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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According to new research, religion is a $378 billion to $4.8 trillion boost to the US economy. Of that ammount, congregations raise revenues of $84 billion a year, with $74.5 billion of it coming from individual donations.
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St Michael's in Church in Warfield UK charts its origins back to 1016 when Queen Emma granted permission for a chapel to be built. To mark the occassion, the entire Bible was publicly read from 10am 7 September to 5pm 10 September 2016.
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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 uncertain times, the Bible offers us reassurance with verses of comfort and courage.
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An estimated 4,000 churches are planted every year. An estimated 3,700 churches close every year. It’s not easy starting or sustaining a vital Christian witness of any kind. It’s even harder when there’s no structure to support the good work you’re doing. Bible Gateway interviewed Alan Briggs about his book, Guardrails: Six Principles for a Multiplying Church (NavPress, 2016).
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If the gospel is “good news,” why is it getting such bad press lately? And what can be done to reverse the trend? Multiple Christian Book Award® winner Philip Yancey challenges Christians to actually live the mercy-filled message that's so often preached. Bible Gateway interviewed Philip Yancey about his book, Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News? (Zondervan, 2014).
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Here are links to all the brief essays that make up our How to Understand the Bible series. These articles form an excellent high-level overview of the Bible, written especially for those who have never stepped back to consider the shape and direction of the Scripture as a whole.
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The newest member of the New International Version (NIV) Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) is Rev. Dr. Andrew Shead. Of the 15 CBT members, five are from countries other than the United States (India, the United Kingdom, and Australia).
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For your quick reference, here is the Romans Road to Salvation: a selection of Bible verses from the book of Romans that present the plan of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
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The Bible is a living record of God's word, meant to be personally engaged with on a daily basis. Yet it also has a fascinating historical side to it that transcends continents, cultures, and millennia. One way of capturing its illustrious and storied past is by devoting museums to its multifaceted existence. We thought it would be a service to you to provide a list of Bible museums and exhibits in one location for easy reference.
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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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Sarah Withrow King is the author of Vegangelical: How Caring for Animals Can Shape your Faith (Zondervan, 2016). She's deputy director of the Sider Center of Eastern University and codirector of CreatureKind, which helps engage churches in new ways of thinking about animals and Christian faith. She's also an associate fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a covenant member of Circle of Hope. She does like cats but is more of a dog person.
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In Loving the City: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City (Zondervan, 2016), Timothy Keller says, "Many people process from unbelief to faith through 'mini-decisions.'...Coming to the point of uniting to Christ by faith often works as a process...."
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