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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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This former IBM executive is the first person in 250 years to walk the entire 1,600-mile El Camino Real Mission Trail from Loreto, Mexico to Sonoma, California. And that's not the most interesting thing about her. Ten years ago she was given three months to live after a Stage 4 gallbladder cancer diagnosis. Against all odds, she survived 79 rounds of chemotherapy and radical liver and lung surgeries, losing 60% of her liver, and her right lung. Bible Gateway interviewed Edie Littlefield Sundby about her book, The Mission Walker: I was given three months to live... (W Publishing, 2017).
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Studying the Bible lies at the heart of the Christian faith. One approach is the exploration of the central topics of Scripture—such as the Trinity, humanity, sin, and salvation—that unfold the unity and richness of the Bible. Bible Gateway interviewed Bible reference editor Martin H. Manser who, along with Alister McGrath, J. I. Packer, and Donald Wiseman, edited The Complete Topical Guide to the Bible (Baker Books, 2017).
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Human remains dating to 3,700 year ago from ancient Canaanites yields DNA revealing a startling overlap with modern-day Lebanese.
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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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Maybe you’ve watched a movie or two with an Anglo-Saxon in the role of Jesus—complete with a perfectly posh British accent. Sorry to break it to you, but this isn’t the Jesus of the Bible....
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In his book, Emotionally Healthy Relationships Day by Day: A 40-Day Journey to Deeply Change Your Relationships, Peter Scazzero says, "In some Christian circles, repressing or disavowing authentic emotions is considered a virtue or perhaps even a gift of Spirit....But this is not the model we find in Jesus, who freely expressed his emotions without shame or embarrassment...."
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In their book, Reading Biblical Greek, Richard J. Gibson and Constantine R. Campbell say, "Consider this sentence: 'The old man just said, “You missed the boat.”' It's possible to paraphrase this sentence: 'The geriatric male recently explained, “You’re late for the ferry.”' However,...the sentence could consist of two idiomatic expressions. The old man is a common colloquial expression for my father. You missed the boat could be slang for you wasted the opportunity. In that case:
'My dad just said, “You blew your chance,” would be a much more accurate rendering of the intended meaning'...."
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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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