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Bible verses in Latin and Spanish, including what appears to be an inscription of John 1:14 which says, “And the Word was made flesh [and dwelt among us],” have been discovered in a cave on the island of Mona, in between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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On a hill above the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, archaeologists have discovered one amazing 5th-century floor mosaic after another, including scenes of Noah's ark and the parting of the Red Sea during the Israelite exodus from Egypt.
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See more Bible-related articles in this week's Bible News Roundup.
See previous editions of Bible News Roundup and Weekly Brief.
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In today's fast-paced world, investing time in a business career, maintaining the home environment, raising responsible children, developing social roots, and many more time-demanding activities all have a tendency to encroach on a woman's consistent attention to establishing her own deep spiritual roots. Bible Gateway interviewed Bible study leader Jen Wilkin about her book, Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds (Crossway, 2014).
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How do we follow the Prince of Peace in a world filled with angry politics, spiritual uncertainty, and frightening violence? Explore what it means to serve Jesus actively and intentionally in this new two-week devotional that draws on the very best writing of author and theologian Dallas Willard.
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Pastor and author Mel Lawrenz has written a series of articles 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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A list of apparent contradictions in the Bible is making the rounds again online. To help Christians think through this challenging but important issue, we asked Darrell Bock, Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, to offer his thoughts.
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If you’ve ever opened up an unfamiliar Bible and been startled to find “extra” Bible books listed in the table of contents, you know that different branches of Christian tradition have come to slightly different conclusions about which books make up the Bible canon.
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This feature in Weekly Brief is intended to help you become aware of one of several practices explained in our Scripture Engagement section. This week:
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In the book Vegangelical: How Caring for Animals Can Shape your Faith (Zondervan, 2016), author Sarah Withrow King says, “The modern use and abuse of the created world is a system of deep brokenness and significant sin, and this includes the system that breeds, raises, and kills billions upon billions of sentient, God-created, God-loved creatures each year.”
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In this interview, psychologists Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott, authors of Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts (Zondervan, 2015), say research conclusively shows that couples are 31% less likely to get divorced if they get several sessions of pre-marriage education before they marry.
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