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New research says joining a religious group does more for someone's sustained happiness than other forms of social participation. See the video at NBC TODAY.
"Rebinding can be an excellent way to turn any regular Bible into a super-Bible. So I had an idea. As Dr. Suess once said, “a terrible … awful idea.” I’ll begin rebinding Bibles myself! After all, how hard could it be?" Read more at Bible Design Blog.
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Since prayer is talking with God—the only Person in the universe worthy of being called awesome—why don’t people pray more? Why don’t the people of God enjoy prayer more? When you’ve said the same old words about the same old things about a thousand times, how do you feel about saying them again? Could the Bible help shape your thoughts and petitions? Bible Gateway interviewed Donald S. Whitney about his book, Praying the Bible (Crossway, 2015). Read this interview.
Bible Gateway provides many free resources to help you understand the Bible. We've now added commentary volumes for the books of Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, John, and Romans from the popular BE Bible study series by Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe, published by David C Cook.
Read more to learn how to use this new feature.
Scripture is often read only to find answers to life’s perplexing questions, to prove a theological point, or to formulate doctrine. But if read properly, what the Bible does most fundamentally is arouse a sacred sense of life-transforming wonder; encouraging us to linger in wide-eyed awe. Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. William Brown about his book, Sacred Sense: Discovering the Wonder of God's Word and World (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2015). Read this interview.
How well do you know your family history? How far back can you trace it? Is there practical value in knowing your family’s story? Bruce Feiler's book The Secrets of Happy Families (HarperOne, 2013) includes a section on the value of passing on family stories to children.
Read this excerpt from the book.
In recent years, the church has been slowly but meaningfully awakening to the reality of mental illness within its walls. To get you thinking, here's an interesting chart about the “moods” of Scripture. Read more.
When reading Scripture, our attention must be focused in order to discern the meaning of a passage. Focused attention involves studying the Bible using insights from language, genre, literary context, and relevant background information.... Read the rest of this article, then see all the resource articles in the Scripture Engagement section of Bible Gateway.
This feature in the Weekly Brief is intended to help you become aware of the plethora of Bible versions available for you to freely read on Bible Gateway. This week, learn about and read The Darby Bible (DARBY).
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