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More than half of America’s busiest airports include rooms for travelers to use specifically for prayer, meditation, scripture reading, and worship. Read more at Pew Research.
Scripture Union has invested more than £1 million in its first digital game, to introduce the "Minecraft generation" of children to the Bible. The game, Guardians of Ancora, encourages children to undertake "quests" that bring Bible stories to life. The charity seeks to engage children who have had little exposure to the Bible. Read more at Guardians of Ancora.
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Google's Maps Gallery is a way for organizations to share and publish their maps online via Google Maps Engine. One interesting map that caught our eye is Lands of the Bible 1967 Map (© National Geographic Society), which is transparently overlayed on top of a map of the current Middle East. Read the blogpost.
For several months now, pastor Mel Lawrenz has helped us understand the big picture of the Bible and how best to approach Scripture to get the most out of it. He says knowing God is the ultimate objective in reading the Bible. If you happened to have missed any of his installments or would like to re-read them, browse this archive of the more than 30 blogposts.
Bible Gateway has added the Modern English Version (MEV) translation of the Bible to our library of more than 200 Bible versions. The MEV "formal correspondence" translation seeks to maintain the beauty of the 400-year-old King James Version language while balancing it with fresh clarity for 21st century Bible readers. Read more.
In this social media age, what's 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? The rich metaphors found in Scripture still communicate a gospel worth believing. Bible Gateway interviewed Jonathan K. Dodson about his book, The Unbelievable Gospel: Say Something Worth Believing (Zondervan, 2014), winner of the Christianity Today 2015 Book Award. Read this interview.
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.
What if in a church or small group setting we could harness those powers that connect us so intimately with drama and use them to draw both believers and nonbelievers deeper into Scripture? With a bit of creativity, Scripture stories can come alive before people’s eyes.... Read the rest of this article, one of 12 practices explained in our Scripture Engagement section.
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