For our second post in this beginner’s guide (click here for part 1), we’re going to think about the structure of the Bible. We’ve seen before how there are two Testaments within the Bible – the Old and the New, which correspond to writings before the birth of Jesus Christ, and after. Outside that broad…
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Beginner’s Guide to Reading the Bible – Part 1
If you’ve never picked up a Bible before, you might think it was just like any other book. It has covers, a beginning and an ending, and lots of pages in between. But in lots of ways it is totally unlike a normal book. It isn’t something you’d want to try and read in one go, nor…
Women bishops: the Bible’s view
Today the Church of England voted against the acceptance of women bishops. In a move which has surprised both outgoing and incoming Archbishops of Canterbury, the synod narrowly opted to block the proposal, which needed a two-thirds majority to see it through. The BBC reports that Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he is…
New Archbishop announced as Justin Welby
The Prime Minister has today announced the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the former Bishop of Durham Justin Welby. Welby has not had a long background in the Chuch of England, coming from the oil industry before training in theology. He is already known to be on what the BBC website describes as “the evangelical wing…
Who’s this man, Guy Fawkes, anyway?
Every 5th November, people commemmorate the man Guy Fawkes who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament, usually with a display of fireworks. But who was this man, and what was he really trying to do? Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators (pictured above – Fawkes is 3rd from the right) were actually trying to…
The Truth Behind Hallowe’en
Hallowe’en is a good example of many festivals and celebrations throughout the year which seem to have Christian orgins but actually their roots are pagan. This might be surprising as the word itself, which is a shortened form of “All Hallows’ Evening”, was invented by the Church of England in the Middle Ages. The pagan origin…
Seminar presentations
We have now put the presentations from our The Bible in a Nutshell seminar on the website here. Hopefully you will find the slides interesting and informative in giving a summary of the Bible message. The sections include Why was Jesus crucified?, Reasons to Believe the Bible, the Kingdom of God Explained, and How to…
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