Category Archives: Interviews
According to a Harris Interactive poll, a majority of Americans believe humans have a soul and that it could survive after death. Speaker, author, and pastor John Ortberg (@johnortberg) goes further to say the health of a person’s soul is the hinge on which the rest of life hangs; the difference between deep, satisfied spirituality […]
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Aside from concentrating on entire books of the Bible or chapters or even verses, sometimes brief, simple phrases can do the most to inspire and draw a reader closer to God. Bible Gateway interviewed Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (@marilynmcentyre) about her book, What’s in a Phrase?: Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing […]
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Bible illiteracy is rampant even as countless Bibles reside on bookshelves the world over. Why is it a problem and why is it vital that it be solved? [See our previous blogpost, A Summary of Recent Bible Reading Surveys] Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Kenneth Berding about his book, Bible Revival: Recommitting Ourselves to One Book […]
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The late Dr. Dallas Willard’s bestselling book The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God (HarperOne, 1998) revolutionized how we understand Christian discipleship. Willard taught Jesus is not a remote savior, waiting for us in heaven after we die, but a leader and teacher to whom we apprentice ourselves to fulfill what Jesus had […]
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The book of Daniel in the Old Testament is best known to most Bible readers as the story of a man who ate vegetables, interpreted dreams, survived a lions’ den, and whose friends withstood a blast furnace. But how does the gospel of Jesus fit into it? Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Bryan Chapell (@GracePresPeoria) about […]
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Oxford and Cambridge professor Clive Staples Lewis (@CSLewis) died in 1963, yet he remains today a celebrated novelist and world renown Christian apologist. [See all his books.] For an introduction to Lewis’s thinking, we invite you to sign up for our free email devotional newsletter, C. S. Lewis Daily. Bible Gateway interviewed Oxford professor Dr. […]
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[Eleanor Roosevelt’s copy of the Book of Common Prayer (courtesy of NPS.gov)] Since its first publication in 1549 during the reign of King Henry VIII, the language of the Book of Common Prayer has saturated English culture. It’s become a venerable work that continues to touch the lives of multitudes around the world. Daily readings […]
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It’s been a big month for interviews here at the blog! We’ve got a slightly different interview to share with you today. You may have seen in the news that HarperCollins Christian Publishing has acquired Olive Tree Bible Software, which makes Bible study apps and software. In its new home, Olive Tree now joins Bible […]
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Christians tend to shy away from it and informed Bible skeptics tend to emphasize it, but there’s no doubt about it: sex and violence are present in the Bible. Some references may be obscured by idiom and cultural differences between now and when they were first written; others may be startlingly clear and uncomfortable to […]
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Between systematic theology, dogmatic theology, historical theology, moral theology, and more, the study of Christian theology can be a bit overwhelming. Dr. Jim Hamilton (@DrJimHamilton) is professor of Biblical Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (@SBTS) and preaching pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church (@KenwoodBC). Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Hamilton about his book, What Is […]
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