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Bible News Roundup – Week of August 14, 2016

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Zondervan Releases NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible
Christian Newswire
Bible Gateway Blog post—NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: An Interview with John Walton and Craig Keener

California School District OKs Sharing Bible Verses
CBN News

Astronaut Jeff Williams Answers: “What is it Like to Read Your Bible & Pray on the International Space Station?”
The Southern Blog
Bible Gateway Blog post—First Liquid Poured on the Moon and the First Food Eaten There Were Communion Elements

US Air Force Base Launches Investigation Into Open Bible Placed In Front of a Computer Keyboard Workstation
The Colorado Springs Independent

Bible Society of Ghana Donates 20 Copies of the ESV Bible to the Judiciary Service
News Ghana
Read the English Standard Version of the Bible on Bible Gateway

Obit: Patrick Fenton, Translator of the Bible into Irish
The Irish Times

Do Copyrights Help or Hurt Bible Translation?
Christianity Today
Read multiple Bible translations in multiple languages on Bible Gateway

Archaeological Discovery: First Century Synagogue Confirms New Testament Accounts of Jesus Christ
The Christian Post

Destruction of Both Temples Supported by Archaeological Findings
Ynetnews
Read about the Temple in Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary on Bible Gateway
Read about the destruction of the temple in 2 Kings 25:8-17 on Bible Gateway
See resources about Biblical Archaeology in the Bible Gateway Store

An Essential Key to Understanding the Development of the NT Canon
canon fodder

Crowd-Sourcing Bibles: How Publishers are Helping Churches, Street Pastors, and the Homeless
Christian Today

Bibles in US Schools
Witness: BBC World Service

Legal Dispute Ends Over Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible
NPR

Bible Marathon Comes to Tama County Iowa Sept. 6-13
The Traer Star-Clipper

Nepal Bans Evangelistic Outreach
Adventist Review
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post—I Am N: An Interview with Cole Richards and Jason Peters
See resources on the topic of Christian Persecution in the Bible Gateway Store

Community Bible Engagement Encouraging Faith Responses
Mission Network News

American Bible Society Looks Back, Ahead
The Christian Century
Bible Gateway Blog post—History of the American Bible Society: An Interview with John Fea

Kentucky Family Works to Solve World War II Bible Heirloom Mystery
ABC 36 News
WKYT: Lincoln Co. couple returns WWII soldier’s lost Bible to family

Sending Them Home: Tennessee Woman Returns Bibles to Descendants
The Daily Times

How Celebrate Recovery Helped Evangelicals Open Up About Addiction
Christianity Today
See the Recovery Resources section in the Bible Gateway Store

What Alzheimer’s Disease Teaches us About the Soul
Deseret News
See books about the soul in the Bible Gateway Store

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