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Zondervan Releases Amplified Journal the Word Bible

Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is pleased to announce the release of the Amplified® Journal the Word® Bible. Zondervan published the first Journal the Word Bible in 2016 and is now making it available in the Amplified translation for the first time.

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Meet the Women of God’s Story: Zondervan Releases NIV Kingdom Girls Bible

Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is proud to announce the release of the Kingdom Girls Bible in the bestselling New International Version (NIV) translation. The NIV Kingdom Girls Bible is specifically crafted to highlight the stories and lessons of the inspiring, famous, and sometimes infamous women of the Bible. With more than 400 […]

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Jesus’ Last Words on the Cross: It Is Finished

By Charles Martin If the death of Jesus means something, then I think the doorway to a better understanding is one word. Spoken by Jesus with His last breath, just before He gave His Spirit to His Father. The mushroom cloud rising out of the kingdom of darkness was ignited by one word. Tetelestai—“It is […]

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Is God Really Good? How to Be Trained in Truth

By Susie Larson Our Enemy sees our potential long before we ever do. He starts when we’re young and not only targets our gifting and future calling, but he also goes after those tender places of vulnerability. All you need to do is look back into your childhood, and you’ll likely find a pattern of […]

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Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. to Leave Footprints by Senate Chaplain Barry Black

From HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Bible Gateway’s parent company, comes a six-session video Bible study based on the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Share the Dream, you will look at 6 biblical principles that shaped Dr. King’s life and motivated him to speak out in the Civil Rights Movement: love, conscience, […]

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Conversations to Encourage You: the Bible Connection Podcast

As we begin a new year, many of us take an opportunity to reflect on and reset our rhythms of spiritual health. Our prayer lives, Bible reading habits, how we can encourage others—and where we might need encouragement as well. One of the ways we at Bible Gateway can help? With all-new episodes of the […]

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Announcing the EasyEnglish Bible

Bible Gateway is pleased to announce a new Bible translation has been added! After several requests from you, the EasyEnglish Bible is now available to everyone and we want to thank MissionAssist for making it happen. The vision that inspired the translators of the EasyEnglish Bible was a desire to help people from every country to read […]

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A Lesson from Mary: God’s Humble Servant

By Kathie Lee Gifford & Rabbi Jason Sobel Rabbi Jason God chose perhaps His most unlikely vessel to set into motion the salvation of mankind: a teenage girl named Mary. Mary thought she was waiting for a wedding to a carpenter named Joseph, but something came to her that was far different—an improbable event she never […]

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Using the Thompson Chain-Reference Bible at Advent

While the Bible doesn’t say anything about observing the tradition of Advent, this tradition has existed within the global Christian church for centuries. It is nearly as old as the church itself, with the earliest mentions of the tradition happening as early as 380 AD at the Council of Saragossa. While that council was responding […]

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The Dove as a Symbol of the Holy Spirit

By R.T. Kendall I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, “He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.” […]

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