Am I a Good Friend? 5 Bible Verses Offer Wisdom
Do you ever wonder if you’re being a good friend? If you’re an overthinker like me, you might spend time analyzing conversations with your friends. Did I give the right advice? Was our time together enjoyable? Is our friendship healthy? Too often, this thought process only ends in exhaustion and frustration. After all, each friendship is unique and comes with…
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Prayer Request: Philadelphia Leaders Training to Care for Trauma Victims
Leaders from the Philadelphia area will learn how to care for people hurt by trauma such as abuse, disaster or violence, at a Bible-based trauma healing training in May. In these sessions, participants learn the model for Bible-based trauma healing, explore their own past and need for healing, learn how to lead groups in a participatory way, and develop plans…
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Seven Easter Verses You May Have Missed
Chances are, you’ll use those great go-to Bible verses for your Easter services. Mary Magdalene mistaking Jesus for a gardener. Peter and John racing to the empty tomb. The strange encounter on the road to Emmaus. Perhaps even Thomas’s displays of doubt and faith. These are powerful accounts of a world-changing event. But the resurrection pops up in other Scriptures…
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The Women at the Tomb: Arriving at Resurrection
It is early Sunday morning and light is just beginning to seep above the horizon line. The garden is cool with night air, still damp with sleep. Trees, shrouded in darkness, start coming into focus. One leaf ignites after another. Then the first stir of life: two women, shuffling their feet, speaking in hushed voices. Their hands are wrapped around…
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4 Ways to Pray for Your Spouse When You Don’t Want To
“You’re always working and you’re never home to help me!” I complained. There, I said it. But was it true? Not really. I just wanted to get my point across so badly that I was willing to exaggerate the problem. Yes, he worked long hours to support our family, but I just wanted to be heard. I needed help. I…
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Prayer Request: Bible Translation in Rural China
The church in China continues to grow exponentially, with an estimated 1 million believers joining churches across the country each year. But there are 115 million people in China whose heart language is not Mandarin. Of those, about 77 percent don’t have access to Scripture in their native language. These individuals often live in remote areas and survive on less…
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2017 State of the Bible Report Offers New Insights into Bible Engagement in America
How do Americans understand and interact with the Bible in 2017? The latest State of the Bible report explores this question using survey data taken from a representative sampling of Americans. This year’s survey isn’t the first of its kind. Since 2011, American Bible Society and the Barna Group have worked together to publish an annual State of the Bible…
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