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Category Archives: Bible Study

NIV Quest Study Bible: Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen?

This is the fourth post in the NIV Quest Study Bible (Zondervan, 2019) series in which a popular question about the Bible is asked and answered. [Get immediate access to the insightful NIV Quest Study Bible and more than 40 other valuable Bible study resources when you become a member of Bible Gateway Plus. Try […]

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NIV Quest Study Bible: Who Is God, What Does He Value, and How Can We Approach Him?

This is the third post in the NIV Quest Study Bible (Zondervan, 2019) series in which a popular question about the Bible is asked and answered. [Get immediate access to the insightful NIV Quest Study Bible and more than 40 other valuable Bible study resources when you become a member of Bible Gateway Plus. Try […]

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Bible Word Study Made Easy: A Conversation with Dr. Bill Mounce—Video #3 Diving Deeper

Watch on demand ChurchSource’s free webcast with Dr. Bill Mounce. The topic: Is Biblical Greek Study Still Relevant to the Church Today?. This is our final conversation with biblical Greek scholar and bestselling author Dr. Bill Mounce (@billmounce), who is one of the translators for the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. In the […]

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NIV Quest Study Bible: Is There Any “Secular” Evidence to Support the Bible’s Claims?

This is the second post in the NIV Quest Study Bible (Zondervan, 2019) series in which a popular question about the Bible is asked and answered. [Get immediate access to the insightful NIV Quest Study Bible and more than 40 other valuable Bible study resources when you become a member of Bible Gateway Plus. Try […]

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All About Thessalonians: An Interview with Nijay K. Gupta

When and why were the ancient biblical letters to the Thessalonian church written and why are they important for us to read and apply in the 21st century? What were the social and sociopolitical dimensions of life in the Roman world back then and how were Christians treated? Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Nijay K. Gupta […]

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NIV Quest Study Bible: How Do We Know the Bible Is True?

This is the first post in the NIV Quest Study Bible (Zondervan, 2019) series in which a popular question about the Bible is asked and answered. [Get immediate access to the insightful NIV Quest Study Bible and more than 40 other valuable Bible study resources when you become a member of Bible Gateway Plus. Try […]

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Trusting the Vinegrower

By Tom Lin, president, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship While my wife Nancy and I had a wonderful ministry and community in Boston when we got married, we sensed that for our own spiritual growth and for our own long-term fruitfulness as a couple, we should uproot ourselves. The morning after our wedding, we packed up our […]

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A Recent Bible Gateway Plus Update Makes This Bible Dictionary a Joy To Use

Can’t read ancient Greek?  Neither can I. Which is why we made a recent update to one of the most detailed dictionaries on Bible Gateway Plus. We wanted the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology to be far more accessible for those who don’t have biblical Greek language training. Or even for those who do!

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The Significance of Shepherds and Sheep in the Bible

By Margaret Feinberg Before my in-depth study, shepherds and sheep were merely token characters in a handful of biblical stories—part of the landscape, the lifestyle. Like the animal figurines in my family’s Christmas crèche, they could be pushed to the back to make room for more central characters. But as I dug deeper, I began […]

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Bible Reflections: The Taming of the Tongue

Scripture is clear that God holds us accountable for our words. They are not taken lightly, and this theme appears again and again throughout the Bible. The Psalms and Proverbs are full of the separation of the righteous from the foolish by the words that come from their mouths. And James writes (3:6) that the […]

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