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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. Discern—Notice God in Everything: An Interview with Stephen Macchia   Have we forgotten the basic premise of practicing a preference for God in our daily lives? Have we implanted strategic planning, head-to-head battling, and will-of-God knowing in its place? How should we prioritize the care of our souls, the grace of our communities, and the mission of our lives, churches, and organizations? Bible Gateway interviewed Stephen Macchia about his book, The Discerning Life: An Invitation to Notice God in Everything (Zondervan, 2022). Read In Full LUMO Project Videos Dramatize the Gospels on Bible Gateway   One way to enhance your experience when you read any of the four Gospels on Bible Gateway is to scroll all the way down in the STUDY tab to look for the free LUMO Project video that corresponds to the passage you're reading. Here's the list of Bible references where you'll find LUMO videos and the corresponding Scripture passages they dramatize on Bible Gateway… Read In Full Take the 10 Minutes with Jesus Audio Challenge   We challenge you to spend 10 minutes with Jesus each day for 16 straight days. Sign up and listen to the 10 Minutes with Jesus audio devotional. Each day, for 16 days, you'll receive one audio chapter from the Gospel of Mark out of the Breathe Bible Audio New Testament. Begin now and you'll complete the Gospel of Mark with the story of Jesus' resurrection in time for Easter Sunday, April 17…   Read In Full Access Bible Gateway Plus Resources IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR YOU   Review previous editions of Bible News Roundup and Weekly Brief. Watch the video (click the INTRO tab) that introduces the book of 1 Thessalonians. Read the INTRO tab to the deuterocanonical book, Ben Sira.  Visit the Bible Gateway Pastor Resources Page. Learn about MasterLectures. Become a member of Bible Gateway Plus. Descriptions of all Bible reference resources available to you with a Bible Gateway Plus membership. 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Learn More & Join How to Live the Bible — How to Be Really Great   In this 201st lesson on how to live the Bible, pastor and author Dr. Mel Lawrenz asks, "What kind of counsel or comfort or advocacy do you need from God at this time in your life?…" 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 Bible Verses for Holy Week and Easter   Looking for Bible verses for Holy Week and Easter? Here are portions of Scripture to help focus your attention during each day of Holy Week…   Read In Full See the Lent and Easter resources in in the FaithGateway Store Shop Bible Gateway Deals Jesus: The Word Made Flesh   Andrew Klavan, author of The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus (Zondervan, 2022), says, "The meaning of Jesus' life is the meaning of everything. His truth is truth. His right is right. His beauty is beauty. These are human ideas—truth, right, beauty. These are ways we humans experience the indescribable Logos. But how do we know our truths are true, our right is right, our beauty is beautiful? We know by knowing Jesus…" Read In Full Evidence for the Resurrection: 5 Reasons the Early Church Couldn't Have Made it Up   What is the evidence for Jesus' actual bodily resurrection? What facts related to the resurrection can be shown to be true beyond reasonable doubt—even when placed under the microscope of historical and critical scrutiny? Here are five… Read In Full What Does the Bible Say About Fools?   According to the Encyclopedia of The Bible on Bible Gateway, folly is wrongheadedness; it's the opposite of wisdom. 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