Bible

Remaking a Broken World

by Eddie 30.08.2010
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Anyone who sets out to write an overview of the Bible has to find some sort of theme to tie to the work together, otherwise the whole thing will just spiral out of control.  Remaking a Broken World by Christopher Ash revolves around the themes of gathering and scattering. The thesis of this chapter, indeed [...]

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Collins Bible Companion

by Eddie 05.08.2010
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Collins Bible Companion The only book you need beside the Bible Martin Manser (Editor) ISBN 9780007339808 (0007339801) HarperCollins, 2009 (720pp) £25 Category: Bibles and Bible Guides Reviewed by: Eddie Arthur If you are looking for an introductory guide to the Bible, you could do far worse than get hold of the Collins Bible Companion. In a little over [...]

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The Bible Version Generator Updated

by Eddie 06.07.2010

A couple of years ago, I produced a post called the English Bible Version Generator, which helped you produce names for new versions of the Bible in English. Inspired by (and stealing a little script from – with permission) the wonderful Thomas Hardy plot generator I have revamped the Bible Version Generator as a sidebar [...]

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The Wedding at Cana

by Eddie 19.05.2010

Let’s just think about what happened for a moment. Jesus was at a wedding. This wasn’t a genteel, refined high-society event; it was a rowdy, boisterous fun-filled celebration. People were enjoying themselves so much that they finished off all of the booze long before the party was over. As for Jesus, he was at the [...]

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Understanding Revelation

by Eddie 31.03.2010

In the many years since I read Fee and Stuart’s How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, I still haven’t come across a better popular guide to reading the Bible. If you haven’t read it, you should. One of the co-authors, Gordon Fee, has just published a new commentary on Revelation. You can [...]

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Reading the Bible Carefully

by Eddie 21.03.2010

It is time that we read our Bibles more and read them more carefully. Perhaps we could try and get some serious help in thinking about the circumstances of those to whom the Biblical messages were addressed, the people of the Bible. They were people who lived in a country which was always liable to [...]

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Postgrad MA in Bible and Mission

by Eddie 19.03.2010

The good folks at Redcliffe College have just announced a new course: With the increasing complexity of the Church’s mission in the world, clear and deep biblical reflection is essential. Not only should God’s people have a firm grasp of how mission fits into the Scriptures, we should also be confident and competent in using [...]

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The Gospel is Not All About Me

by Eddie 16.03.2010

The Bible paints an amazing picture of God at work through history reconciling creation to himself. The breadth of His work is absolutely incredible. I was recently at a Christian event during which the worship leader read one of my favourite passages from Colossians 1. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn [...]

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Miracles, Individuals, Communities and the Gospel

by Eddie 05.07.2009

One of the features of modern western society is that we are highly orientated towards the individual.  We tend to consider the effect things will have on the individual before we think of them in corporate terms. This means that we miss out on some important things when we read the Scriptures. This was drawn [...]

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Britain Doesn’t Want to Understand the Bible

by Eddie 01.07.2009

The Independent reports an interesting survey which was carried out on behalf of the Centre for Biblical Literacy at St. John’s Durham. The public is widely ignorant of the stories and people who provide the basis of Christianity, a survey has found, despite 75 per cent of respondents owning a copy of the Bible. The [...]

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Reflections on Reading the Bible Missiologically

by Eddie 05.06.2009

Chris Wright author of the wonderful The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative gave a public lecture at Redcliffe College recently. The mission e-zine encounters is focussing on the lecture this week. You can listen to it and read responses from a number of interesting people by visiting this link. I would particularly [...]

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Why We’ve Got the Bible We’ve Got

by Eddie 29.05.2009

Have you ever wondered why the Bible is the way it is? Why did God inspire a long narrative with lots of wandering and digression, rather than give us a easy-to-digest book of wise theological insights? The answer is that God does not want us only to know about Him.  If He did, He would [...]

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