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One hour is roughly the time it takes for Amity Printing Co. in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, to produce 1,500 printed Bibles at its facility in the city’s Jiangning district. Qiu Zhonghui, president of the company and secretary-general of the Amity Foundation, said that the company, which is the world’s largest printer of Bibles, had printed 13.22 million copies in more than 100 languages in 2014. The books had been distributed across China, and in more than 70 countries and regions. Read more from The Telegraph.
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The Historical Bible Society, a traveling exhibit of rare artifacts, will stop at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association headquarters May 28 for a special presentation hosted by the Billy Graham Library. Read more from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Also see Bible Gateway's list of Bible museums and exhibits around the world.
⇨ See more Bible-related stories in this week's Bible News Roundup.
In his latest Bible lesson on Bible Gateway Blog, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz says, "We continue to find astonishing variety in the Scriptures when we look at two New Testament books: James, a book of Christian wisdom, and Hebrews, which explains the complicated connections between the old covenant and the new. Both of these books are not addressed to a particular Christian group. They are sometimes called general epistles." If you want to understand the Bible better, read this installment of his series on our Blog and sign up to receive it by email.
Reformation Trust, the publishing ministry of Ligonier, has thoroughly revised the Reformation Study Bible (2015) with more than 20,000 study notes and commentary by 75 scholars under the leadership of Dr. R. C. Sproul. You can now benefit from these notes as you read the Bible on Bible Gateway. Read more.
If winds of change, doubt, or grief are swirling about you, how can you best embrace the lifelines of God's presence, Word, and promises of hope and healing? Bible Gateway interviewed Jan Harrison about her book, Life After the Storm: God Will Carry You Through (Harvest House Publishers, 2015). Read more.
As you may know, you can unlock digital Bible study content to access alongside your Bible reading at Bible Gateway. We're now working on a brand new way for you to easily and inexpensively access those resources and more! Whether or not you've tried our digital study resources, you'll want to stay tuned! We'll make an important announcement about our digital study resources in the coming weeks. Watch our blog to see the news as soon as it's announced.
Singing seems to be a God-given aspect of being human. The Bible tells us to "sing to the Lord" and "make a joyful noise." Two reasons why God uses singing and music so extensively in believers’ lives are that singing can be a form of Scripture meditation and that singing can help us to memorize Scripture. Read the rest of this article, one of 12 practices explained in our new Scripture Engagement section.
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