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Ed Dobson, 65, a prominent West Michigan pastor who guided a Grand Rapids mega church for two decades, died December 26, four days before his birth date. Dobson had endured ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, for the past 15 years. Read more from mLive and Christianity Today
Also see Remembering Ed Dobson: A Guest Post by Stan Gundry, Publisher, Zondervan. And the Christianity Today article by Ed Dobson: How God Uses My Lou Gehrig's Disease for Good.
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Co-hosted by InterVarsity/USA, Inter-Varsity Canada, and Groupes Bibliques Universitaires et Collégiaux du Canada, Urbana remains focused on compelling young people to give their lives for God's global mission. Meeting in St. Louis between Christmas and New Year's Day once every three years, attendees learn that today's missionaries not only preach the gospel, but also fight injustices like human trafficking and provide material help to refugees and disaster victims. Read more from Urbana.org and Urbana's media kit. Also see RNS coverage: "InterVarsity backs #BlackLivesMatters at Urbana 15."
Virtually all Americans ages 13 to 17 who identify as Protestant, attend a religious service at least once a month, and say their faith is very important in their life, own a Bible. Almost three-quarters read their Bible weekly or more: 16% read every day, 37% read several times a week, and 21% read once a week. Another 13% read once a month, 5% read three or four times a year, and 8% read less than that. Read more from CT.
⇨ See more Bible-related articles in this week's Bible News Roundup.
⇨ See previous editions of Bible News Roundup and Weekly Brief.
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 New Year prayer for personal or church use: "Lord God, in you I take refuge. I am glad that I can entrust the upcoming year to you, and to entrust my very self to you. Purify my heart, O Lord. Teach me your ways. Help me to make good, right, and healthy choices...." Read this New Year prayer.
In case you missed it, read the latest installment of Mel's series on our Blog and encourage your friends and followers to receive it by email.
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Survey: What Are Your Bible Reading Resolutions for 2016?: Please click to share with us your Bible reading plans for this new year!
Do you want to read the Bible more in 2016? Do you spend as much time reading the Bible as you want? Most people wish they read the Bible more than they do, but there are a lot of reasons why that doesn't happen. Maybe you've tried reading the Bible through but got bogged down. Maybe you've never really tried reading the Bible and don't know where to start. Or maybe you've read the Bible for years but have never felt like you've truly connected with it. If any of those describe you, make 2016 the year that you finally spend more time with the Bible. Learn how.
At the start of this new year, enjoy savings on calendars, Bibles, books, music, and more in the Bible Gateway Store today through January 5!
Are you interested in trying out a devotional in 2016, but aren't sure which one to start with? We're happy to announce a new online and email devotional just in time for the New Year: Living His Word Weekly Devotions! Read more.
What were the most popular Bible verses of 2015? What were people searching for in the Bible throughout the year? We've compiled our annual Year in Review data, which highlights how people used the Bible online in Bible Gateway in 2015. An article in Christianity Today summarizes the Year in Review findings, and you can examine the data yourself to see what stands out to you. There's a lot of information to digest about how people read and search the Bible. Read more.
A while ago, we asked Brian Hardin, the man behind the Daily Audio Bible reading experience, to tell why he thinks Bible reading is so important: "...My friendship with the Bible has taken me the scenic route from who I was to who I was created to be. My path began with an act of obedience to read the Bible every day, and it wound its way almost backward to the beginning, forcing me to deal with the stresses and compulsions of trying to carve out an identity that was mine alone with God relegated to a back-up plan...." Read more.
We asked Jefferson Bethke to talk about the reasons why we all find it so hard to read the Bible regularly. Here's what he had to say: Watch the video.
Did you get a shiny new phone, tablet, or other mobile device this Christmas? Bible Gateway has a free mobile app that brings our Bible library (including audio Bibles), reading plans, and more onto your handheld device. It's available for iPad, iPhone, Android phones, and Kindle Fire; you can read more or download it here. Read more.
Aside from concentrating on entire books of the Bible or chapters or even verses, sometimes brief, simple phrases can do the most to inspire and draw a reader closer to God. Bible Gateway interviewed Marilyn Chandler McEntyre about her book, What's in a Phrase?: Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 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 Modern English Version (MEV).
Reading the Bible in multiple languages and multiple versions is always just a click away online at Bible Gateway and in print from the Bible Gateway Store, where you'll save money while supporting the ministry of Bible Gateway when making a purchase.
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