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Due primarily to people switching religions or dropping out, the percentage of the USA that identifies as Christian will decline to 66.4% in 2050, from 78.3%. And the religiously unaffiliated population will increase to 25.6%, from 16.4%. Read more from The Week.
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Wycliffe Associates recently announced that a team in Asia was able to translate almost half of the New Testament in two weeks. The announcement prompted a flurry of responses from experienced translators who questioned the quality of the work. How could something produced so quickly be any good? Read more from Christianity Today.
⇨ See more Bible-related stories in this week's Bible News Roundup.
You may wonder what sets apart one Bible translation from another. Or ask, “What is a ‘literal’ translation, versus a ‘word-for-word’ translation?” Dr. William D. Mounce, Bible translator with the ESV and NIV translations, has some answers. Watch this 7-minute video.
In his latest Bible lesson on Bible Gateway Blog, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz says, "Whenever we find ourselves longing to hear the voice of God—wanting to know if we’re doing the right thing, or yearning to know that we are not alone—we must remember this: We have in Scripture thousands and thousands of expressions of the will and the ways of God." 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.
The parallel Bible feature on Bible Gateway lets you read a Bible passage in several different versions side-by-side. It’s easy to do! Whether you’re grappling with a challenging Bible passage, or are just curious to see how different translators approach the same scriptural text, you’ll find it a useful part of your Bible reading. Here’s how to read more than one Bible side-by-side.
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, a day set aside to reflect on one of Christianity’s most interesting but difficult-to-understand doctrines: the Trinity. The doctrine of the Trinity posits that God is one God who is also three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Read more and watch this hilarious video.
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Memorizing Scripture is one of the most effective means of Scripture engagement. Because Scripture engagement is about reflecting on the Bible and mulling a passage over in our minds, having a passage memorized makes the process of reflection available to us at all times. Read the rest of this article, one of 12 practices explained in our new Scripture Engagement section.
In this social media age, what is the most effective way to communicate the good news that God loves people and has provided the way to redeem wholeness in a person's life through the saving work of Jesus Christ? Bible Gateway interviewed Jonathan Dodson about his book, The Unbelievable Gospel: Say Something Worth Believing (Zondervan, 2014), winner of the Christianity Today 2015 Book Award. Read this interview.
One of the most used sections of the Bible Gateway website is our Bible Reading Plans page. It offers you flexibility and customization. You’re able to subscribe to reading plans, set a start date, mark days as read, and pause your plan as needed. Reading through the Bible is a rewarding experience, and these plans can help you do it! Read more.
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