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Video: Reading the Bible as One Story

The second episode of our “Feasting on the Scriptures” live discussion series is complete! It focuses on the topic of reading the Bible as one coherent story. You can watch it on Facebook, or right here: If you missed episode 1, click here to watch it. It’s not necessary to watch the first episode to […]

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Live Discussion This Morning: Bible Reading is Broken, and it’s Not Your Fault!

Update: The live discussion is now complete, and you can watch it here. Join us at 11am EST today on Facebook for a special live discussion with the Institute for Bible Reading! We’ll discuss the challenges of reading and understanding the Bible—and some very good news: Bible reading doesn’t have to be so hard! The […]

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How People Share the Bible (Verses) vs. Read the Bible (Chapters)

People tend to read longer passages of Scripture online but share shorter passages on Facebook and Twitter—usually a single verse at a time. Here are some charts that quantify the difference in behavior between sharing and reading the Bible.

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The Top 20 Old Testament Dinner Guests

A few weeks back on the Facebook Fan page for BibleGateway.com we asked the question, “If you were given the chance to have dinner with someone from the Old Testament who would you choose and why?” As of this writing, 1,278 people have commented with answers ranging from insightful to downright hilarious.

We tabulated the responses from the first 1,000 or so comments and devised a sort of “Top 20 Old Testament Characters” dinner guest list. We’ve posted the first 10 below. You’ll have to head over to the fan page to see the rest.

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