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| | | | What are the upside-down yet encouraging truths of the book of Job and other key Bible passages that remind us of the ways God is present in our pain? Why does God allow suffering? And why does God seem to go silent when we're in pain? How does a pastor work through his faith in the gut-wrenching three-year struggle his family endured with his son's cancer? Bible Gateway interviewed Adam B. Dooley about his book, Hope When Life Unravels: Finding God When It Hurts (Zondervan, 2020). |
| | | | How are we supposed to think biblicaly about the Coronavirus crisis? Is it a sign of the end of the world? Is it a call for repentance? Is God judging the world? What should be our approach drawing on Scripture, Christian history, and the way of living, thinking, and praying revealed to us by Jesus? Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. N.T. Wright about his book, God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and its Aftermath (Zondervan, 2020). |
| | Sarah Jackson, author of The House That Love Built: Why I Opened My Door to Immigrants and How We Found Hope beyond a Broken System (Zondervan, 2020), says, "When we create the kind of space where displaced, traumatized people feel they're home, even for a few hours, together we experience a bit of heaven on earth. I believe every small act of hospitality is a step toward Jesus' desire...." | |
IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR YOU
2020 is the Year Of The Bible. Select the free Bible Reading Plan that's right for you this year. | | | | For more than 50 years, Dr. John MacArthur has collected his pastoral and scholarly work to create the most comprehensive scriptural reference notes for the New American Standard Bible (NASB) translation. Thomas Nelson Bibles, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, has now released the fully redesigned and updated second edition of The MacArthur Study Bible (Thomas Nelson Bibles, 2020).... |
| | | | The global radio program Haven Today, heard on more than 650 radio stations by 500,000 daily listeners, featured Bible Gateway in its series on "Christians You Should Know." |
| | | | In his book, The Seven Longest Yards: Our Love Story of Pushing the Limits While Leaning on Each Other (Zondervan, 2019), Chris Norton recounts how, in a moment, he went from being a talented 18-year-old college football player with a promising future to flat on his back with a broken neck and a 3% chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his neck, much less walking again.... |
| | In this 110th lesson on how to live the Bible, pastor and author Dr. Mel Lawrenz says, "Living a God-filled life does not mean we schedule God for an appointment or two and feel satisfied that we did God the favor of squeezing him into a very busy schedule...." If you want to know how to live the Bible every day, read this installment of his series on our Blog and encourage your friends and followers to receive it by email. Browse the Personal Growth section in the FaithGateway Store. |
| | Can you find the titles of 25 books of the Bible mentioned in the paragraph in this Blog post? Some are in one word; some are a part of two or three words.... | | |
| | We know the Bible is one book, with one Author, that tells a single story, but how does that story fit together? We know the stories about Abraham, King David, Jesus, and the Apostles, but it's challenging to understand how it all fits together in God's plan. To help solve that puzzle, the Storyline Bible (Zondervan, 2019), which uses the New International Version (NIV) Bible translation shows how each individual book, and numerous biblical themes, connect together to tell one story of God's redemption in Jesus Christ.... | | |
| | The remedy to the reproaches and persecutions that assail the Christian is endurance, which Scripture often associates with feats of athleticism...." |
| | Reflect upon the glory and brilliance of God's creative power in this video: an unforgettable 2-minute celebration of life on Earth set to the music of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.... |
| | Irving Hexham, author of Encountering World Religions (Zondervan, 2019), says, "Whether people are Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, or followers of another religious belief system or none, they are all made in the image of God and have a personal history we rarely know. Our duty is to befriend them, help them understand the gospel, and invite them to accept Jesus as their Savior....." |
| | In these days of unrest, Bible Gateway's free email devotional, Worship & Word, will help lift your soul in adoration of God and out of the "miry clay" of current events. |
| | Browse the many free video presentations on the ChurchSource webcast channel by such authors as Clay Scroggins, Gary Thomas, Josh McDowell, Lee Strobel, and many more from whom you're able to learn at your convenience. |
| | Reading the Bible in multiple languages and multiple versions is always just a click away online at Bible Gateway and in print from the Bible Gateway Store, where you'll save money while supporting the ministry of Bible Gateway when making a purchase. | | | | | | |
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