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Bible Activity Ideas for Children

When school is out or on the weekend, give your children something constructive, as well as fun, to do. Use this 7-day Bible reading plan, devotional, crossword puzzle, word search game—taken from the Adventure Bible (Zonderkidz, 2018) (@Zonderkidz)—and coloring page—taken from the NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls (Zondervan, 2017)—to help you focus your […]

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5 Ways to Share Your Faith with New Parents and Baby

With flowers blooming, birds chirping, and sun shining, the spring season makes us think of new life. Just like the world during springtime, new parents who are welcoming a little bundle of joy into the world are undergoing a beautiful change. [Sign up to receive the free email Bible Verse of the Day from Bible […]

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Bible News Roundup – Week of April 14, 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 ▼ Bible Challenge Connects Parish with Women’s Prison ⇨ Episcopal News Service ▼ Only 46% UK Christians Agree that Jesus Died on the Cross to Forgive Sins ⇨ Premier […]

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Hear the Drama of Christ’s Resurrection with the Bible Audio App

Bible Gateway’s Bible Audio App lets you simultaneously and synchronously read and hear Scripture verse by verse. It’s a great way to experience the dramatic final days of Jesus leading to his arrest, crucifixion, death, and resurrection. The following chronology of events recorded in the Bible leading to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday is based […]

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Video: Telling the Palm Sunday Story in Rocks

Watch this endearing stop-action video of “rocks crying out” presenting the life-changing story of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey in the days prior to his crucifixion and resurrection. It’s produced by Patti Rokus, author of the book, He Is Risen: Rocks Tell the Story of Easter (Zonderkidz, 2019). Luke 19:35-36 (NIrV) They threw […]

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Read the Bible in a New Configuration

An Ancient Presentation of Scripture Three aspects about the organization of the Bible must be understood from the start: The books that comprise the Bible weren’t assigned designated places in the table of contents. While all 66 books are sacred, the order in which they’re organized is not. There are multiple ways of organizing the […]

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Beauty to Comfort the Grieving: An Interview with Kaitlin Wernet

When someone is grieving, what should we say? How can we help? How do we comfort without offering shallow platitudes? What does the Bible mean when it says our help comes from the Lord? Scripture deals plainly and honestly with suffering and simultaneously points people to the rich hope we find in God. Bible Gateway […]

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Bible News Roundup – Week of April 7, 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 ▼ ‘State of Faith’ Recounts 20 Centuries of Christianity ⇨ ASSIST NEWS ⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Biography of Christianity: An Interview with Ian Shaw ⇨ […]

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Can We Trust the Gospels?: An Interview with Peter J. Williams

Why does the Bible have four Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—that each tell about the life of Jesus? How reliable are they? How were the accounts handed down throughout history? What are the answers to skeptics who say the Gospels are merely historical fiction and were simply created to fit existing messianic prophecies? Bible Gateway […]

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Bible-Related Finalists Chosen for 2019 Christian Book Awards

The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) (@ecpa) has selected 64 finalists in 12 categories for the 2019 Christian Book Award® program. [See the books that have won the Christian Book Award in the Bible Gateway Store] These titles represent the industry’s best books and Bibles of the year in Bible Reference Works, Bible Study, Bibles, […]

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