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Spurgeon: “You are free to approach the throne of grace”

Posted on September 19, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

“The liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”  — Galatians 5:1 This “liberty” makes us free to heaven’s charter—the Bible. Here is a choice passage, believer, “When thou passest through the rivers, I will be with thee.” You are free to that. Here is another: “The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my […]

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Trusting God When Trials Hit

Posted on September 16, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Let’s face it: we know how difficult trials can be. We often lay wounded and troubled in the trenches of daily life. What’s worse is when trials test our trust in God. Where do we place our hope in these circumstances? Does my life reflect that God is my hope? Or, when trials hit, does […]

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The Gospel: First Revealed in the Garden

Posted on September 5, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) The holy gospel was not first revealed by Jesus during His earthly ministry. It was first revealed by God in the Garden of Paradise. From those […]

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Introducing the All-New Blue Letter Bible!

Posted on September 3, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

We are happy to announce that the new Blue Letter Bible is now live! For over a decade we have continued to add new study resources and features without changing the overall layout of our site. Now our new version offers easier accessibility to the Bible study resources and features that you use the most. […]

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Important Notice: BLB will be updating on September 2nd

Posted on August 26, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Beginning at 12:00 AM PDT Monday, September 2nd, we will be performing the migration of Blue Letter Bible to its new redesign, labeled BLB V3. Both BLB v3, and the existing BLB site will be completely unavailable during this transition. It is expected to take several hours, but our goal is to have the site […]

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Bob Hoekstra on the Promises of God (Review)

Posted on August 23, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Over the last couple months, we ran a series of blog posts by Bob Hoekstra on the promises of God. One reader called it one of his favorite BLB blog series, saying, “I am so thankful to have God’s promises to read and study… it helps me keep my mind on God’s love, goodness, power, […]

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Hoekstra: How We Are to Respond to God’s Promises

Posted on August 21, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” […]

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What Twitter Users Are Saying About the BLB

Posted on August 16, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Do you follow us on Twitter? Here’s what others are saying on Twitter: By the way if you want a good bible app get the Blue Letter Bible app — Who am I? (@Iamwhoismoses) August 17, 2013 https://twitter.com/theAllisenByrd/status/368223749990285312 Beta testing the new @BlueLetterBible and good night it is so dang awesome!!! — M Cory Skipper […]

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Hoekstra: God’s Faithfulness and His Promises

Posted on August 15, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:23) Previously, we’ve reflected upon God’s ability in conjunction with His promises. The capability of the one making promises is strategic when promises are made. When relating God’s ability to His promises, we have full assurance that […]

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Hoekstra: The Promise of a New Heaven and New Earth

Posted on August 13, 2013 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance…Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:9, 13) In our previous meditation, […]

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