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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Is there a way to strengthen your spiritual core in a similar manner to exercising your physical core which results in a strong and stable midsection, better balance, improved posture, and reduction in back pain? Can a few minutes a day tactically reading the Bible help you master the core of Scripture? Bible Gateway interviewed Mark E. Moore about his book, Core 52: A Fifteen-Minute Daily Guide to Build Your Bible IQ in a Year (WaterBrook, 2019).
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Do you observe a need to instigate a change in your immediate environment but are unsure how to move beyond pity, helplessness, and outrage? Do you wonder what one person can really do to enact the profound change the world needs? Bible Gateway interviewed Hal Donaldson, who, along with Kirk Noonan and Linsay Donaldson, is the author of Disruptive Compassion: Becoming the Revolutionary You Were Born to Be (Zondervan, 2019).
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Watch this free 5-part Bible Gateway Blog video series on the topic of Spiritual Maturity by Kevin Myers, author of Grown-Up Faith: The Big Picture for a Bigger Life (Thomas Nelson, 2019).
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IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR YOU
The 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing was July 20. Browse Heavens' Declare resources in the Bible Gateway Store.
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Multi Grammy-Award winning musician Rudy Pérez, author of The Latin Hit Maker: My Journey from Cuban Refugee to World-Renowned Record Producer and Songwriter (Zondervan, 2019), says, "What may seem like insignificant events or strange plot twists in life, when placed in the hands of God, can become life-changing turning points...."
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Meet Jock and Katy Hughes with Wycliffe Bible Translators. In 1984 they traveled to Indonesia to begin translating the Bible for the Aru People. In this video, the Hughes take us on a tour of what it’s really like to work in the world of Bible translation.
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The traditional configuration of the Books of the Bible has its roots in scrolls, arranged in a variety of ways depending on the type of reading experience desired. Read this Bible Gateway Blog post to see how to get back to those ancient roots when reading Scripture.
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John S. Dickerson, author of Hope of Nations: Standing Strong in a Post-Truth, Post-Christian World (Zondervan, 2018), says, "The foundational rupture in the tectonic plates of Western civilization is the breakage along the fault line of truth. The very concept of truth as we have known and inherited it is a Judeo-Christian concept rooted in the Bible...."
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In this lesson on how to live the Bible, pastor and author Dr. Mel Lawrenz, says, “For the serious believer, the best thing is to have and read different Bible translations for devotional reading, but especially in studying the Bible or preparing to teach it.” 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.
Browse the Christian Living section in the Bible Gateway Store.
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Learn what the Bible says about the majesty of God as declared by his heavenly creations, and then take a fun quiz to see how well you know your Bible."
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Sign up to receive Standing Strong Through the Storm, the free daily email devotional by Open Doors that highlights true stories about believers who held to their faith even in the face of suffering.
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Ann Spangler, author of Less Than Perfect: Broken Men and Women of the Bible and What We Can Learn from Them (Zondervan, 2018), says, "Adam and Eve are inseparable. Two innocents in paradise, they are content to explore the length and breadth of their garden home, dangling their feet in its cool refreshing streams as they feast on peaches, pears, pomegranates, figs, dates, melons, almonds, olives, honey, and more. But then...."
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Register now for ChurchSource's free 30-minute webcast Tuesday, August 6, at 3:00 pm ET with pastor Max Lucado, author of How Happiness Happens: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Unmet Expectations (Thomas Nelson, 2019). The topic is: How to be a Giver of Happiness.
Read the Bible Gateway Blog posts, Anxious for Nothing: An Interview with Max Lucado and Hope for the Hopeless: An Interview with Max Lucado.
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Plan now to join this free 6-session online video Bible study August 19-September 29. Lysa TerKeurst, author of It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered, offers fresh biblical insight to get you through painful situations and life-giving perspectives for living in between Eden and eternity.
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, When You’re Disappointed, Disillusioned, and Wondering About the Reality of God’s Goodness: An Interview with Lysa TerKeurst.
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Reading the Bible in multiple languages and multiple versions is always just a click away online at Bible Gateway and in print from the Bible Gateway Store, where you'll save money while supporting the ministry of Bible Gateway when making a purchase.
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