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Bread and Wine in Lockdown
One of the most poignant conundrums of teh coronavirus pandemic is that of holy communion during social isolation.
7 THOUGHTS ABOUT DEATH
With the fear generated by the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the world, I think it is a good time to reflect on what we think about death. Here are seven thoughts. 1 It’s inevitable. Some years ago the British film director Nicholas Roeg...
LEARNING – WRITING – PUBLISHING
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APOCALYPTIC! Exploring Revelation
The Book of Revelation is a mix of worship and terror. This gives yo a bird’s eye view fo the whole story!
The Book of Job
Job: God mocks at the calamity of the innocent!
Friend: Does God pervert justice?
GOOD QUESTIONS!
Rev Andy’s News October 2019
www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com facebook/revandybooks twitter.com/rev_andy_books WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING? JAPAN Linda gave Peter and me a present at Christmas - a holiday in Japan! We had a fantastic holiday from 2nd to 16th October, including two 17-hour...
The Old Testament History or Myth?
History/myth: is it a binary choice? No! There are many more categories to consider when asking if we can trust the Old Testament. Autobiography; contemporary accounts; official records; propaganda; prophets’ stories; traditional history; legends/myths. Read on!
PSALMS – WHAT, WHEN & WHY
WHAT? Psalms - the best known and least understood bit of the Bible. Easy to find, though. Just open most Bibles in the middle, and there you have them. So, what are the Psalms? Originally a hymn book, created in and for the Temple in Jerusalem. But they...
NAVIGATING THE PROPHETS
30% of the writings of the Hebrew Scriptures are made up of the writings of the prophets. These are the scrolls of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Twelve - twelve short books. But they are hard to read because they are not in any chronological order. The...
HOLY SPIRIT
WHO/WHAT? WHEN? WHY? Who?/What? Language questions In the Old Testament the same word ‘ruach’ means both wind and spirit. So Genesis 1.3 can be translated, “the spirit of/from God was moving over the waters”, or “a wind from God was moving over the waters”....