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Inside Our Newsletter

• Fund Raiser Update
• Christmas Thoughts and Traditions
• Childrens Ministry
• Out and About
• Financial Update
• Pastors Newsletter
• Bible.org Gets a New Look
• News from Near and Far
• Social Networking ( Facebook, Blogs and Forums)

 Bible.org Celebration and Fall Fund Raiser Update

We thank the Lord for his answered prayers and we celebrate his provision. We thank our matching fund donor and all you who donated to the Fall fund raiser. We asked God to raise up new donors that would help allow us expand the ministry across the Internet and help us staff the Chinese project and our 3rd world projects. God has answered our mutual prayers and HE gets the glory. We thought we would have the final result in by this newsletter but we are still waiting on mail sent by the deadline. We can praise him that we are close to our goal of using the available matching funds. Check the bible.org home page  in the next 2 days for the final result.

For all those who donated $100 or more we will give you access to Galaxie.com 's 750 years of theological Journals within our new Beta NET Bible Study Environment . ( We are working to get this in place by 1 Jan 2011) Even though the matching funds offer is over, we will continue to offer this access for gifts of $100, for a limited time.

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Christmas Thoughts and Traditions:

Christmas Thoughts: This is a  special time of year and it seems that all of the world stops and celebrates. Although the world is busy in creating memories, recalling past Christmas events, joining others in decorating homes and feasting with friends and families, we at Bible.org are rejoicing in an early arrival of Christmas due to your incredible generosity. The Staff at bible.org extends to you a huge THANK YOU. Thank you for your sacrifices, prayers, continued encouragement, and the desire to join us in this marvelous journey.

Christmas Traditions: What do you envision when you think of Christmas,  is it Christ or is it ideas from years past?   Do you have a special tradition that you and your family do each year? Would you like to start a new tradition this year?  Here are some ideas from the bible.org staff:

• Consider a new tradition such as giving the Ultimate Study Bible, a unique First Edition NET Bible and
• our new Christmas story on CD. (A scripture reading concerning the birth of Jesus Christ from The NET Bible®. The reading is illustrated with video topographical maps, the artwork of James Tissot (1836-1902) and background Christmas music from the “Keys of Christmas” CD by Larry Kent. )
• Check out the bible.org store for all of the ideas for your loved ones.

 Christmas Ideas: While we are talking about Christmas, check out the many ideas offered on our new home page! Take a look at the new and improved bible.org site. Here are a couple of ideas to spur your holiday:

Do you have some "grinches" in your midst telling you that it is wrong to celebrate Christmas? Check out the thoughts on this article: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas by J. Hampton Keathley III which will surely help you change their minds.

How about those who want to question and challenge Is 7:14 and Matt 1:23 about the word "virgin"? Jeffrey Volkmer answers all of this and makes us want to shout from the housetops, God Has Been, Is, and Will Be With Us!

And last, rejoice with Martin Luther as you read his prayer: Dear Sweet Jesus

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NEWS FROM THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

Often as we enter the busyness of December we talk about the traditions of our families and friends. Some of these are baking gingerbread houses and Christmas cookies complete with sugary frostings and toppings. We send Christmas cards with family photos; decorate a tree and put up lights. To help you prepare children for this special day with a bibllical perspective, The Children's Ministry has put together a December Advent Calendar for you to use. You can access, download and print your own copy.

Here's a snippet for you to see:  
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 OUT AND ABOUT SHARING THE NEWS OF BIBLE.ORG AT CONFERENCES

The "Hat Lady" has had the joy and pleasure of doing some conferences in November. It has been her delight to meet so many new people who have not heard of bible.org! First was the DTS Women's Conference and then the ACSI (Assoc of Christian Schools International) . What a surprise to find that John Craig, the South-Central Director of ACSI had posted bible.org as a recommended resource in his newsletter ! We are so grateful for his promotion of bible.org. The "Hat Lady" will stay put for December but stay tuned as she branches out to new and exciting adventures in 2011.

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FINANCIAL UPDATE^**

 At bible.org we are thankful for your continued support of the ministry. Next months report will include all the Fall Fund Raiser results. We are already thanking God and You for the very successful campaign which allows us to continue our focus of “Ministry First” and supplying trustworthy biblical material free for you to use in your ministry and personal study. God has richly provided each and every need that we have had this past year and we praise Him for his provision and protection. Our staff remains committed because we have seen His hand in your thankful offerings.

To Help us to harness the Internet for God, donate now by clicking HERE

Note-** All income (Donations and Bible sales/revenues) are accounted for. As store sales exceed store expenses those profits will be reported as a donation to the foundation.

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Pastors we have a new newsletter just for you.

It is called Pastors' Notes and it really is for pastors only. It has encouraging notes, tech tips, inside information and specials just for pastors.  To receive this newsletter login to your bible.org account, click on my account under your name on the right side, click on the edit tab, click on personal information, scroll down and make sure that one of the pastors boxes is clicked.  We will be making a list, and checking it twice, to make sure that only pastors are on this list.

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Bible.org gets a new look

Our team has been hard at work creating things like the new Beta Net Bible Online study tool, The NET Bible tagger and many other cool tools and widgets that you can use in everyday online life.  This time we put our efforts into our look. By the time you are reading this we should have a new look on our site.  Our Home Page is what changed the most but our whole site has a new look. We are trying to bring you as much information to your finger tips as we can.  Don't worry if your not sure what to do or how to use it just click on the help button and we will have some instructions on how to get through it.

Please let us know what you think. Email us or take the survey at the bottom of the page on the right.

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 NEWS FROM NEAR AND FAR

The Bible.org mailbox has been filled with news and yes checks for the Celebration Fund Raiser.  What praises each day. You have brought such joy to this office!

Here is one special letter to show you how bible.org has been used just this month:

I just want to let the ministry know that it really helped to break down Eccles 11:1-6. I was having a rough day , asking God why do I feel like I am doing nothing with my time and life and why do I go through season that I am "busy" only to come back to that I have done nothing..... and when I got home , the Spirit was telling me to read Eccles and I just went through the notes that I had and came across Eccles 11:6. It really stood out to me. The Spirit told me to read another translation and that's how I came to your website! I read the whole break down and really did the study question....... It answered all my questions and stirred up the gift within me... Thank God for the ministry.  Thank you for obeying God so those like me can stop playing it safe and take risk. Peace and blessings!

Thank you Loretta for your kind thoughts and excitement at finding bible.org.

FACEBOOK UPDATES: As of the end of Nov we are seeing an upsurge of users. The total is now up to 13,511 users on facebook. Here's just one comment posted that might encourage you to become a Facebook Fan and study the Character of God.

Posted by Sue as a challenge to all of us:  Priceless is focusing on the character of God. I intentionally study the character of God on a daily basic. I have been so very much blessed in doing so. May the Blesser Himself bless our lives with His Presence continually.

BLOGS: The Tapestry Team has grown! We now have new sub bloggers. Be sure to check them out as new faces and new ideas are shared. The Heartprints Team has also grown. Soon, Ed Gossein will begin as a new children's ministry blogger. You can read his first entry blog come Dec. 3rd. The men's blog team, Impact, continues to challenge our thinking beyond this universe. Check out Hal Warren's ideas about Lucifer and the Scroll of Authority. Watch out Harry Potter, Hal has more excitement than you will ever know!

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The Staff and all our authors and volunteers at Bible.org wishes you and yours a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR.