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How can a person have courage in a world that is increasingly hostile to Christian beliefs and values? How can you best overcome being fearful, apathetic, and detached? What is courageous humility? Bible Gateway interviewed Michael Anthony about his book, A Call for Courage: Living with Power, Truth, and Love in an Age of Intolerance and Fear (Thomas Nelson, 2018).
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Have Bible readers missed the point of some scriptural stories by assuming the women in them were "bad girls"? Did Bathsheba seduce King David or was she a #MeToo victim? Was Mary Magdalene really a reformed prostitute? Did the Samaritan woman really divorce five husbands in a world where women rarely divorced even one? Bible Gateway interviewed Sandra Glahn about her book, Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible (Kregel Academic, 2018).
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Lee Strobel, author of The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural (Zondervan, 2018), says the flu virus destroyed the nerves of Duane Miller's vocal cords. After 3 years, the dramatic moment of his instantaneous recovery was captured on audiotape. Subsequent doctor exams showed his throat looks like it never had any problems; in fact, against all odds, even the scar tissue has disappeared. Miracle?
Show this 3-minute video by Lee Strobel to your church on Resurrection Sunday: Easter is On April Fool’s Day But the Resurrection is No Joke.
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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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Read this excerpt from The Vines Expository Bible (Thomas Nelson, 2018) about Genesis 12:1-8 in which Dr. Jerry Vines says, “Through the life of Abraham, we learn what walking the journey of life by faith really means....”
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Good Friday is the bleakest moment in the gospel story. To the Jesus-followers present at the crucifixion, it must have seemed that the world as they knew it was falling apart. Read about the events that day and watch this video.
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Was Jesus’ Death on the Cross Faked?
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In this 21st lesson on how to live the Bible, pastor and author Dr. Mel Lawrenz says, “At the center of living the Bible is living the Christ-life: to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings.” Read these reflections on the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus. 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.
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The four perspectives of the four Gospels make for four slightly different accounts of Jesus' resurrection. What should we make of these differences? Are these accounts truly contradictory? Do they weaken the trustworthiness of the Bible?
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Join our 25th anniversary 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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If you knew that God was going to restore your life and everything you love any day; if you believed a great and glorious goodness was coming to you—not in a vague heaven but right here on this earth—you'd have a hope to see you through anything, an anchor for your soul, "an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God" (Hebrews 6:19). Join The FREE All Things New Online Bible Study with John Eldredge.
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The New Heaven and New Earth: An Interview with John Eldredge.
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Is the word “Easter” derived from the name of a pagan goddess? Is it appropriate to use that term to refer to the Resurrection day of Jesus Christ—and is the entire Easter holiday tainted by association with ancient pagan religion?
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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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