by Andy Roland | Apr 19, 2022 | Bible, Easter, Jesus
THE SOURCES The story of Easter is well-known: the empty tomb, Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene in the garden, and later to his disciples. There are five sources for the story, the four gospels and Paul’ s letter to Christians in Corinth. The...
by Andy Roland | Mar 17, 2022 | Bible, Jesus, Post-modern times
THE GOOD MAN JESUS AND THE SCOUNDREL CHRIST In 2010 Philip Pullman published his novel about Jesus. The original back cover had the sublimely simple message “This is a story.” The novel is a strange mixture of complete imagination and biblical accuracy. ...
by Andy Roland | Mar 4, 2022 | Bible
SELLING BOOKS As usual, I was late in getting my books out there. ‘Journey through Lent with Jesus’ appeared a week after all the reviews of Lent books. Ah well. So I did my best to sell books in person, with some success. On Tuesday/Wednesday...
by Andy Roland | Feb 21, 2022 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
INTRODUCTION On September 24th 2020 I started writing my historical novel ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’ and published it a year ago. It did not make my fortune! However, I learnt more about Jesus during Holy Week through writing a fictional account than I had...
by Andy Roland | Jan 20, 2022 | Bible, Epiphany
WHAT IS EPIPHANY? There is a story of a new curate who was discussing church services with his vicar shortly before Christmas. The vicar noticed a slight shadow crossed the young curate’ face when he talked about January services and mentioned Epiphany....
by Andy Roland | Jan 12, 2022 | Bible, Christmas, Jesus, Religion
Do all Christians believe in the Virgin Birth? Probably not. How many Christians do believe that Jesus born of Mary while she was still a virgin? In a real biological miracle? Apparently 80% of Christians in the West do so. But 20% do not. ...
