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Thomas Nelson Bibles, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, and bestselling authors Michael & Hayley DiMarco, announce the release of The TEXT Bible: Uncover the Message Between God, Humanity, and You (Thomas Nelson, 2022), a new Bible for students, young adults, and new believers.
The TEXT Bible (website) introduces the new Bible engagement method called TEXT:
to help readers of every experience level interact with God’s message.
Why is baptism important? For thousands of years, the ceremony of baptism has been, and continues to be, an emotionally powerful depiction of positive change in a person’s life. While it extends beyond Christianity, for the Jesus follower there are at least 7 reasons why baptism is important: Jesus modeled it, Jesus commanded it, it’s a public confession, it signifies a new name, it represents a new life, it establishes a new identity and it unifies the faith.
In the book Understanding Four Views on Baptism (Zondervan, 2007), editor John H. Armstrong says, “From the earliest days of Christianity baptism has been a rite of initiation. By this watery sign, made in the triune name of God, people are openly admitted into the life and community of the church. All agree that baptism is the symbolic door into the church.”
Colossae was an ethnically and religiously diverse city in modern-day Turkey where Jews and Gentiles co-existed. But the believers there had found themselves floundering as they tried to navigate what following Jesus looks like in a pluralistic society. So Paul wrote to the young church to confront individualism and the falsehood that the world revolved around them. This wasn’t just an issue for the Colossian Christians . . . it’s an issue for us today.
In this Q&A, Jay Y. Kim (@jaykimthinks) talks about his 6-session streaming video Bible study in the 40 Days Through the Book series, Colossians: One Jesus, One People (HarperChristian Resources, 2022).
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Do you wonder how to not be depressed as you encounter the personal pressures, polarization, and news stories of everyday living?
Depression—one of the most common mental health issues—is a mood disorder that negatively affects how you think, feel, and conduct your daily routines. Also identified as major depressive disorder, clinical depression, or chronic depression, the symptoms of depression can be subtle or obvious.
Prominent philosopher and professor J.P. Moreland experienced depression in its various forms and explains how to not be depressed in his book Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace (Zondervan, 2019).
[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, How to Overcome Anxiety and Depression: An Interview with J.P. Moreland]
Ongoing and progressive depression—for a period of two weeks or longer—can disrupt your everyday life. The symptoms of being depressed include:
This is the two-hundred-twenty-second lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here.
The world is a better place when millions of Christians study the Bible seriously, searching hard for the original meaning of its authors, uncovering the foundations on which all of life can be based. But the world is not a better place when those students of the Bible neglect to apply the truth of Scripture to real life, accurately and faithfully.
Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is proud to announce the release of the NIV Country Gospel Audio New Testament (Zondervan, 2022). This new audio Bible features 14 of country music’s biggest stars reading the New Testament in today’s bestselling modern-English Bible translation: the New International Version (NIV).
“We are thrilled to have partnered with country music artists we grew up listening to as well as some of today’s biggest names to bring this one-of-a-kind project to life. They all bring a new voice to this sacred text,” said Melinda Bouma, vice president and publisher of Bibles for Zondervan. “Our hope is that it reaches listeners right where they are with the beautiful message of God.”
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This is the two-hundred-twenty-first lesson in author and pastor Mel Lawrenz’ How to Live the Bible series. If you know someone or a group who would like to follow along on this journey through Scripture, they can get more info and sign up to receive these essays via email here.
I shudder to think how close I came to giving up on the Bible. Like many people, I tried for years to read Scripture in ways that were doomed to fail. My way of reading made the Bible hard to understand, and it made me think this book was perhaps too inscrutable or too out of date for me to pay attention to it.
Yes, it was convenient when other people picked out the good bits and made juicy quotes just perfect for a bumper sticker:
And then there is, “God helps those who help themselves.” Oops! That’s not actually in the Bible. But like many biblically illiterate people, I thought it was.
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