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Throughout 2011, Bible Gateway has been blessed by our partnership with pastor and author Mel Lawrenz. Over the last year, Mel has written many thought-provoking, challenging, and encouraging devotionals. Here’s one of our favorites, followed by links to four others well worth reading.
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Did you know that you can view multiple translations of a Bible verse or passage side-by-side on Bible Gateway? There are two ways to do so: While Reading a Passage To bring up a parallel translation while reading a passage (for example, Genesis 1), click on Add Parallel, located above the gold bar at the […]
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The Dead Sea Scrolls have been upgraded from desert to digital! Thanks to Google and photographer Ardon Bar-Hama, you can now view the the celebrated manuscripts online at the Digital Dead Sea Scrolls project.
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Ten years ago today, terror struck New York—and set millions of people, Christian and non-Christian alike, in search of a spiritual answer to the horror.
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It’s been just a few days since the New Bible Gateway went live. We’re happy to report that the response has been wonderful! It’s a pleasure to finally be able to show off what we’ve been diligently working on these past months. We also want to point out which features people are liking and make […]
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What does the popularity of online Bible sites like Bible Gateway tell us about how people relate to Scripture today? How has social media affected the way we approach Scripture? These are some of the questions posed to Bible Gateway’s general manager Rachel Barach by pastor and author Mel Lawrenz in a two-part audio interview.
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Some people call it Holy Thursday, others as Maundy Thursday. But what does the “Maundy” in “Maundy Thursday” mean? It’s certainly not a commonly-used word or something you’re likely to hear outside the context of Easter. What did this term mean, and where did it come from? Etymologically, the consensus is that “Maundy” comes from […]
One of our bloggers’ wife went into labor today! We’re extremely excited for them, but it does mean that posting is going to be a bit lighter around here for the next week or two while his family adjusts to the new addition to the family. We appreciate your understanding, and please pray for a […]
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Earlier this year, we began a tour of the different sections of the Bible, starting with the books of Moses. Today, we’re continuing our tour with the next section of the Bible: the Wisdom Books. The wisdom books (which number five in the Protestant canon, seven if you include Apocryphal books) represent a major shift […]
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Internet Explorer 9 is here! One of the useful new features in IE9 is “site pinning,” which lets you quickly access regularly-visited websites—like Bible Gateway—from your Windows 7 desktop taskbar: It’s a handy feature, and should make it extremely easy to quickly search and read the Bible. You can read more about site pinning and […]
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