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Dr. R.C. Sproul and Ligonier Ministries have released The Word Made Flesh: The Ligonier Statement on Christology. Ligonier’s chief academic officer and president of Reformation Bible College Dr. Stephen J. Nichols says, "We want this statement to be a gateway back into Scripture. We want to encourage Christians to study and meditate on what Scripture teaches us about who Christ is and what He does. This is the essence of the gospel. It is really the essence of what it means to be a Christian.” Read the news release.
Also see the Bible Gateway Blog posts The Reformation Study Bible: An Interview with Dr. R.C. Sproul and The Bible Really Is God’s Word (guest post by Stephen Nichols), and our free email devotionals by R.C. Sproul:
- Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
- Tabletalk Devotions
- Tough Questions and
- Coram Deo: Daily Meditations on God's Presence
Organizations devoted to translating the Bible into new languages have split over how far they should adapt translations to local conditions. US-based Wycliffe Associates, originally set up to support Wycliffe Bible Translators but now a separate body, has announced it is leaving the Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA), the international network of translation bodies. Read more from Christian Today.
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Do we dare believe that God can speak into our lives powerfully and tangibly? Jesus did this. During his earthly ministry he healed the sick, opened the eyes of the blind, and even raised the dead. What if he would do these things today? Bible Gateway interviewed pastor Mark Batterson about his book, The Grave Robber: How Jesus Can Make Your Impossible Possible (Baker Books, 2014). Read this interview.
One of the great challenges in reading the Bible is the massive chronological and cultural gap between the Bible's original audiences and modern readers. Is it possible for a modern Bible reader to appreciate the mindset of the Bible's ancient Jewish and Christian authors and readers?
Those are questions that Kent Dobson seeks to address as editor of the NIV First-Century Study Bible (Zondervan, 2014). Read this interview with Rev. Dobson.
2016 is a Leap Year. Earlier this week we thought you may have wanted to use Feb. 29 (especially since we're in the season of Lent) to take a “leap of faith” in your Christian walk. Something like the scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade... Read more and watch the video.
In this 16th lesson about studying the Bible, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz says, "One of the most powerful and complex features of the Bible is that it consists of many different types, or genres, of texts. When I open the Bible, I know from having studied it for decades whether I am reading a Gospel passage, a prophecy, a Psalm, or an epistle." 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.
Also read previous articles in the How to Study the Bible series on such topics as the best way to approach your study; how Scripture examines us; the roles observation and curiosity play; how to develop a biblical vocabulary; what a topical study is; and much more.
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The “Pauline epistles”—letters written by the influential apostle Paul—are particularly central to Christian belief. Join us each Monday during Lent as we take a look at a different epistle. This week we're looking at Paul’s words of encouragement and caution to the Ephesians. Paul wrote this letter to encourage Gentile believers, and to make it clear that Jews and Gentiles have been brought together as part of one body in Christ. Paul is also concerned that his audience be made aware of the moral laws they may have been lax in following (or that they were unaware of). Read more.
“Holy Week” is the name given to identify the final days leading to Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion, and resurrection. As Holy Week unfolds, a large cast of characters play out a powerful emotional drama. But the story’s depth makes it somewhat complex. To help you track the people, places, and events of Holy Week day-by-day, Bible Gateway has prepared an infographic that visualizes each of the different strands of the Easter story as they lead to Easter Sunday. Print this Infographic and distribute it with your church bulletin in advance of Easter.
During Lent, whether you're a longtime Christian or are simply curious about Jesus Christ, use these free email devotionals to help you focus your journey toward Easter. Read more.
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The movie God's Not Dead 2, will be in theaters in April. It's based on the just-released book Man, Myth, Messiah: Answering History's Greatest Question by Rice Broocks (W Publishing, 2016), which examines the evidence for the historical Jesus and exposes the notions of skeptics that Jesus was a contrived figure of ancient mythology. Read more.
Bible Gateway is now making available in the audio Bible section of Bible Gateway's website the one-minute Monday-Friday radio program, The Book, produced by Museum of the Bible. Through this partnership the audio content, currently airing on 350 radio stations across America, is accessible on demand to Bible Gateway's worldwide users. Read more and listen.
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 New King James Version (NKJV).
This new online course is a $20 value but right now you can get it for free. You’ll learn four useful guidelines for choosing a Bible translation, how we can be certain that the Bible we possess is really God’s Word, and more. Learn more.
Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, in his bestselling book Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs (Thomas Nelson, 2015), writes: "To contend that communication is the key to marriage is to assume that both spouses speak the same language, when in fact they do not. A wife speaks the language of Love and a husband speaks the language of Respect." Read the rest of this book excerpt.
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