New American Bible Society Study Reveals Americans Find Hope in Scripture Amid Trauma
American Bible Society today released the third chapter of their 11th annual State of the Bible report, which highlights cultural trends in the U.S. regarding spirituality and Scripture engagement. Today’s release shows that Americans are finding comfort in Scripture and report a tendency to envision a more hopeful future when they regularly read the Bible. The first three chapters are…
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We all do crazy things, whether it’s an elaborate grade school prank or an unintentional blunder that haunts us at family gatherings. But we rarely think of people in the Bible pulling baffling stunts, especially people whose job was to speak for God. Yet throughout the Old Testament, God repeatedly calls prophets to do things that other people might think…
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“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” As a college freshman, I remember reading this line penned by Alexander Pope. Even as a young woman, I knew this line cut to the heart of what it means to be human. With hope, we can face all things—the mundane and the routine, the tragic and the catastrophic—and everything in between. The…
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The Good Lie Opens Tomorrow
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The other night, I called my friend, and I could tell something was wrong. Finally, she told me that her daughter, a former heroin addict, was in all probability using drugs again. This news came on the heels of her son being placed in juvenile detention for drug use a week earlier. “I pray,” she said. “I pray that God…
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