I’ve just read one of those worthy articles about how none of us read our Bibles enough because we all are living under misapprehensions. It then throws out a number of muddled and at best partially accurate claims. I’m just going to deal with one of the claims here. The author declares that we see… Continue reading How not to argue for more Bible reading
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What you really should be saying to me about regular Bible reading
I’m not quite sure why Ian Carmichael picked on me in particular in his article about poor Dave who gets asked about what he’s learnt from his Bible reading recently. As it happens, I enjoy reading, both my Bible and other books. I suspect “Dave” is being used as the typical church member. There after… Continue reading What you really should be saying to me about regular Bible reading
Services saturated with Scripture
My friend, Richard Baxter makes this important point. I think there are a few reasons why church services can feel like they’ve been shorn of Scripture reading. Daniel Blanche raises one possibility here. I agree with Daniel but I want to add a couple of other reasons here in order to help us think practically… Continue reading Services saturated with Scripture
Surviving University as a Christian
It’s that time of year when lots of students head off to University and a big concern for Christian students is whether or not they’ll survive with their faith intact. I’ve seen a few suggestions about how to make sure you get through University and these tend to include things like joining the Christian Union,… Continue reading Surviving University as a Christian
How can we encourage our church family to know God’s word well?
It starts with children. Look at your teaching programme for your Sunday School and also what you do with your midweek clubs. At Bearwood we used a programme with our 4-11s that took them through the whole Bible. With our 11-16s, they were either joining in the main Sunday morning teaching programme at our 9:30… Continue reading How can we encourage our church family to know God’s word well?
A COVID-19 opportunity – more Scripture in corporate worship
There has been a little progress this week in regards to corporate worship. From Sunday it will be possible to include a small choir as part of public worship and for a congregation to sing outside of the building. These are small baby steps but hopefully they will help us move towards normality again. However,… Continue reading A COVID-19 opportunity – more Scripture in corporate worship
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