"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. Pakistani Asia Bibi whose life is in eminent danger is denied religious refuge status by the United Kingdom, Big Bang star Mayim Bialik criticizes the Bible's parenting advice, and Black Panther star Letitia Write reveals how her Christian Faith shapes her acting career.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. Former LGBTQ members plan march to tell how Jesus changed them, Pastor who spent two years imprisoned in Turkey shares the Bible verse that got him through, 13 Christians were beaten then released in the Sudan, and the Museum of the Bible removes a forgery from exhibit.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. Britain wants to add atheism to their religions class, an atheist in Australia turns to Jesus and the rumors may be true after all that China wants to edit the Bible to make it conform to their Communist ideology.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: While the Emmy Awards show continues to belittle Christians, an entire host of prestigious people continue to openly discuss their faith in public forums, including Chris Pratt, Mark Wahlberg, Odell Beckham, Jr. and more.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. Sarah Silverman blasphemes Jesus in latest skit, Michael Buble thanks God for his son's remission of cancer, a woman calls the cops against her parents who asked her to church, and two US states pass pro-life Constitutional amendments to outlaw abortion.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. Quebec tries to tell government employees to to stop wearing religious symbols to work, Bring Your Bible to School day happened, the Sudan releases Bibles wrongfully held in port Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are turning toward God, and many Christians have really bad theology.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: Chinese Christians strike back against persecution, The Wall Street Journal calls for humanity to move past cruel and oppressive concepts like hell as taught in the Bible, and a teenager survives 7 weeks at sea by reading his Bible and praying.
Ezra is a recounting of history surrounding God's sovereign rule over the world, while focusing on the restoration of his people, his law and his temple. If one reads the Kings, for example, one can't help but see the differences that took place over 72 years. When Nebbuchadnezar conqured Jerusalem in 586 BC he took all the gold implements from the temple and immediately displaced the Israelites. The Jews would never have been permitted to return to Jerusalem and restore their temple under Babylonian rule. So God had the Persians conquer Babylon 45 years later.
Don't blush. For over two thousand years followers of God have tried to make the Song of Songs about anything but what it is really about. It has been seen as an allegory of God's love for Israel, an allegory of philosophy, an allegory of Christ's love for the church, and a myriad of other allegories. The truth is, it's no allegory. This is a love poem. A poem written to honor God's gift of romance and sexual love in the context of a marital relationship. It is sometimes provocative, it is sometimes explicit and it is always beautiful. So don't blush.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. A California city tries to tax a local church in violation of state and federal laws and the Church of Latter-Day Saints is dropping the use of the word "Mormon" in hopes of gaining more religious credibility.
When we started this series on the names of God, I started with our previous three-day series, expanding on those paragraphs and turning them into full page studies. We're close to finishing the previous list, and as I've been researching I've found that my organization has something to be desired. For instance, I've learned that there are three primary names of God, 43 compound names using YHWH and 24 others based on El/Elohim. It's too late to correct the site, but we will do a better job when we publish the names in a PDF book we'll make available to our dedicated readers.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: Crosses across Henan province in China, and in Louisiana and Florida are being torn down, and the birth of the first red heifer in 2,000 years may signal the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
