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Bible publisher Biblica Europe welcomed church leaders to the launch of the new NIV God's Justice: The Holy Bible at the Jubilee Room in the Palace of Westminster September 7.
See the Bible Gateway Blog posts, God’s Justice Bible at The Justice Conference and God’s Justice: The Holy Bible—An Interview with Tim Stafford.
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Hannah Earnshaw, one of 100 candidates being considered to possibly resettle on Mars, says if she's chosen she'll continue to include Bible reading in her personal routine.
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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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A firefighter searching for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York discovered a burnt Bible fused to a piece of steel. The barely legible top page is open to the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5.
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Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune Lee Strobel has updated and expanded his book The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Zondervan, 2016)—winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award—in which he cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools like Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis who are recognized authorities in their fields. The nonfiction book—10 million copies in print—reads like a captivating, fast-paced novel. It's a riveting quest for the truth about history’s most compelling figure.
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The Bible says "let what you say be simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’," but sometimes it's difficult to know how to practically apply that scriptural principle in the everyday complexity of life and why it's important to do so. Bible Gateway interviewed Lysa TerKeurst about her book, The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands (Thomas Nelson, 2014).
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J. Alec Motyer, renowned Old Testament author, pastor, and scholar, died August 26 at the age of 91.
Motyer devoted much of his academic life to the study of the Old Testament, particularly the book of Isaiah. He was the editor or author of more than ten books, including the award-winning The Prophecy of Isaiah (InterVarsity Press, 1999). Motyer was also Old Testament editor of IVP’s commentary series The Bible Speaks Today and authored several volumes in that series. Although esteemed by great scholars and teachers such as Don Carson and Tim Keller, Motyer once said, “I’m not really a scholar. I’m just a man who loves the Word of God.”
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Could you use some biblical encouragement to help you make it through the week? THRIVE is a brand-new weekly devotional by Sheri Rose Shepherd, author of the His Princess books that will inspire and empower you. THRIVE is a weekly "love letter" that God might write to His children—based on the promises and truths of Scripture.
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In response to the high demand for Bibles with spaces for journaling, Thomas Nelson Bibles and Zondervan Bibles, divisions of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, announce the release of new editions of their popular Journal the Word™ Bibles. Now readers will have the option to choose the Bible translation they prefer, whether it be the King James (KJV), New King James (NKJV), or New International Version (NIV).
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Every thoughtful adult should read the Bible—at least 100 pages of it. Start with the Psalms and the Gospels. Even if it begins out of a sense of cultural and intellectual duty only, that’s reason enough to open a true classic....
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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 his book No God but One: Allah or Jesus? (Zondervan, 2016), Nabeel Qureshi offers a thought-provoking, revealing contrast between the Quran and the Bible.
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In Gather God's People: Understand, Plan and Lead Worship in Your Local Church (Zondervan, 2015), Brian Croft and Jason Adkins say, "At a minimum, the service leader must read Scripture passages loudly, clearly, and slowly. Be especially mindful of the need to project one’s voice in a congregation with elderly members. Failing to project may stoke their feelings of frustration and embarrassment...."
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