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Bible Gateway’s general manager Rachel Barach will be speaking at the Christian New Media Conference in November! The Christian New Media Conference, taking place in London on Saturday, November 9, will bring together a variety of Christian leaders and visionaries to reimagine what it means to be a global church in a digital world. We’re […]
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Are you ready to celebrate? I’m not talking about Halloween—I’m referring to Reformation Day, which falls on October 31. (Of course, there’s no reason you couldn’t combine the two—I hope you’ve got your Martin Luther costume ready!) Reformation Day is a time to remember and reflect on the Protestant Reformation, a movement of theological reform […]
As I mentioned earlier this week, this year has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of discussion within the Christian church about depression and mental illness. Sparked to a large extent by the tragic death of Rick Warren’s son earlier this year, many Christians are calling for the church to reconsider its understanding of […]
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Last month, as part of our 20th anniversary video series, we asked pastor Jim Cymabala if he thought people’s attitudes toward the Bible were changing. Today’s video clip features author and speaker Ann Spangler answering the same question. Ann has written a number of different devotional books, many of them with a focus on women—and […]
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This past Sunday, my church focused its worship service on the topic of mental illness. We listened as a member of our congregation shared their testimony of years spent struggling with crippling depression—a devastating experience that was overcome not by an instantaneous miracle, but by a long journey through prayer, counseling, medication, Scripture reading, and […]
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Last week, in talking about ways that Bible Gateway can be useful to students, we mentioned the existence of Bible commentaries on Bible Gateway. For the benefit of those of you who haven’t ever used (or known about) our Bible commentaries, I thought it might be a good idea to review how to access them. […]
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In the course of our 20th anniversary video interview series, we’ve asked several Christian writers and thought leaders about the obstacles that prevent people from reading the Bible as much as they’d like. When we talked to Ann Spangler—known for her books Women of the Bible and The One Year Devotions for Women: Becoming a […]
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What do you wish somebody had told you about the Bible before you read it? As part of our Bible Gateway 20th anniversary interview series, We asked Jefferson Bethke (the mastermind behind Why I Hate Religion) what he wishes more people knew about the Bible. Here’s what he had to say: It’s a much-discussed fact […]
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I’ve been reading up on my Bible translation history this week. Nearly 500 years ago this week, the famous and influential Bible translator William Tyndale was executed for heresy, but not before translating the Bible into English—an act that’s had a lasting effect on not just Bible translation history, but on the English langauge itself. […]
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Janelle Hail knows firsthand what it means to struggle with fear, doubt, and spiritual uncertainty: diagnosed with breast cancer at age 34, she came face to face with her own mortality. But in turning to the Bible and her faith in Jesus Christ, she found the strength to press on—and she’s gone on to encourage […]
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