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Bible News Roundup – Week of August 7, 2016

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Trevin Wax Named Bible & Reference Publisher at B&H Publishing Group
News Release
Read the HCSB on Bible Gateway

Divers Quote Bible Before Winning Silver at Olympics
Premier
Read Philippians 4:6 on Bible Gateway
See Greater Than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption by David Boudia with Tim Ellsworth in the Bible Gateway Store
Baptist Press coverage of the Olympics
Religion News Service coverage of the Olympics
See books related to the Olympic Games in the Bible Gateway Store

Highest Military Court Rejects Religious Freedom Defense in Bible Verse Case
CBN News
Read Isaiah 54:17 on Bible Gateway

Archaeology: Bible Name of Eshbaal on 3,000-Year-Old Clay Vase
NBC News
Read about Eshbaal in Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary on Bible Gateway
See resources about Biblical Archaeology in the Bible Gateway Store

Cambridge University Professor Simon Gathercole Lectures on Geography in the Bible
Wintery Knight
See Bible Atlases in the Bible Gateway Store

Shedding Light on the Old Testament’s Great Villain—the Philistines
Baptist Global News
Read about the Philistines in Smith’s Bible Names Dictionary on Bible Gateway
Read about the Philistines in Easton’s Bible Dictionary on Bible Gateway

Paperwork Filed for 10 Commandments Monument to be Placed on Arkansas Capitol Grounds
Arkansas Times
Associated Press
Read the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20 on Bible Gateway

Hamilton County Tennessee School System Receives Nearly $1 Million for Bible History Course
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Audio Scripture Ministries Reaches Audio Bible Distribution Goal of 417% Over Last Year
Mission Network News
Listen to audio Bibles on Bible Gateway

Ancient Illustrated Bible Found in Ethiopian Monastery
CBN News

6 Surprising Ideas the KJV Translators Had about Other Bible Translations
George Guthrie
Read the King James Version of the Bible on Bible Gateway

Swedish Church to Use Drones to Drop Thousands of Tiny Electronic Bibles into Jihadist-Controlled Iraq
The Local Sweden
The Telegraph

Japan Bible Society Congratulates the Publication of Manga Bible in China, Expecting Further Cooperation with China Church
China Christian Daily

Dedication and Celebration of New Takwane Bible
Mission Network News
Read various Bible translations on Bible Gateway

New Bible Translation Clears Way for Revival
The Alliance

Israel Museum Attempts to Show What Jesus’ Jerusalem Looked Like
CBN News

Decline in UK Christianity ‘Halts’
Premier
NatCen

North Korea Bans Crosses Amid Fresh Crackdown on Christians
Premier

US Ambassador Says Religious Freedom Is Seriously Lacking for 3/4 of World’s Population
RNS
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

Charred Bible from Balloon Crash Serves as Reminder of Victims
KVUE

Stained Glass Artist Lives on Through ‘Illustrated Faith’
Amarillo Globe-News

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