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How to Heal from Rejection: An Interview with Lysa TerKeurst

Rejection can be crippling. Cruel words spoken in mockery or being mercilessly shunned can create wounds that dig deep into our sense of self, and can resurface in surprising ways as an adult. But this doesn't have to be the end of the story. In this Bible Gateway Q&A, Lysa TerKeurst talks about her book, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out and Lonely (Thomas Nelson, 2016).

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Is the Bible Good for Women?: An Interview with Wendy Alsup

Is an orthodox understanding of the Bible threatening or harmful to women? How should difficult Bible passages regarding women be properly interpreted? How does God view justice and equal rights for women? Bible Gateway interviewed Wendy Alsup about her book, Is the Bible Good for Women?: Seeking Clarity and Confidence Through a Jesus-Centered Understanding of Scripture (Multnomah Books, 2017).

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New Study: 65% of Christians Face Doubt; 29% Stopped Reading the Bible When Doubting

Questioning personal belief about religion or God is commonplace for most American adults who self-identify as Christian (or have in the past) (65%). Just over one-quarter (26%) say they still experience spiritual doubt, while four in 10 (40%) say they've experienced it in the past but have worked through it.

Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, If In Doubt: An Interview with Rhys Stenner.

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Understand Your Bible Better: How to Use Commentaries, Study Bibles, and More at Bible Gateway

Parts of the Bible are hard to understand. It was written thousands of years ago by different authors, in different cultural contexts, for different audiences, in different literary genres. The free Bible commentaries and references on Bible Gateway explain and clarify difficult, interesting, and particularly important Scripture passages. Are you using them to your advantage?

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Of 111 NFL Players, 110 Had Brain Damage

A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 NFL players — and 110 were found to have CTE, the degenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

Read the Bible Gateway Blog post “I Had to Be the Voice for Those Who Could No Longer Speak for Themselves” by Dr. Bennet Omalu, author of Truth Doesn't Have a Side: My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports (Zondervan, 2017).

[Video] Summarizing Scripture’s Narrative: The Story of the Bible in 5 Minutes

This 5-minute video displays how the Bible is one unified story that leads to Jesus and his salvation for the modern world.

Biblical Preaching Expert Haddon Robinson Dies at 86

Haddon Robinson, the respected author and seminary president who literally wrote the book on biblical expositional preaching, died July 22. Read these tributes and watch a sample of his outstanding preaching.

The Essential Bible Dictionary is Now Part of Bible Gateway Plus!

If you’re not a member yet of Bible Gateway Plus, you're missing out on having full and immediate access to The Essential Bible Dictionary, four more Bible dictionaries, and 40 other popular Bible study resources as part of the valuable Bible Gateway Plus Bible learning toolkit.

Is the ESV Literal and the NIV Gender Neutral?

Bible scholar Bill Mounce says, "Most people say there are two Bible translation camps: formal equivalent and functional equivalent (or dynamic equivalent). The longer I am in translation work, the more I see how simplistic this division is. There actually are five methods on translation with three sub-categories for the handling of gender language...."

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Spotlight: New International Version—UK (NIVUK)

This feature in Weekly Brief is intended to help you become aware of one of the plethora of Bible versions available for you to freely read on Bible Gateway. This week:

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