by Andy Roland | Jul 12, 2019 | Bible, Prophets
30% of the writings of the Hebrew Scriptures are made up of the writings of the prophets. These are the scrolls of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Twelve – twelve short books. But they are hard to read because they are not in any chronological...
by Andy Roland | Jun 30, 2019 | Newsletter
family holiday on Dartmoor www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com facebook/revandybooks twitter.com/rev_andy_books I have been writing this on a balcony at Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, where I am part of a large family holiday. Beautiful weather, beautiful scenery,...
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 30, 2019 | Bible
MAY 2019 www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com facebook/revandybooks twitter.com/rev_andy_books CALL TO GRENFELL As you know, two years ago there was a horrifying fire at Grenfell Tower, North Kensington. The church and...
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...
