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The percentage of people who strongly agree that the Bible is a sufficient guide for living a meaningful life has contracted from 53% in 2011 to 45% in 2016—and the percentages of those who disagree strongly or somewhat have increased over the same time frame, from 23% to 33%. Read more from Barna Group.
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How can people commit abominable acts? Why doesn’t God intervene to stop them? We've selected Blog posts that were written in the aftermath of past tragedies which might offer perspective on violence, humans, religious faith, and God. Read more.
“Watch me, dad. Watch me.” There are few imperatives a father hears more often from his children than “watch me.” By seeing them in action, they believe we’ll appreciate them even more. We can learn a valuable lesson from their example: If we want our children to develop godly habits, we need to imitate them by saying, “Watch me.” Read more.
Also learn (and tell your social media friends) about some of our best parenting devotionals for dads on our FATHER'S DAY page that go beyond the one-day holiday!
What if God’s primary intent for your marriage isn’t to make you happy, but holy? How should you consider your marriage to be more than a sacred covenant with another person? How is it that marriage is a spiritual discipline designed to help you know God better, trust him more fully, and love him more deeply? Bible Gateway interviewed Gary Thomas about his bestselling book, Sacred Marriage (Zondervan, 2015), winner of the K-Love 2016 Book Impact Fan Award. Read this interview.
With Father's Day in the USA here, we dug into our reservoir of Bible trivia and put together a quiz to test your knowledge of the Bible's fathers! Some of these men are models that dads can follow today, while others are living lessons in bad parenthood. Can you identify them all? Have fun taking the quiz.
Bible scholar and author Dr. Gordon R. Lewis, 89, died June 11, 2016 at his home in Littleton, Colorado. Until his death, Dr. Lewis served as senior professor of Christian philosophy and theology at Denver Seminary. He was the author, along with Dr. Bruce Demarest, of Integrative Theology, which presents a distinctive method to help people discover truth when facing conflicting claims in a diverse world. Read more.
Who wrote the books in the Bible and how did they end up together? How reliable is the Bible? What languages were used to write the books of the Bible? Where did the word “Bible” come from? Bible Gateway interviewed Timothy Paul Jones about his colorful, 2016 Christian Book Award-winning book, How We Got the Bible (Rose Publishing, 2015). Read this interview.
In this 29th lesson about studying the Bible, pastor and author Mel Lawrenz says, "There's a difference between truth and falsehood, and when it comes to Bible interpretation, there's a lot of teaching that's garbage—and it smells that way." 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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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 Young's Literal Translation (YLT).
We need to understand the Ten Commandments are not about duty, but freedom. So says John Dickson, author of A Doubter's Guide to the Ten Commandments: How, for Better or Worse, Our Ideas about the Good Life Come from Moses and Jesus (Zondervan, 2016). Read more.
In their book Rediscovering Church: The Story and Vision of Willow Creek Community Church (Zondervan, 2016), Lynne and Bill Hybels say they founded their church by "starting with hard-core skeptics and trying to transform them into zealously committed disciples of Jesus....fully devoted followers of Christ who unapologetically orient their entire lives around him." Read the rest of this book excerpt.
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