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It has changed people's lives for 2000 years. It is still as influential as ever.
The Bible is a book that can shape you and through you shape the world.
But the Bible takes a bit of reading!
There are places on the Internet that you can go for help.
A good way into the Bible is to turn to a fascinating web site called The Bible the Book that Bridges the Millennia--it is full of timelines interesting background information and online videos to help you into the Bible.
If you want to do some serious study of the New Testament the best place to start is at the New Testament Gateway
For the story of Jesus Highbury's Minister has put together a web site that accompanies the Video, Jesus: Today, Tomorrow, forever? It will take you through the life of Jesus and on the links page introduce you to further resources on the web.
If you want to find the text of the Bible or commentaries on particular passages the best place to start is at The Text this Week. The Scripture Concordance will take you to comments on passages from the Bible, the Art Concordance will take you to great works of art illustrating particular passages and the Movie concordance will take you to film clips that illustrate passages from the Bible.
The Bible is very much a book for today. Visit the Bible Society web site to find out how it is being used in today's world.
To find out what the Bible says about a lot of modern issues try www.church.co.uk/study
And to find out about all the languages the Bible has been translated into try going to World Scriptures.
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