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For many centuries, Christians have used the season of Advent to prepare their hearts for Christmas. The word “advent” comes from the Latin word adventus and simply means “coming” or “arrival.” Advent begins each year on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, which this year is December 1. It is a season in which Christians remember […]
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Every year, Thanksgiving serves as a reminder for us to give thanks to our Creator, “for he is good; his love endures forever” (1 Chronicles 16:34). This year, it is especially important to praise Him and remember that “…dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations” (Psalm 22:28). In our annual Give […]
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Recently, I’ve wondered how often I allow my circumstances to dictate how I feel about God. It’s not that I (or any of us, probably) vocalize the question: based on what’s happening, how do I feel about God right now? Intuitively, I understand that how I feel about God is irrelevant to who he is. […]
Filed under Bible Gateway Plus, Bible Reflections
In a recent post on biblical concordances, I explained how a concordance is used as a means of studying Scripture. By using a concordance’s index and finding the original-language word that the English has been translated from, a Bible-reader can come to understand the text in a deeper way than by simply reading the Bible […]
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In a society frantically searching for happiness, bestselling author Max Lucado provides a personal plan for a life filled with a lasting and fulfilling joy that often eludes the world. This joy, supported by Jesus’ teaching and supplemented by modern research, is the topic of his new book: How Happiness Happens. And you can get […]
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What is a biblical concordance? Put simply, a concordance is an index—in most cases, alphabetical—that supplies the location and usage of words in the book. In its simplest form, you might use a biblical concordance, for instance, if you want to find all the passages in the Bible that contain the word ‘love.’ Most Bibles […]
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Anyone who’s taken a casual glance at the history of the Christian church knows that it’s complex and fraught with conflict. Even in Paul’s day, there was misunderstanding and division. Something like our modern understanding of denominations had already sprouted up as various churches and groups pronounced their dedication to specific teachers or leaders in […]
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Can’t read ancient Greek? Neither can I. Which is why we made a recent update to one of the most detailed dictionaries on Bible Gateway Plus. We wanted the New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology to be far more accessible for those who don’t have biblical Greek language training. Or even for those who do!
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Over the past few months, Bible Gateway Plus has been updated with a collection of volumes of the celebrated NIV Application Commentary. The NIV Application Commentary is a robust Bible reference series, the goal of which is to bear a scholar’s level of focus on each individual book of the Bible. Each volume is edited by a […]
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