From Bible Gateway’s Weekly Brief

How a Middle Eastern Worldview Helps Us Better Understand Jesus: What are the cultural insights Westerners often miss when the Eastern context of the Bible is ignored? What were the ways Jesus taught that were thoroughly Eastern – rooted in story, honor, and community – yet appeal to Western thinking – based in reasoning and linear process – today? How does understanding Eastern idioms and customs make mysterious or seemingly confusing Bible passages understandable? In this Q&A, Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray talk about their book Seeing Jesus from the East: A Fresh Look at History’s Most Influential Figure. (Click here to read more.) 

Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020): Evangelist, Christian apologist, broadcaster, and prolific author, Ravi Zacharias, 74, died May 19, 2020, at his home in Atlanta, Georgia, two months after announcing doctors had discovered a malignant sarcoma tumor on his sacrum – a very rare cancer. (Click here to read more.) 

5 Psalms to Contemplate This Week: Here are 5 Psalms that represent a spectrum of emotions, from confidence to despair—sentiments that many of us might feel within the span of a single hour these days. (Click here to read more.)

Video – The Wonder Of Fingerprints and Galaxies: The Hubble Space Telescope discovered at least 265,000 galaxies in an area of sky so small it can be covered by a fingertip held at arm’s length.  (Click here to read more.)

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