by Andy Roland | Apr 17, 2020 | Church, Religion
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has created great disruption but also opportunities. For Christians one of the most poignant conundrums is that of holy communion during social isolation. For many Christians, taking the bread and wine of Holy Communion each week...
by Andy Roland | Mar 25, 2020 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible, Easter, Post-modern times, Religion
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...
by Andy Roland | Jun 10, 2019 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible, Pentecost
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”....
by Andy Roland | May 15, 2019 | Bible, Easter, Jesus
Examining the Evidence The central plank of the Christian faith is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Which makes it all the more surprising that the actual written evidence in the New Testament, unlike that for the crucifixion, is quite meagre. Here I want to...
by Andy Roland | Apr 25, 2019 | Easter, Holy Week, Newsletter
www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com facebook/revandybooks twitter.com/rev_andy_books THE BREXIT EFFECT The Brexit crisis has loomed large in my life this month, half because of my personal feelings, half because of the effect on Linda and her...
by Andy Roland | Apr 8, 2019 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
Introduction From at least the 4th century Christians have commemorated the last week of Jesus’ life. In the past I have used Mark’s gospel to walk through these days with Jesus. Here I include passages from John and Luke. Why? Here’s what I now...
