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Kentucky Governor Says Bible Is Welcome In Kentucky Public Schools

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has signed legislation allowing students to take Bible literacy as an elective and a bill clarifying that students can express religious and political viewpoints in K-12 schools and colleges. He's also declared 2017 the Year of the Bible.

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4-Year-Old Recites ABCs Using Bible Verses

A four-year-old boy from Tyler, Texas is an Internet sensation after his video recitation of the alphabet using Bible verses went viral.

Christ is Risen!

The season of Easter began Easter Day and lasts 50 days until the Day of Pentecost; from April 16–June 4. Listen to and watch this inspirational video of the Easter account from the Gospel of Luke.

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ICYMI: Everything You Want to Know About Easter

Read the crucifixion and resurrection accounts of Jesus in the four Gospels, listen to them being dramatically read, see the clarifying Infographic, learn whether Easter is based on a pagan holiday, and more!

Did Jesus Know When He Was Going to Die?

Did Jesus expect to die? Did he intend to? If so, how did he view his death?

Pride: Its Warning Signs and 2 Strategies for Beating It

In this lesson from Hearing the Message of Daniel: Sustaining Faith in Today's World by Christopher J. H. Wright (Zondervan, 2017), we learn that only as the universal tendency of pride is honestly recognized, confessed, and kept open before God can we hope to walk in humility with God and others.

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Spotlight: Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB)

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