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Bible News Roundup – Week of November 17, 2019

Read this week’s Bible Gateway Weekly Brief newsletter ⇨ Bible Gateway Weekly Brief ⇨ Newsletter signup ▼ Support Bible Gateway—Browse the Bible Gateway Store ⇨ BibleGatewayStore.com ▼ Kanye West Prompts Christian Group to Give 9,000 Free Bibles to Fans Searching for Faith ⇨ Fox News ⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, 85 Biblical Allusions […]

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Trusting God Through Life’s Messes: An Interview with Luke Lezon

Life has a way of becoming a tangled mess. All it takes is alarming health issues, job-related stress, parenting uncertainties, an emotional breakdown, and more. What if the mess of your life is where God is about to do his best work? Bible Gateway interviewed Luke Lezon (@lukelezon) about his book, Your Mess Matters: Trusting […]

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Bible Connection Podcast: Bloom in the Dark

Bible Gateway presents the Bible Connection Podcast, where we talk about the Bible and how it connects to every facet of life. Our third episode of the Bible Connection Podcast focuses on a ministry for victims of abuse. After suffering decades of abuse of all kinds, Paula found herself as a single mom in a […]

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Prevailing as a Prisoner of War: An Interview with Col. Carlyle Smitty Harris

How does love, honor, courage, and faith sustain a US Air Force pilot for eight years as a prisoner of war? And how does an old, long-unused World War II method of communicating by tapping on a common water pipe offer a lifeline, give strength, boost morale, and build unity among other POWs during their […]

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Bible News Roundup – Week of November 10, 2019

Read this week’s Bible Gateway Weekly Brief newsletter ⇨ Bible Gateway Weekly Brief ⇨ Newsletter signup ▼ Support Bible Gateway—Browse the Bible Gateway Store ⇨ BibleGatewayStore.com ▼ Latest Bible Translation Figures Show Progress, but More Work Is Needed ⇨ Bible Gateway Blog ▼ The Fight for National Bible Week (and Christmas Trees) ⇨ Church Leaders […]

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Latest Bible Translation Figures Show Progress, but More Work Is Needed

The Bible has now been translated into 15 more languages worldwide since 2018. According to Wycliffe Bible Translators (@wycliffeuk), as of October 2019, 698 languages have the complete Bible (up from 683 in 2018), and 1,548 languages have a complete New Testament (up from 1,534). A further 1,138 have translated portions of the Bible (up […]

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Gospel Hope for the Discouraged Soul: An Interview with Jason Meyer

In a world surrounded by 24-hour news and reminders on social media of tragedy and heartache, it’s easy to fall into the abyss of discouragement and anxiety. Even Jesus followers struggle to hold on to hope. What is the hopeful guidance from God’s Word for times when you feel overwhelmed, defeated, and worthless? How can […]

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Bible Connection Podcast: The Blueprint

Bible Gateway presents the Bible Connection Podcast, where we talk about the Bible and how it connects to every facet of life. Our second episode of the Bible Connection Podcast focuses on how the Harris Creek Baptist Church uses the Bible as a blueprint given by a loving God to a culture hungry for answers […]

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How an Atheist Turned to Jesus Despite the Church: An Interview with Mary Jo Sharp

Critics ask, “Why would anyone become a Christian when there’s so much hypocrisy in the church?” With de-conversion stories being reported, why is it that the church inadvertently produces atheists despite its life-giving message? Does atheism explain the human experience better than Christianity? How can the truth of Christianity matter when the behaviors of some […]

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The Unlikely Story of Forgiveness After the Oklahoma City Bombing

The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City April 19, 1995, was the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in US history, killing at least 168 people and injuring more than 680 others. The bomb blast destroyed or damaged 324 other buildings within a 16-block radius, shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, and destroyed […]

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