By Michael A. Grisanti and Todd Bolen
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What route did the Israelites take out of Egypt, and where exactly did they cross the Red Sea? Despite the detailed biblical narrative, the exact route of the exodus is difficult to determine because many of the locations mentioned in Scripture remain uncertain. Scholars have suggested different possibilities for nearly every stage of the journey.
By examining the biblical accounts alongside the geography of ancient Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, we can piece together a possible route from Rameses, across the Red Sea, and onward to Mount Sinai—and discover how the journey reveals God's power, provision, and purposes for his people.
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Bible News
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Biblical Scholar Uriel Simon Dies at 97 — October 25: Israeli scholar and professor Uriel Simon, who pioneered literary analysis of the Hebrew Bible, died September 30 in Jerusalem. He explored repetition, narrative silence, irony, and secondary characters, arguing that familiar biblical characters are morally complex figures deserving careful attention and empathy. His influential commentary on Jonah framed the prophet’s flight and resistance as a struggle between strict justice and divine mercy. (New York Times)
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Major Bible Commentaries Published in Arabic — October 25: Five volumes from the New International Commentary series are now available in Arabic, covering Genesis, Psalms, Galatians, and Ephesians. Produced by Lebanon’s Arab Baptist Theological Seminary and Dar Manhal al Hayat, the translations address a shortage of detailed Arabic-language biblical scholarship. They examine original languages, historical context, theology, and difficult passages while encouraging future scholarship rooted in the Arab church. (Christian Daily)
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AI Companies Turn to Religion for Moral Guidance — October 25: Anthropic and other tech companies have consulted scholars, clergy, philosophers, and ethicists from more than 15 religious and cross-cultural groups while considering how AI models like Claude should reflect “good character.” Participants praise the serious engagement, but caution that faith goes beyond a set of rules to follow, and extracting universal moral rules from so many traditions risks blending their distinct beliefs into a flattened ethical consensus. (AP)
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Global Bible Month 2026 runs from November 1–30, inviting people around the world to engage with God’s Word for 30 consecutive days. Whether you’re opening the Bible for the first time or looking for a fresh start, this event offers an opportunity to (re)build a daily rhythm of reading, reflection, and prayer.
At its most basic, Global Bible Month is simply about reading the Bible every day during the month of November, and you can do that however you’d like. But if you’re looking for a little more direction or some new ideas to help you stay in the Word this month, here are some places you can start.
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Spiritual practices, sometimes referred to as spiritual disciplines, are a great gift to us. They are given as ways to deepen our relationship with God and loosen the hold the world has on us. The one practice that may attain that result the quickest, though certainly not the easiest, is fasting.
In the New Testament, the Jewish community practiced fasting twice a week. We know that Jesus fasted. We know that his disciples refrained from fasting while Jesus was with them, and we know that Jesus assumed they would resume a practice of fasting once he left.
Jesus taught in Matthew 6:16, “when you fast.” But for modern day Christians, fasting is not a commandment. It is encouraged, but not required.
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