Weekly Brief is your 1-minute smart and fast report to keep you informed of important Bible-related trends, statistics, articles, and pivotal happenings on the Web and at Bible Gateway. Forward to your friends and share with your followers to encourage them to subscribe.
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What do you know about the growth and impact of Christianity from the apostles to the present day, not only in the Western world but also globally, including the development of Eastern Orthodox and Armenian Christianity, as well as considering Christianity in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Baltic and Slavic states, and India? And why is it important to have this knowledge? Bible Gateway interviewed Stephen Backhouse, author of the Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History (Zondervan, 2019).
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When you read the New Testament, do you intentionally try to think like a first-century Jesus follower to capture the visceral excitement of the early Christians? What was the first-century understanding of the kingdom of God? What is the real meaning of the resurrection in its original context? As 21st-century people, how do we recover the adventure of what it was like to live as Christians in the first or second centuries in the world of Second Temple Judaism amidst Greco-Roman politics? In this Q&A, N.T. Wright and Michael Bird talk about their book, The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians (Zondervan, 2019).
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This final of three devotionals from the NIV Outdoorsman Bible (Zondervan, 2019) reminds us to humble ourselves to the point of being coachable.
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IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR YOU
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Browse gifts for your pastor in the Bible Gateway Store.
October 31 is Reformation Day. Read 7 Ways to Capture the Reformation Spirit at Bible Gateway.
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Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, author of Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs (Zondervan, 2019), says, "According to the Bible, for the best marriage relationship, husbands must love their wives and wives must respect their husbands...."
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Recently, I’ve wondered how often I allow my circumstances to dictate how I feel about God....
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In this first of three weekly devotionals, Bob Goff, author of Live in Grace, Walk in Love Devotional (Thomas Nelson, 2019), says, "Jesus talks about taking up a challenge to live differently. It’s sort of like riding a bike...."
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Minutes into a routine domestic airline flight, a catastrophic engine failure severely damaged Captain Tammie Jo Shults's passenger airliner. Read and hear this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings and Landed the Plane (Thomas Nelson, 2019).
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In this 77th lesson on how to live the Bible, pastor and author Dr. Mel Lawrenz says, "We will not hold to biblical ethics unless we have a deep core conviction that we are bound by right and wrong as God has defined right and wrong...." If you want to know how to live the Bible every day, read this installment of his series on our Blog and encourage your friends and followers to receive it by email.
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Using ancient traditional materials such as hand-ground pigments, Chinese stick ink, goose and turkey quills, and calf-skin vellum, The Saint John's Bible—the calligrapher’s Sistine Chapel—was 13 years in the making....
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When you read the Bible what do you hear? Can you identify the sounds in specific Bible passages? Take the brief 6-question Bible quiz to find out and share with your friends! Then download Bible Gateway's free Bible Audio App to capture the audio richness of the Bible's dramatic stories being read or dramatized.
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You're invited to join the I Give Up Online Bible Study with Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and Bible teacher Laura Story to discover the peace and joy that can be found in living a surrendered life. You'll get FREE access to Laura's five study videos, FREE downloads of the first chapters of the book, I Give Up: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life and study guide, printable Scriptures and affirmations, and other goodies!
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