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In an unassuming notebook held in an archive at the University of Cambridge, an American scholar has found what he says is an important new clue to the earthly processes behind the King James Bible translation: the earliest known draft, and the only one definitively written in the hand of one of the roughly four dozen translators who worked on it. Read more from The New York Times.
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The US State Department's latest International Religious Freedom report, released October 14, confirms that the biggest threat to minority Christian communities and other religious minorities worldwide is now the "new phenomenon" of non-state terrorism, particularly in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. Read more from Christianity Today.
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Does your pastor or minister know you appreciate them? Now's your chance to let them know: October is Clergy Appreciation Month, when churchgoers are encouraged to give thanks for their pastors, ministers, and leaders. (And yes, Hallmark has cards for it...) Read more.
We're just a week or so away from beginning our new free weekly series How to Study the Bible on this blog and by email delivery. It's a follow-up to our very popular series How to Understand the Bible that we published. Bible Gateway interviewed pastor Mel Lawrenz, author of Spiritual Influence: The Hidden Power Behind Leadership (Zondervan, 2012), on what we can expect from this new series. Read this interview.
The Bible says, "Rejoice, again I say rejoice!" So why are Christians perceived as joyless and judgmental? How can a fresh look at the Bible dispel centuries of misconceptions and provide evidence that God not only wants us to experience contentment, delight, and peace—he commands it! Bible Gateway interviewed Randy Alcorn about his book, Happiness (Tyndale House, 2015), at 450 pages, the most definitive study on the subject of happiness to date.
Read this interview.
Wicked women. They’re in movies, in books, even in the Bible! Some are subtle; others can’t be missed. How well do you know their wicked words? Test yourself and see if you can identify the historical, cinematic, or literary villainess who said each of the following quotes... Take the quiz!
Once you've had fun with the quiz, learn more about the new book Wicked Women of the Bible by Ann Spangler in the Bible Gateway Store.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the commissioning of the world's most read modern-English Bible, the New International Version (NIV), Zondervan and Biblica have partnered on a year-long commemorative #NIV50 campaign featuring quarterly themes that recognize the different ways the NIV has impacted the Christian church. The fourth theme of the year is Made for You. Read more & watch the video.
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