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Vonette Zachary Bright, the late William "Bill" R. Bright and co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ—today known as Cru—died December 23 after suffering complications from acute leukemia. She was 89. Mrs. Bright and her husband launched Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951 to "win the campus today, win the world tomorrow." Read more from CBN News. Also see Cru's tribute website.
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Winnie Rorheim, wife of Awana Co-Founder Art Rorheim, died December 22 in Rockford, Illinois. She was 97. Mrs. Rorheim is known best for serving alongside her husband as he created and pioneered the Awana program for children. Today, Awana reaches 3 million children and youth in more than a 100 countries with the gospel message. Read more from CBN News. Also see Awana's tribute website.
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Though local school officials deleted a Bible passage from a student production of A Charlie Brown Christmas despite protests, several adults in the audience at the performance recited the lines normally spoken by the character Linus. Read more from Lexington Herald-Leader.
Fifty years ago the television animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on the CBS network. The pinnacle scene in the program is when Linus recites Luke 2:8-14, after which he says, “That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.” Watch the video.
[On this 50th anniversary of the TV classic, you may also be interested in browsing the Peanuts gift collection section in the Bible Gateway Store.]
Calling the issue a "big misunderstanding," City Manager Kyle Hayes says Beaumont police officers will be allowed to hold their Bible study in the police department's conference room. Read more from the Beaumont Enterprise.
⇨ See more Bible-related articles in this week's Bible News Roundup.
⇨ See previous editions of Bible News Roundup and Weekly Brief.
Merry Christmas! Here's the Old Testament prophecy and the New Testament narrative of the coming of Jesus. Read it to your family. Then read our blogpost, The Other Miraculous Christmas Birth.
The next lesson in the “How to Study the Bible” series will resume next week. This week, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz has written a Christmas prayer for personal or church use: "Lord God, help us to focus on the good news that has caused great joy for people around the world and across the ages. We are in awe that the coming of the Lord Jesus has shaped the history of the world and has changed untold millions of lives. We need this gospel in troubled times lest we become cynical, doubtful, fearful, or vengeful...." Read this Christmas prayer.
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PLEASE TELL US: “What Bible passage does your family read together to celebrate Christmas?”
As a colorful companion to your reading about the birth of Jesus, here’s a fascinating timeline that shows where the myriad characters of the Christmas story were during events surrounding the first Christmas. This visualization traces the Christmas story as told in Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2, showing you who is with whom throughout the story. Verse references are provided so you can look up each event in the Bible for details. Read more.
In these last few weeks, we hope you’ve subscribed to and been enjoying our Advent email devotionals. But those aren’t the only place you can find inspirational Christmas content. Many of the “regular” devotionals in our library have been sharing insights about Christmas lately. Here are some of the best.
Advent is complete and the 12 Days of Christmas are only beginning! Browse our Christmas section in the Bible Gateway Store.
We’ve looked through many years’ worth of Reverend Fun cartoons and picked the five highest-rated Christmas-themed cartoons, as rated by Reverend Fun readers. See the cartoons.
See the story of the gospel as depicted in The Saint John’s Bible beautiful frontispiece to the Gospel of Luke: “The Birth of Christ.” Click to view.
Are goals for 2016 starting to take shape in your mind? At Bible Gateway, our favorite New Year’s resolution is—surprise, surprise—reading the Bible! You don’t need to commit to reading all of it in a year, but making an effort to consistently read the Bible—even in very small doses—is one of the best ways to deepen your relationship with God. Learn how.
In The Divine Conspiracy Continued: Fulfilling God's Kingdom on Earth (HarperOne, 2014), the late Dallas Willard and Gary Black Jr. lay out God's plan for transforming the world from the inside out. Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Black about how Christians are not called to protect themselves from the world but to step into the world to lead and serve. Read this interview.
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 Message (MSG).
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