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January 14, 2020

Bible Connection Podcast: Love Heals Everybody—Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms

Bible Gateway presents the Bible Connection Podcast, where we talk about the Bible and how it connects to every facet of life.

Becca Stevens, Episcopal priest, author, and founder of Thistle Farms, has been recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House as well as the 2016 Hero of the Year by CNN. Through her ministry, she has changed the lives of so many women who were trapped in a cycle of addiction and abuse. In this eleventh episode of the Bible Connection podcast, Becca tells us her story and how God has led her to this incredible ministry.

Go to the Bible Connection podcast episode page for Love Heals Everybody—Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms

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January 14, 2020

Live God’s Presence and Change Your Life: An Interview with Mike Novotny

Jonathan Petersen

How can the sentence “GOD is here” be the key to more happiness, less boredom, more rest, less rush, more love, less drama, more peace, less fear? How should you change your perspective from merely enjoying the good moments in your life to worshiping the God who is right here, right now?

Bible Gateway interviewed Mike Novotny (@timeofgracemin) about his book, 3 Words That Will Change Your Life: The Secret to Experiencing the Joy of God’s Presence (Bethany House, 2020).

A changed life in just “3 words”? No offense, but that sounds like a bit much to promise a potential reader.

Mike Novotny: No offense taken. Recently, a family member gave me that “raised eyebrows/titled head” look when she saw the title. She suspected that the marketing folks had gone a step too far. “Really…?” she questioned.

“Really!” I answered. If not being anxious about your finances (Php. 4:6) or not being afraid of what might happen with your health (Ps. 23:4) or being content even if other people are more successful than you (Ps. 73:28) would be a change in your life, then the promise is keep-able because it’s biblical.

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January 13, 2020

Moved by the Holy Spirit

Guest Post

By O.S. Hawkins

We often speak of Paul writing the book of Romans, or John writing the Revelation, or Luke writing Acts. But the truth is, they, along with all the other Bible writers, were simply God’s instruments through whom he gave us his Word. The Bible declares that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16).

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January 12, 2020

Bible News Roundup – Week of January 12, 2020

Jonathan Petersen

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Bible Translations in Turbulent Times
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January 9, 2020

How to Be a Gardener and Ambassador for Christ: An Interview with Gregory Koukl

Jonathan Petersen

How do you have a conversation with someone who is intent on proving Christianity wrong and won’t accept the Bible as a source of authority? How can you artfully regain control of discussions, keeping them moving forward in constructive ways, comfortably and graciously maneuvering through the minefields of a challenging dialogue to get people thinking about Jesus?

Bible Gateway interviewed Gregory Koukl (@gregkoukl) about his book, Tactics (2nd Edition): A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions (Zondervan, 2019).

[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Story of Reality: An Interview with Gregory Koukl]

What does being a good gardener have to do with effectively defending the Christian faith?

Gregory Koukl: Defending our faith—showing that our convictions are sound, reasonable, and believable—is part of the process of evangelism. It starts with the first words of our first conversation with someone and ends when that person trusts Christ. That process consists of two phases, one long and the other short.

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January 8, 2020

How to Live the Bible — Living in the Confidence of Providence

Mel Lawrenz

This is the eighty-seventh lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here.

See Mel Lawrenz’s book, How to Understand the Bible.

How might the year ahead unfold? Or this month, or even this week? We can speculate about opportunities and challenges, pleasures and pains, but we just don’t know what this next piece of future will bring. And it’s a good thing we don’t.

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January 8, 2020

Preparing Yourself for Life’s Next Storm

Guest Post

By Esther Fleece Allen

After Joel and I began dating in Oxford, he asked me if I would consider moving to his home state so we could continue getting to know one another. While I was reluctant to move for a man I had just met, I wanted to get to know him better as well, so I agreed. My decision was a shock to me just as much as it was to those who knew me.

Truth be told, I was a bit embarrassed to be moving for a dating relationship. It was scary and required faith that God would show me what was next if this relationship didn’t work out. But this was a new land, unfamiliar to me, and it was a hot land. I didn’t think my skin would survive Texas’s blistering temperatures.

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January 7, 2020

Bible Connection Podcast: The Greatest Commandment—Love God Greatly

Jonathan Petersen

Bible Gateway presents the Bible Connection Podcast, where we talk about the Bible and how it connects to every facet of life.

Love God Greatly is a ministry designed to help women follow the greatest commandment: to love God with all of their heart, soul, mind, and strength. Based out of founder Angela Perritt’s home in Dallas, Love God Greatly reaches over 500,000 thousand women in over 100 countries with Bible studies in their own language. In this tenth episode of the Bible Connection Podcast, Angela talks with us about her heart for global missions and the incredible impact Love God Greatly has had on women all over the world.

Go to the Bible Connection podcast episode page for The Greatest Commandment—Love God Greatly

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January 6, 2020

Quiz: Find These 25 Books of the Bible

Jonathan Petersen

Can you find the titles of 25 books of the Bible mentioned in the following paragraph below? Some are in one word; some are a part of two or three words.

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