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Weekly Brief is your 1-minute smart and fast report to keep you informed of important Bible-related trends, statistics, articles, and pivotal happenings on the Web and at Bible Gateway. Forward to your friends and share with your followers to encourage them to subscribe.
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Officials at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado have removed an open Bible from a major’s desk after complaints from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
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A California public school district will allow an elementary student to share Bible verses with his classmates during non-instructional time.
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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 the spirit of the 2016 Olympic games, here’s an 8-question quiz to test your knowledge of sports in the Bible! The Bible contains many references to athletics—and many stories of people accomplishing amazing physical feats. Take the quiz to find out if you're a gold winner in knowing the athletic references and stories in the Bible!
See the Olympic Games section in the Bible Gateway Store and read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Purpose Driven Life of Michael Phelps.
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A young student arrived at Baylor University in the autumn of 2008 with his life figured out, then slowly each piece of his secure world fell apart: his church, his life of study, his politics, his girlfriend, his best friend, and his God. Perhaps you can identify with his story. Bible Gateway interviewed Preston Yancey about his book, Tables in the Wilderness: A Memoir of God Found, Lost, and Found Again (Zondervan, 2014).
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Attempts to measure spiritual growth by constantly seeking the next big breakthrough have left many Christians disillusioned. Another approach to spiritual growth is a renewed appreciation for the commonplace. Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Michael Horton about his book, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World (Zondervan, 2014).
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The major motion picture Ben-Hur is now in theaters. A remake of the 1959 classic, Ben-Hur tells the story of two brothers who become mortal enemies until a chance encounter with Jesus of Nazareth leads them to healing. See the Bible verses that relate to the movie's universal Christian themes of love, forgiveness, justice, and redemption.
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Learn to embrace joy in the presence of Jesus! Sign up for (and tell others about) this brand-new one-week daily free email devotional experience drawn from Jesus Always: Embracing Joy in His Presence (Thomas Nelson, 2016), the forthcoming daily devotional by Sarah Young, author of the bestselling Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (Thomas Nelson, 2004).
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Eric Liddell is best known as the subject of the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire, which depicted his experiences training for and racing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and the religious convictions that influenced him to refuse to run in races on Sunday. In his book about spiritual disciplines, The Disciplines of the Christian Life (christianaudio, 2011), he outlines his own pattern for living which has as its foundation a daily Bible reading plan.
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The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (Zondervan, 2016), with notes from Dr. John H. Walton (Wheaton College) in the Old Testament and Dr. Craig S. Keener (Asbury Theological Seminary) in the New Testament, brings to life the ancient world of Scripture for modern readers. For example, see this Infographic that helps to explain the cultural context of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11.
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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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Islam is the world’s second-largest and fastest-growing religion, putting it on pace to surpass Christianity in its number of followers by the end of the century. How well do you know Islamic beliefs about Jesus and the countering evidence for Christianity? Zondervan Academic teamed up with Nabeel Qureshi, author of the new book No God but One: Allah or Jesus? (Zondervan, 2016), to prepare a quiz that asks 10 important questions at the conflicted intersection between Islam and Christianity.
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In his book Four Portraits, One Jesus Pack (Zondervan, 2015), Mark L. Strauss says, "Interestingly, the role of the disciples is primarily negative in Mark’s Gospel. They demonstrate ignorance, pride, and wavering faith. Jesus instead provides the true model for discipleship."
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