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Steps Toward Wholeness and Healing

By Christine Caine It’s hard for someone who is supposed to have it all together to admit that she needs help. But that’s exactly what I had to do. Hurting people hurt other people. I was hurt, and because of that, I hurt Nick and who knows how many others. If I was to stop […]

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Grace Beautifies the Broken Road

By Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts I’m often asked what it means to be a Christian. I don’t find the answer to be as easy as saying, “A follower of Christ.” For me it’s a bit more complicated. Those kinds of pat answers tend to pass right over the nuance of things. And I hate […]

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How Billy Graham Overcame His Doubts about the Bible

By Matt Brown Billy Graham passed away in early 2018. nearly 100 years after he was born. That day, America—and the world, really—lost one of the greatest evangelists of all time. He undoubtedly communicated the gospel message to more people face-to-face than anyone in human history. Three hundred million people heard him share the simple […]

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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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How to Move from Epic Failure to Epic Success

By Ryan Hall I’ll never forget a pastor saying one Sunday that if you are going to be a big dreamer, you had better develop equally big resilience. Those words really resonated with me because I’d always been a big dreamer, but I hadn’t considered the cost that would come with it. In my running […]

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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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When Trusting Jesus Means Stepping Out into Unknown Waters

By Kim Walker-Smith Editor’s Note: Kim Walker Smith is a singer-songwriter, worship leader, and founding member of the Jesus Culture, a global worship movement. This post is an excerpt from her memoir Brave Surrender and talks about a time when she felt God prompting her to move on from her home in Redding, CA. “Trust […]

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Why Is It Important to Be Present Here and Now?: An Interview with Kate Merrick

Does life seem to be passing you by? Are you so busy that you’ve become disconnected from your actual life? The one you’re living right here, right now? How can we stop neglecting the lives we’re living today and instead intentionally walk in the peace and fullness God offers moment to moment? Bible Gateway interviewed […]

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Why Satan’s Temptation of Jesus Failed

By Dallas Willard Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him…. Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where […]

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