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The Good News of the Jesus Film
The JESUS film in the Igede language showing in Nigeria.What if each culture and people group around the world were given the opportunity to hear the story of Christ in their own heart language or dialect? And what if they were not only able to hear it, but also experience it in a way they hadn't known before? These questions…
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Haitians Reach for the Hope of God’s Word
Mie Gisèle Roc sits by the tent that became her home after the earthquake.Scripture: “. . . people need more than food to live — they need every word that the Lord has spoken.” Deuteronomy 8.3b (CEV)On the afternoon of January 12, 52-year-old Haitian Mie Gisèle Roc was watching television at a friend's house. Suddenly, at 4:53 local time, the…
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Heath Evans Shares His Personal Faith
NFL veteran and fullback for the New Orleans Saints, Heath Evans talks about his faith and being a husband and father in the Elementz cover story.“Everything in my life was really based around raising me up in a home where I knew that Jesus was real,” says Heath Evans in the sixth issue of Elementz of Life™, which is American…
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Hong Kong Bible Society Tours U.S. with New Chinese Bible Translation
Through Journeys, God's Word can be delivered by SMS and a variety of other methods such as e-mail and audio.For the first time since 1919, 70 million Chinese Christians worldwide have an updated Bible in a language they can understand. The Revised Chinese Union Version (RCUV) provides an alternative to the Chinese Union Version, which is filled with characters that…
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In Memoriam
My parents, Conrad and Geraldine ArnoldGiven by Amy Arnold BrownMy father, Myrle BlyGiven by Ronald P. BlyThe Rev. Dr. Robert Galveston BratcherGiven by American Bible SocietyLindsey BrownGiven by B & B EnterprisesJames Cassel Sr., Grace Keiser McKinney and Helen M. RobinsonGiven by Keith P. RobinsonMy parents, Earl and Mildred ChewGiven by Thomas and Diane BoblaskyMy father, Oliver Curwood CollinsGiven by…
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In Memoriam: The Rev. Dr. Robert Galveston Bratcher April 17, 1920-July 11, 2010
Through Journeys, God's Word can be delivered by SMS and a variety of other methods such as e-mail and audio.This July marked the passing of a Bible translation hero. Dr. Robert Bratcher (in glasses) was a distinguished translator who worked with American Bible Society and United Bible Societies from 1957 to 1981. His most important project was the preparation of…
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