel Starting November 30

4-Week Video Series Explores Historical Veracity of Jesus’ Birth Award-winning former legal editor of The Chicago Tribune and former atheist, Lee Strobel, uses his legal and journalism training to investigate whether the account of the birth and divinity of Jesus is logically and historically credible, in the free Case for Christmas Online Bible Study November […]

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The 4 Main Themes People Engaged With the Bible in 2020 on Bible Gateway

Critical news events of 2020 corresponded with extreme spikes in keyword/keyphrase searches of the Bible over 2019 on Bible Gateway—the world’s most visited Christian website—and can be grouped into the four main themes of social, pandemic, political, and end times. [Read the Bible Gateway post, 2020 in Review]

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Bible News Roundup – Week of November 29, 2020

Read this week’s Bible Gateway Weekly Brief newsletter ⇨ Bible Gateway Weekly Brief ⇨ Newsletter signup ▼ Support Bible Gateway—Find the Resources You Need At: ⇨ FaithGateway Store ⇨ Christianbook.com Order Resources in Bulk At: ⇨ ChurchSource ▼ The 4 Main Themes People Engaged With the Bible in 2020 on Bible Gateway ⇨ Bible Gateway […]

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Bible News Roundup – Week of November 22, 2020

Read this week’s Bible Gateway Weekly Brief newsletter ⇨ Bible Gateway Weekly Brief ⇨ Newsletter signup ▼ Support Bible Gateway—Find the Resources You Need At: ⇨ FaithGateway Store ⇨ Christianbook.com Order Resources in Bulk At: ⇨ ChurchSource ▼ Christian Leader Awaits Charges for Sending Bible Balloons to North Korea ⇨ MNN ▼ Museum of the […]

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Bible News Roundup – Week of November 15, 2020

Read this week’s Bible Gateway Weekly Brief newsletter ⇨ Bible Gateway Weekly Brief ⇨ Newsletter signup ▼ Support Bible Gateway—Find the Resources You Need At: ⇨ FaithGateway Store ⇨ Christianbook.com Order Resources in Bulk At: ⇨ ChurchSource ▼ Spotlight on Nigeria, China, and India as Christian Persecution Rises Rapidly ⇨ Premier Christian ⇨ Read the […]

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Research: The US Military and the Bible

Many members of the US military community turn to the Bible, their church, and their pastor or chaplain for spiritual and emotional support, according to the State of the Bible 2020 research report commissioned by American Bible Society (@americanbible) and conducted by Barna Group (@barnagroup). Over two million Americans serve in the US military and […]

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