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REV ANDY’S NEWS January 2019
A month of talking and blogging on science and religion, plus posting on Secret London and Secret Jerusalem. Plus ideas for a book on being credible in the post-modern world
Genesis 1 & Modern Science
Many Christians take Genesis 1 as a literal account of how the earth and the universe came to be. This is a misunderstanding.
Rev Andy’s News December 2018
www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com Hi Friends December is a crescendo of activity right up to Christmas. I am afraid that for Linda and me preparations have taken a bit of a back seat due to Brexit (Linda) and all my para-writing activities, see below: Talk...
Christmas: what’s the evidence?
Were there actually lobsters at the stable when Jesus was born? Was there even an inn-keeper? What do we know about the birth of Jesus and does the story stack up historically? What’s the evidence?
Rev Andy’s November News 2018
REV ANDY’S NEWS NOVEMBER 2018 www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com Marketing is spelt p-e-o-p-l-e. I have been doing a lot of thinking about marketing over the last couple of months and have come to an amazing conclusion: Marketing is about people. It might be...
Paul and the Spirit
PAUL AND THE SPIRIT Introduction At first sight Paul’s teaching about the Spirit presents no problems. What he writes was not contentious then and is relatively uncontentious now. But the Spirit was so central to Paul’s understanding of his faith that it is worth...
PAUL AND GRACE
PAUL AND GRACE What is it? Grace was one of St Paul’s favourite words. “Grace and peace be with you” was his normal greeting. And his whole theology can be summed up in the sentence, “By grace you have...
Paul on Faith
PAUL ON FAITH A Tricky Word Faith is a tricky word. It has at least two meanings, faith that … and faith in … ‘Faith that’ can often replace ‘believe that’, e.g. that God exists, that Donald Trump is a great American president etc. ‘Faith...
Paul on Justification in Romans
PAUL ON JUSTIFICATION (or something) The problem of translation When I first started thinking about Paul’s message of justification in Romans, I thought the task would be fairly straightforward. I soon realised...
PAUL AND THE LAW
PAUL ON THE LAW (or Torah) Introduction A major theme that Paul seemed to talk about a lot was the Law. In fact he only talked about it when he needed to, specifically in his letters to the Christians in Rome and Galatia. It is barely mentioned in 1...