National Day of Prayer 2022: Here’s 7 Ways to Pray for America
Nearly 250 years ago, the Continental Congress called for Americans to turn to God in prayer and meditation for their budding nation. Since then, the National Day of Prayer emerged as a day of prayer and solidarity—inviting people of all faith backgrounds to unite in prayer for America. On February 3, 1952, the young Evangelist Billy Graham led 20,000 people…
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Genre: How to Read the Narrative and Law of the Bible
Genres are categories of literature, each with its own tone and techniques. The Bible uses a handful of genres—narrative and law, prophecy and letters, poetry, and apocalyptic literature. Understanding the genre in which the passage is written can help guide our reading. Follow the Biblical Genre Series to get the most out of your Bible reading. The Bible's story is…
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How to Walk Through Grief with Scripture
"James* collapsed this morning while running a marathon, and he passed away." Those are the words my husband whispered to me in disbelief as he pulled the phone away from his ear. The man who had stood with us in our wedding, the man who had enlisted in the Marines, the man who had promised to visit us the next…
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Pray for a New Bible for Young Quiché Speakers
Young Quiché speakers in Guatemala cannot read their Bibles. Why? Mayan Languages Academy in Guatemala recently created a new alphabet for the Quiché language, which means Quiché children and youth are being taught a different alphabet than the outdated one printed in their Bibles. Manuela Cotiy Suy, a young Quiché speaker said, “Now I cannot read the Bible because there…
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How to Find Sabbath Rest in a Globalizing World
Several weeks ago I attended the Q Conference. This year’s gathering in Nashville brought together Christian leaders and innovators to present their ideas, movements, and research in a series of nine-minute TED-style talks. I listened to each segment with a quickening heart. I wanted to take action. Dream bigger. Put all this new information into practice and impact the world.…
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Ethnicity in the Bible: A Closer Look into Jesus’s World
History is strewn with examples of ethnic groups being disregarded, persecuted, or treated as less than human. Tragically, isolated verses from the Bible have been used to justify such atrocities as the slave trade or anti-Semitism. But throughout the Bible we see God's intention to reach all races and nations with salvation (Genesis 12:2-3, Revelation 7:9). We see this the…
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Pray for Bible-Based Trauma Healing Ministry Leaders
As an international church leader and the wife of a pastor, Laura Burgueño had seen firsthand the deep wounds and pain of many Latino churchgoers. But Laura had no background in counseling and did not know how to address these experiences. Then she came across a magazine advertisement for American Bible Society’s Bible-based trauma healing ministry, which uses God’s Word…
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