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An online discussion between 8 Bible scholars spans the spectrum from “no historical Adam” to “without an Adam the gospel falls apart.” The conversation springs from the launch of the new book Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible's First Man to Oppress, Inspire, and Make Sense of the World by Karl Giberson (Beacon Press, 2015). Read more from Books & Culture.
Also see Four Views on the Historical Adam by Matthew Barrett, Ardel Caneday, Denis Lamoureux, John H. Walton, C. John Collins, William D. Barrick, Gregory A. Boyd, and Philip G. Ryken (Zondervan, 2013)
Longtime Zondervan editor, author, teaching pastor, and New Testament scholar, Verlyn D. Verbrugge, died June 21, 2015 of pancreatic cancer. He served as one of Zondervan’s principle production editors for 29 years, specializing in areas of New Testament studies and Biblical Greek. His most recent book is Paul and Money: A Biblical and Theological Analysis of the Apostle's Teachings and Practices, co-authored with his former PhD student Keith Krell. Read more.
⇨See more Bible-related stories in this week's Bible News Roundup.
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See this guest blogpost by Dr. John Dickson and the limited-time offer of $1.99 for his ebook A Doubter's Guide to the Bible (Zondervan, 2014), which is on sale only until 11:59pm Eastern Time July 3, 2015. Read the blogpost.
In his latest Bible lesson on Bible Gateway Blog, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz says, "When our lives are connected with our Creator, when our minds and hearts are awakened to his power and presence, when we are “believers,” then we will begin to understand the way things really are. Knowing the Bible is not the ultimate objective. Knowing God is." If you want to understand the Bible better, read this installment of his series on our Blog and encourage your friends and followers to receive it by email.
A pregnancy is counted by weeks and Kayla Aimee had only completed 24 of the 40 when she unexpectedly went into labor. Based on the verse from Hebrews 6:19, Kayla's poignant and humorous memoir, Anchored: Finding Hope in the Unexpected (B&H Books, 2015), answers the question of where God is in the midst of suffering. With vulnerability and plenty of wit, Kayla lays bare her struggle to redefine her faith, her marriage, and herself within the context of a tragedy she never saw coming. Read this excerpt.
To be an effective leader, you need to integrate who you are with what you do by developing a deep, inner life with Christ. Bible Gateway interviewed Peter Scazzero about his book, The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World (Zondervan, 2015). Read this interview.
Former Mrs. United States, Sheri Rose Shepherd is a woman who has overcome many barriers in her life and can relate to almost any woman’s battle. In her scriptural love letter video this week, she's "praying for all of us to find great joy in a new way of eating and digesting truth." Watch this video. And encourage your friends and followers to receive her devotionals by email.
We aren’t to keep God's Word to ourselves. Instead, his Word is to be on our lips and we are to speak Scripture to one another. By adding Scripture to our daily conversation it helps us deepen our engagement and understanding of a passage.... Read the rest of this article, one of 12 practices explained in our Scripture Engagement section.
We're starting this new feature in the Weekly Brief to help you become aware of the plethora of Bible versions available for you to freely read on Bible Gateway. This week, learn about the The 21st Century King James Version.
As many in the USA fire up the grill and look forward to fireworks to celebrate Independence Day, it seems fitting to remember that Christians the world over have a unique understanding of the word “citizenship.” Read this blogpost.
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