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The Gideons International has just surpassed the two billion mark in distributing Bibles and New Testaments. The distribution of the first one billion Bibles and New Testaments by Gideon members spanned 93 years (1908 to 2001). This second billion was attained in less than 14 years (2002 to 2015). Read more from The Gideons International.
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A 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll containing the Ten Commandments is on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem for only two weeks. It's from a collection of the world’s most ancient biblical manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem. It has never before been publicly displayed in Israel and has only been shown in brief exhibits abroad. Read more from The Times of Israel.
Read the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20 on Bible Gateway.
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.
Mother’s Day is May 10! We hope you’ll take some time this weekend to pay respects to your mother—or if that isn’t possible, to somebody in your life who embodies the grace and wisdom we associate with godly mothers. Here are a few famous mothers of the Bible, with links to their stories. Read more.
If you're set for Mother's Day, remember there's always her birthday! Browse gifts for mothers in the Bible Gateway Store, where you'll save money while supporting the ministry of Bible Gateway when making a purchase.
The National Day of Prayer in the USA was May 7, the annual observance held on the first Thursday of May that invites people of all faiths to pray. This year’s event was themed around 1 Kings 8:28. To mark this special focus on prayer, we gathered five of the most interesting and memorable prayers in the Bible. Read more.
Look for books and resources on the subject of prayer in the Bible Gateway Store.
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association announced the winners of the 2015 Christian Book Awards® and the 2015 Christian Book of the Year™–representing the best Christian book and Bible releases of the year in Non-Fiction, Fiction, Inspiration, Children’s, Bible Reference, Bibles, and New Author. The highest honor of Christian Book of the Year™ went to The Daniel Plan by Pastor Rick Warren (with Daniel Amen MD and Mark Hyman MD) (Zondervan, 2013). Read more.
Look for all the winners and finalists in the Bible Gateway Store, where you'll save money while supporting the ministry of Bible Gateway when making a purchase.
So far, in 23 different readings in the How to Understand the Bible series on the Bible Gateway Blog, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz has covered three main areas: 1) approaching the Bible; 2) understanding the Old Testament; and 3) understanding the New Testament. Now we come to the fourth and final section, seven readings on “Interpreting the Bible.” These final readings will begin next week. See previous readings.
Speaker and author Margaret Feinberg used joy as a weapon against her cancer diagnosis to discover God's fierce love for her, reignite her laughter, release her regrets, overcome her fears, and find the strength she desperately needed. Bible Gateway interviewed Margaret about her book, Fight Back With Joy: Celebrate More. Regret Less. Stare Down Your Greatest Fears (Worthy Publishing, 2015) Read more.
It's important to discover what the Bible really says as opposed to what you might think it says or what you hear other people say it says. Bible Gateway interviewed Katie Hoyt McNabb about her book, Does It Really Say That in the Bible? (WestBow Press, 2014). Following the interview is a brief quiz to help you gauge your awareness of Bible events. Read more.
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Reminder: In these weeks before Pentecost Sunday (May 24), click to browse meditative Eastertide resources in the Bible Gateway Store.
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