During these unusual and unprecedented days, we need to regularly remind ourselves of God’s providence, power, and love. To that end, Bible Gateway has created the following 14-day Bible Reading Plan to help you focus your attention on God’s grandeur and greatness by reading Bible stories of his miraculous accomplishments and showing his desire to be involved in our lives.
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During this time of trial and uncertainty, when many of us are facing a fast-developing reality that includes ‘physical distancing’ and school and church closures, we at Bible Gateway are more aware than ever of our mission to be a source of light in God’s world.
We’re working hard to make sure our many visitors, followers, and members are readily equipped to read and understand the Bible, wherever they are. Many of us are at home, temporarily cut off from our larger communities. Many of us have children home from school. Many of us have jobs that have been thrown into uncertainty or are worried about the health of loved ones.
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Bible Gateway will continue to live out its mission and provide new opportunities to engage with God’s Word.
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We hope that both our free and our Bible Gateway Plus resources are especially helpful for you, whether you’re a pastor cut off from your physical libraries or research notes, or a Bible study leader trying to find creative ways to meet the needs of groups you may not be able to see in person, or if you’re just looking for ways to amplify your personal study of Scripture.
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I’m drawn repeatedly to Psalm 46, which pictures God as a refuge and fortress for his people in a time of earthly upheaval. And I’ve found these notes from the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary of the Old Testament especially useful to deepening my understanding of that Psalm.
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My prayer is that God would show us ways to bring his message to a world that’s been shaken and is looking wildly for answers. I hope Bible Gateway’s range of resources not only serve you where you are, I also hope all of us would be gifted with a renewed energy for spreading the message of the gospel in any way we can.
This is the ninety-seventh 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.
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Once in a great while our lives change dramatically all at once and on short notice.
That is where we live now. For many of us it was just days ago we suddenly realized that extraordinary changes would take place in order to slow down the spread of an invisible little virus called COVID-19. Who would have guessed businesses and schools and sporting events would be shut down? Even churches have to learn new ways for ministry to carry on.
A lot of Christian leaders are sending the word “fear not.” That is appropriate (the Bible says it many times), but there is so much more to say. We need to know the reasons for faith and peace.
An interlinear Bible is a word study tool for those interested in the Bible’s original languages and how the Bible was translated into English (or any other language).
The Bible was written primarily in Hebrew and Greek, and translating it into another language is naturally not a word-for-word task. Many Greek words require the use of more than one English word to properly convey its meaning, and word order must often be changed for the English to make sense.
A typical interlinear Bible is not a translation itself. It’s a way of showing the English words from a modern translation below the original language text. Students of the Bible who know or are learning Greek or Hebrew can use an interlinear Bible to conduct word studies and uncover information about translation choices and original meanings or nuances.
By Sara Hagerty
In the day when I cried out, You
answered me, and made me bold
with strength in my soul.
—PSALM 138:3, NKJV
This one day held incidental moments of aching strung together until dusk like clanging bells on my insides.
I snapped at the toddler, not so much because of his behavior as because of the text I received an hour earlier about the friend whose latest cancer scan showed signs of recurrence. That text hung in the backdrop of my day—buzz—as did the regret I had for my sharp tone and hurting child—buzz. I spent the late afternoon vacantly present, sautéing onions for dinner and sifting through the mail and ordering my mom a birthday gift, all while my mind spun. Three hours absent, yet a meal for (then) seven on the table, an extravagant birthday surprise in the mail, playdough distributed and manipulated and then swept off the floor.
A new study Bible for the 21st century has now been published that includes the reference material from a book that has continued to be a bestseller since the beginning of the 20th century. Zondervan Bibles has released the first-ever Halley’s Study Bible (Zondervan, 2020).
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With content gleaned from Halley’s Bible Handbook (Zondervan, 2014)—the most popular Bible handbook of all time and available as one of more than 40 study resources with your membership in Bible Gateway Plus—Halley’s Study Bible helps the reader understand the Bible through articles, study notes, charts, maps, and photos next to related Scripture.
With extended school closures around the country, many families are now facing a new reality this Monday morning. If you’re looking for learning opportunities to keep you and your children occupied during this time, Bible Gateway has a number of useful, free resources.
Streams in the Desert for Kids
Parents, if you’re looking for a devotional that you can read with your children, this devotional shares all the amazing scriptural insights from the original Streams in the Desert in ways that 9- to 12-year-olds can easily relate to–teaching them how to approach life’s most difficult issues.
When you sign up, you’ll also receive a free, printable reading plan of Bible verses that you can read with your children.
How to Nurture Great Kids Devotional
How do the examples you set as a parent nurture your children? Especially in times as stressful as this! Fortunately, God gives us guidance on how to be godly parents. Finding the time to locate his words of wisdom in the Bible; however, can be tricky, so this 21-day free email devotional will inspire you as a parent to embrace the role that God has given you. Sign up here!
The following is a Bible Gateway exclusive Sneak Peek and First Listen of Jesus Over Everything: Uncomplicating the Daily Struggle to Put Jesus First (Thomas Nelson, 2020) by Lisa Whittle (@LisaRWhittle). Order the book and unabridged audiobook on CD in the Bible Gateway Store.
By Lisa Whittle
I never got the simple life I wanted.
I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and thinking back to the simpler days, when I was six. I didn’t know much then about real life—about the highs and lows, the successes and failures. I just knew how to play. And to cuddle kittens. And to dream. And to love Jesus. As much as I wish I could go back to that place where I didn’t know about real life, I can’t. And if I had, I would have missed out on the journey, so I don’t truly want to.
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