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Addressing a question in Parliament, UK prime minister David Cameron said, "We should do everything we can to defend and protect the right of Christians to practice their faith the world over. That is an important part of our foreign policy." Read more from Premier. Also see our blogpost, International Day(s) of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
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Religious leaders are working with Prayer Focus Kentucky to organize a multi-day Bible-reading Marathon—called Kentucky 120 United—in every county across the state at the beginning of the new year. Read more from The State Journal.
⇨ See more Bible-related articles in this week's Bible News Roundup.
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The Force Awakens is the latest installment in the Star Wars franchise. Look for Christian themes in the epic Star Wars saga by reading this Bible Gateway interview with Paul Kent about his book, The Real Force: A Forty Day Devotional (Worthy Inspired, 2015). Read this interview.
Will you be reading part of the Bible out loud in a public setting this Christmas season—perhaps narrating the Christmas story at your church or a family gathering? We can offer you a bit of encouragement from the Public Reading of Scripture page from our Scripture Engagement section. It's a collection of reflections, practice tips, and resources to help you understand the importance of what you, as Scripture reader, are doing. Read more.
Take our current poll: “What Bible passage does your family read together to celebrate Christmas?”
Learn about and sign up for any of our free email Christmas devotionals. Here are only a few:
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Get started on your own journey through God's Word in the New Year when you visit our Bible Reading Plan start page.
The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) is a part of Bible Gateway's many Bible reading plans for your daily enjoyment, personal worship, and spiritual benefit; especially as we're about to begin 2016. We offer both the Complementary and Semicontinuous editions. Read more and sign up.
In this eighth lesson about studying the Bible, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz says, "The reason we study the Bible is to deepen our connection with our Creator who has been gracious enough to speak to us through the prophets and apostles. The way we get the connection is to look for the true meaning in the biblical text, which we can only get to if we examine the whole before the parts." If you want to study the Bible better, read this installment of his series on our Blog and encourage your friends and followers to receive it by email.
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A Yellow Day is taking both the challenges and the triumphs encountered in a day and using them to become a better person. The new theatrical release Yellow Day shows people who have faced tragedies and overcome them. Partially-animated, it's based on true stories in the outreach community, made for parents and children to watch together, to show children how they can make their day Yellow and become better people in the process. Bible Gateway interviewed writer/executive producer Jeff Galle. Read this interview.
The book of Daniel in the Old Testament is best known to most Bible readers as the story of a man who ate vegetables, interpreted dreams, survived a lions' den, and whose friends withstood a blast furnace. But how does the gospel of Jesus fit into it? Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Bryan Chapell about his book, The Gospel According to Daniel: A Christ-Centered Approach (Baker Books, 2014). 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 Living Bible (TLB).
Use the Bible Gateway Ref Tag Tool to transform all plain-text Scripture references on your website or blog into hyperlinks to the appropriate Bible passage from BibleGateway.com in your choice of Bible versions and languages (including Spanish). When you hover the mouse pointer over the hyperlinked text, the text of the Bible passage appears in a pop-over window, allowing your visitors to view the passage without leaving your webpage. Inside the pop-over window are links to view the passage on BibleGateway.com as well. Learn more and try it.
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