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Bible News Roundup – Week of April 23, 2017

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The Attitudes of Skeptics and Antagonists Toward the Bible
CT
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Latest Bible-Related Research

Americans Are Fond of the Bible, Don’t Actually Read it
LifeWay Research
CBN News: How Americans Treat Bible Reading Like Exercise

Jews Least Likely US Religious Group To Read Bible Weekly—And 2/3 Never Do
The Forward

Video: American Bible Society’s Jason Malec on Changing Perceptions of the Bible
Barna
Barna: State of the Bible 2017—Top Findings
American Bible Society: News Release
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, History of the American Bible Society: An Interview with John Fea

53 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically
Biblical Archaeology Review
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Interview: Bible Scholar Confirms 50 Real People in the Bible
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A Popular Public School Bible Class in West Virginia Faces Legal Challenge
The Washington Post

He’s Memorized 42 Books of the Bible and You Can, Too
The Center for Biblical Spirituality
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Praying the Bible: An Interview with Donald Whitney
See Bible Engagement: Scripture Memorization on Bible Gateway

Pastor Opens Bible Museum in Downtown Houston, MO
Houston Herald
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, A Collection of Bible Museums & Exhibits

Bible Truck, Traveling Exhibit Detailing History of the Bible, to Arrive in Sedalia, MO
Sedalia Democrat

Reading John’s Gospel in the Former Madrid Inquisition Square
Evangelical Focus
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Participants Know the ‘Drill’ in State Bible Drill Tournament Competition
The Baptist Message

Sign Language Bible Translation Standards Established
DOOR International

Gideons International Visits Fujian, China Presenting Copies of Bible
China Christian Daily

Princeton University Library Acquires a Vellum Fragment of the Gutenberg Bible Preserved as a Book Cover
Princeton University Library

Ministry that Taught Australian Catholics to Read the Bible to Close
The Catholic Leader
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, CNN: A Catholic Reads the Bible
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1839 Bible Reunited with Descendant of Original Family
WZZM-TV

Biblica on Art and the Bible
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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Nearly 10,000 Bibles Later, ‘The Bible People’ Are Still Going Strong in Tennessee
Independent Herald
Read the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible on Bible Gateway

Educated Evangelicals Are More Religious
CT

Study: Evangelicals, Charismatics are Most Prepared for Persecution
Christian Today
Report: In Response to Persecution
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, I Am N: An Interview with Cole Richards and Jason Peters
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Pope Francis Gives TED Talk
RNS
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, CNN: A Catholic Reads the Bible
Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Tweetable Pope
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Who Pastors the Pastor? Even Ministers Suffer from Suicidal Thoughts
The Washington Post
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