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Bible News Roundup – Week of April 24, 2016

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Entire Bible Will Be Read Aloud May 1-5 on Steps of US Capitol in 90 Hour Annual Bible Reading Marathon
Christian Newswire
DC Bible Marathon website
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Bible Reading Marathon Starts Sunday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa News

Bible-Reading Volunteers Sought This Week in Alabama
The Troy Messenger

Highest US Military Court Hears Marine’s Religious Freedom Case Concerning Bible Verse
Stars and Stripes
Read Isaiah 54:17 on Bible Gateway

Oklahoma Voters to Decide on Return of Ten Commandments Monument
Associated Press
Read the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20 on Bible Gateway

Ancient Sticky Notes Shift Secular Scholars Closer to Evangelicals on Bible’s Age
Christianity Today
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Early Draft of King James Bible Brought to Light
The Times Literary Supplement
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The Book of Kells: Medieval Europe’s Greatest Treasure?
BBC

Full-Scale Noah’s Ark Embarking to Brazil for Olympics
The Times of Israel
Ark of Noah Foundation website
Read the story of Noah’s Ark from the book of Genesis on Bible Gateway

North Carolina Student Thinking of Isaiah 12:3 Develops Water Filtration System for Third World Countries
ABC11 WTVD
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1920s Time Capsule Opened at Iowa Elementary School; Bible Inside
Muscatine Journal

Local Church in Beijing Launches New Ministry of Bible Transcribing
China Christian Daily
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China Reveals What It Wants to Do with Christianity
Christianity Today

Russian Sign Language Bible Being Translated
OneNewsNow.com
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Oral Learners Hear the Gospel with the Help of Updated Tools
Mission Network News

Iranians Are Coming to Faith in Christ and Requesting Bibles
Church Central
Read the Bible in Persian on Bible Gateway

Irish Solicitors Told to Carry Bible and Quran to Administer Sworn Affidavits
ABNA

How a Bible Dropped by an Australian Soldier in Gallipoli Made Its Way Home
The Sydney Morning Herald

Rare 1579 Bible Surprise Auctioneers When It Sells for 5 Times the Original Estimate
Christian Davies Antiques

Christian Women Most Persecuted in World
Premier
Christianity Today

Trevi Fountain in Rome Dyed Red to Represent Blood of Christian Martyrs
Premier
Blog post—I Am N: An Interview with Cole Richards and Jason Peters
Blog post—International Day(s) of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
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The World’s Largest Churches
Leadership Network

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