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While the United States remains shaped by Christianity, the faith’s influence—particularly as a force in American politics and culture—is slowly waning. An increasing number of religiously unaffiliated, a steady drop in church attendance, the recent Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage, and the growing tension over religious freedoms all point to a larger secularizing trend sweeping across the nation. To measure a person’s level of irreligion, Barna Group tracks 15 metrics related to faith, one of which is not having read the Bible in the last week. Read more at Barna Group.
BibleWalk museum in Mansfield, Ohio has constructed scenes depicting Bible stories using discarded wax figures of English Princes Philip and Charles, as well as of celebrities like John Travolta, Tom Cruise, and Ringo Starr. Read more at The Telegraph. Then read the Bible stories on Bible Gateway :)
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Your life is hectic! Juggling family time, work, and church equals jam-packed days. You want to spend time in God’s Word, but the busyness of life keeps getting in the way. What if you could take five minutes to invest in making each day matter? In her new book 5 Minutes with Jesus: Making Today Matter (Thomas Nelson, 2015), Sheila Walsh helps readers find perspective in the midst of their fast-paced lives.
Read this excerpt from the book.
Did Jesus' disciples believe that Jesus was God? Was Jesus' divinity something that was attributed to him after the fact—perhaps even centuries later—by the early church? A team of five Bible scholars refute this idea in How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature—A Response to Bart Ehrman. Read this interview with one of the contributors: theology professor Michael Bird.
Do you use a digital Bible during worship services? Or do you find that using an app to read Scripture during church is distracting? Many app users are thankful the Bible is so accessible on their smartphones and mobile devices; but others strongly believe digital Bibles are inappropriate in church. Read more.
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The author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (Zondervan, 2014), Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, is a former devout Muslim who was convinced of the truth of the gospel through historical reasoning and a spiritual search for God. Since his conversion, he's given lectures at universities and seminaries throughout North America, including New York University, Rutgers, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Ottawa. Read this interview with Dr. Qureshi.
What happens when that great Truth–the Bible–comes under attack? The best remedy for the virus of media myth is to be informed. Such is the case with rumors about the New International Version of the Bible translation. Read more.
See these 21 passages from the Bible that speak to the importance of engaging Scripture in your daily life.... Read the rest of this article, then see all the resource articles in the Scripture Engagement section of Bible Gateway.
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