Category Archives: Culture
By Rebecca Bender Editor’s Note: For nearly six years, Rebecca Bender was sold across the underground world of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. She was branded, beaten, told when to sleep and what to wear, and traded between traffickers. This article shares the beginning of her restoration and deliverance from slavery and drug addition, adapted […]
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How can end of the age Bible prophecy be interpreted in light of modern events? What are the ‘last days’ and how does Scripture describe them? How does the book of Daniel, written millennia ago, factor into expecting the world as we know it to end in the future? Is time running out? What is […]
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By Deborah Liu You don’t choose what happens to you, but you have the power to choose how you are affected by it. —Nona Jones On June 17, 2015, Polly Sheppard attended Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. That night, Dylann Roof, a self-professed white supremacist, arrived and spent an hour in […]
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By Jeanne Bishop Editor’s Note: Jeanne Bishop shares a story about the aftermath of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. In it, Bud Welch, a father whose only daughter Julie was murdered in the bombing, describes how a tree that survived the blast became the centerpiece of the memorial, taken from Grace from the Rubble: Two […]
Full of study features that will help today’s teens learn more about God, the Bible, and how God’s Word relates to their lives, the NIV Teen Study Bible (Zondervan, 2022) will help them keep in step with all God has done, is doing, and will do in the world. The included reference sections in this […]
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How does cultivating a healthy fear of God liberate us from our fear of others, our fear of the future, and even our fear of death itself? What does the Bible mean when it says “fear God and do not be afraid”? How can we live with a fear of God that drives out the […]
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“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18 In a chilling part of the nativity story we read about Herod having all the male children under two years old killed in Bethlehem. Over the […]
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How should we appreciate art through the lens of the gospel? Why are we drawn to beauty? Why do we seek perfection in artistic expression? Bible Gateway interviewed Russ Ramsey (@russramsey) about his book, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith (Zondervan, 2022). What is the message behind […]
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By Shauna Niequist “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28–30 […]
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By Eric L. Motley Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. —Romans 5:5, NKJV Dating back to its earliest days, Madison Park’s most prominent feature was the absence of white faces. It was built by the […]
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