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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Through the centuries the Lord’s Prayer has been domesticated and tamed, turned into a safe series of comforting words and made familiar by repetition. But when truly considered, the Lord’s Prayer is meant to turn the world upside down, toppling every earthly power and announcing God’s reign over all things, in heaven and on earth. Bible Gateway interviewed R. Albert Mohler Jr. about his book, The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down: The Lord's Prayer as a Manifesto for Revolution (Thomas Nelson, 2018).
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Fear and worry tend to put a choke-hold on life. They whisper uncertainties, reminding us of all we can’t do or will never be. But what does it mean when the Bible portrays God as drawing close and saying, ‘Fear not. I am with you’? What is a ‘fear fighter’? Bible Gateway interviewed Kelly Balarie about her book, Fear Fighting: Awakening Courage to Overcome Your Fears (Baker Books, 2017).
Become a member of Bible Gateway Plus and get immediate 24/7 access to the King James Version Study Bible Notes and other valuable Bible commentaries.
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With the Olympic Winter Games starting, browse the Olympic Games section, and prepare for Easter by browsing the Lenten Resources section, in the Bible Gateway Store.
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A bill introduced in the Iowa Statehouse would establish a public school course centered on the Bible.
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See more Bible-related articles in this week’s Bible News Roundup.
See previous editions of Bible News Roundup and Weekly Brief.
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How do you use Bible Gateway in your everyday life? What’s the thing you like best about Bible Gateway? How has Bible Gateway helped you celebrate moments in your life or sustained you in times of crisis or grief? Join the celebration by telling us what Bible Gateway means to you—and tell your friends and followers by using the #MyBibleGateway hashtag to communicate the fun!....
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In this 12th lesson on how to live the Bible, pastor and author Dr. Mel Lawrenz says, “Information overload confronts us every day. But volume does not equal veracity. Living the Bible is a call for us to go counter-culturally deep....” If you want to know how to live the Bible everyday, read this installment of his series on our Blog and encourage your friends and followers to receive it by email.
Browse the Christian Living section in the Bible Gateway Store.
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This year, Bible Gateway is excited to be celebrating our 25th anniversary: Since 1993—The Word for All the World. Enter this month’s sweepstakes!
Browse the New Year, New You section in the Bible Gateway Store.
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In this guest Blog post, Gary Thomas, author of Loving Him Well: Practical Advice on Influencing Your Husband (Zondervan, 2018), says, “The male brain functions much differently than the female brain. When a woman doesn’t understand the way a male brain works, she risks fostering an extremely destructive male response, something researchers call stonewalling....”
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Join the Online Bible Study—Defiant Joy with Candace Payne—and get access to all 6 FREE study videos, Joy Printables, a FREE eBook of Simple Joys with contributions from bestselling Christian authors, and other fun goodies! Laugh it up and declare that 2018 is your JOY YEAR!
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, How I Rise Above the Lies that Haunt Me by Candace Payne (a.k.a. Chewbacca Mom).
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To help you become more familiar with the arrangement of the books of Scripture, here’s a virtual Table of Contents of the Bible in their canonical order with links to reading each book online.
See the new Pastor Resources Page on Bible Gateway.
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Jesus had a lot to say about families. But what was his own family life like? And what was family life like more generally during New Testament times?
Get your questions answered with Bible Gateway’s new Online Bible Learning Program.
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This feature in Weekly Brief is intended to help you become aware of one of several practices explained in our Scripture Engagement section. This week read:
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