Weekly Brief: God and the Pandemic; the Bible & America’s Founding Fathers; more news

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Weekly Brief is your 1-minute smart and fast report to keep you informed of important Bible-related trends, statistics, articles, and pivotal happenings on the Web and at Bible Gateway. Forward to your friends and share with your followers to encourage them to subscribe.   God and the Pandemic: An Interview with N.T. Wright   How are we supposed to think biblicaly about the Coronavirus crisis? Is it a sign of the end of the world? Is it a call for repentance? Is God judging the world? What should be our approach drawing on Scripture, Christian history, and the way of living, thinking, and praying revealed to us by Jesus? Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. N.T. Wright about his book, God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and its Aftermath (Zondervan, 2020). Read This Interview   Find Your Refuge in God: An Interview with Dr. David Jeremiah   Pastor, broadcaster, and author Dr. David Jeremiah believes reassurance can be found throughout the Bible—especially in the book of Psalms—both now during the coronavirus pandemic and during all of life's greatest challenges. Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. David Jeremiah about his book, Shelter in God: Your Refuge in Times of Trouble (Thomas Nelson, 2020). Read This Interview What Does the Bible Say about Wealth and Prosperity?   Costi W. Hinn, author of God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel: How Truth Overwhelms a Life Built on Lies (Zondervan, 2019), says, "Money tests our hearts like little else on earth. Whether it be the test of poverty or the test of prosperity, money brings out the best and worst in us. Probably the most important stewardship principle to remember is this: God owns everything...." Read More   IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR YOU See this week’s Bible News Roundup. Review previous editions of Bible News Roundup and Weekly Brief. Visit the Bible Gateway Pastor Resources Page. Learn about MasterLectures. Become a member of Bible Gateway Plus. 2020 is the Year Of The Bible. Select the free Bible Reading Plan

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How the Story of the Bible is Incredibly Unfair   Michael and Lauren McAfee, authors of Not What You Think: How the Bible Might Be Nothing We Expected Yet Everything We Need (Zondervan, 2019), say, "The story of the Bible is unfair....A blameless God creates humanity, which unfairly rejects its Creator. In story after story, the Bible's narrative is the same: God rescues his people and they reject his rule. And every rescue, from the flood to the exodus to the lions' den, is foreshadowing the greater rescue to come...." Read More

America's Religious History: An Interview with Thomas S. Kidd   Since the founding of America centuries ago, Americans have been a pervasively religious people. What is the theological and ethnic diversity and enduring strength of American religion in general, and Christianity and evangelical faith in particular? How have faith commitments and actions shaped the nation? Bible Gateway interviewed Thomas S. Kidd, author of America's Religious History (Zondervan, 2019). Read This Interview

Reading the Bible with America's Founding Fathers: An Interview with Daniel Dreisbach   No book was more accessible or familiar to the American founders than the Bible, and no book was more frequently alluded to or quoted from in the political discourse of the age. How and for what purposes did the founding generation use the Bible? How did the Bible influence their political culture? Bible Gateway interviewed Daniel L. Dreisbach about his book, Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers (Oxford University Press, 2017). Read This Interview

How to Live The Bible — Real Freedom   In this 110th lesson on how to live the Bible, pastor and author Dr. Mel Lawrenz says, "All people need to hear the sound of liberty ring loudly and clearly through their hearts and minds. And only the living God can deliver that kind of liberty...." If you want to know how to live the Bible every day, read this installment of his series on our Blog and encourage your friends and followers to receive it by email. Read This Week’s Lesson Browse the Personal Growth section in the FaithGateway Store.

God's Instructions to a New Nation   Robert Morgan, author of 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith (Thomas Nelson, 2020), says, "George Duffield, a Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia who served as chaplain of the Continental Congress, counseled and comforted General George Washington at Valley Forge. After the Revolutionary War was won and peace established, Duffield gave a powerful sermon praising God for his providence...." Read More

Bible Honored in US House of Representatives   In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of National Bible Week, Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado led an hour-long gathering on the floor of the US House of Representatives recounting the Bible's significance in the history of America and the recitations of Bible verses from members of Congress honoring the role the Bible has played in their lives. Watch The Video

American History's Entwined Relationship with the Bible: An Interview with Angela Kamrath   Look at a dollar bill and you'll read "In God We Trust." Visit the US Supreme Court and you'll see, on the South Wall Frieze, Moses holding the Ten Commandments. The US Capitol building includes the Congressional Prayer Room "to provide a quiet place where individual Representatives and Senators may withdraw to seek Divine strength and guidance;" it's stained glass window bears the words, "Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Psalm 16:1." From its founding, America has been heavily influenced by the Bible's message and principles. Yet many (if not most) people are unaware of the Bible's central role in US civic life...." Read This Interview

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