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I recently had the privilege of leading a short discussion at my church about early Christianity. In particular, I talked about the period of time immediately following the New Testament, when early Christians found themselves contending for the faith in an intellectually diverse and often hostile environment. One of the highlights of that time period […]
Filed under Apologetics, History
Who’s the most quotable Christian writer you’ve encountered? Last year, I nominated C.S. Lewis and Charles Spurgeon as candidates and shared five memorable quotes from each as evidence. But since then, I’ve been forced to acknowledge another candidate: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the famous World War 2 pastor and martyr. Bonhoeffers’ writing style doesn’t lend itself to […]
It’s been a big month for interviews here at the blog! We’ve got a slightly different interview to share with you today. You may have seen in the news that HarperCollins Christian Publishing has acquired Olive Tree Bible Software, which makes Bible study apps and software. In its new home, Olive Tree now joins Bible […]
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What makes someone a “heretic”? Have you ever used that word to describe a person or a belief, and if so, what did you mean by it? Justin Holcomb (who, you may recall, we interviewed earlier this month about the importance of creeds) thinks that Christians ought to be more careful and precise in the […]
Why is Bible Gateway launching a new site now? What new features can you expect to find in it? We recently unveiled the public beta of the next Bible Gateway website. We thought it would helpful to talk to Rachel Barach, Bible Gateway’s general manager, about the direction behind new site. Why is Bible Gateway […]
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Hopefully, by now you’ve had a chance to try out Bible Gateway’s beta website. There’s a lot that’s new there—but the one part of the new Bible Gateway that we put the most blood, sweat, and tears into isn’t actually “new” at all! It’s the Bible passage page (here’s an example), where you read Bible […]
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Have you taken a look at the new Bible Gateway beta website yet? Want a quick overview of what you’ll find there? Here’s a quick video tour of the new site:
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Wow—we announced the Bible Gateway beta website just a few hours ago, but the feedback is already rolling in! Here are a few of the comments we’ve seen on Twitter. (You can join in by checking out the beta website and following @biblegateway on Twitter.) A great place for Bible study, devotional material, and blogs […]
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A new, much-improved Bible Gateway website is coming! We invite you to try out a fully-functional beta version at beta.biblegateway.com.
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It’s been over a month since Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God arrived on bookstore shelves. In it, Ehrman—no stranger to controversy on the subject of Christianity—argues that the identification of Jesus with God was an idea imposed on him much later by the developing Christian church. This claim is at odds with those of […]
Filed under Apologetics, Books
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