by Andy Roland | Jan 4, 2024 | Christmas, Newsletter, writing
A short month. On 18th, Christmas took over! PUBLISHING Most of my mental energy went on trying to get my books published and available. I wrestled with Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Print) and managed to get the e-book out on Kindle on 14th, but the book version...
by Andy Roland | Jan 1, 2023 | Christmas, Newsletter, Religion
Hell I learnt a lot about Hell this month. I bought Bart Ehrman’s ‘A History of the Afterlife’ on Kindle. Long, scholarly, but accessible. I started it at the end of October. In December I checked out ’hell’ in other religions, thanks to...
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. ...
by Andy Roland | Dec 27, 2020 | Christmas, Church, Prayer, Religion
Straight after Christmas the Church celebrates a whole string of saints – mostly a tale of difficulty, disaster and death. I have never celebrated them day by day, but this year seems an excellent time to start. So here goes: Saturday 26th Boxing Day...
by Andy Roland | Dec 20, 2020 | Christmas, Church, Church’s Year, Prayer, Religion
PRAYERS AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE BIRTH OF CHRIST SUNDAY 20th December A Christian prayer Almighty and everlasting God,Who stooped to raise fallen humanityThrough the child-bearing of blessed Mary;Grant that we, who have seen your gloryrevealed in our human nature,may...
by Andy Roland | Dec 28, 2018 | Christmas, Newsletter
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...
