by Andy Roland | Dec 16, 2018 | Bible, Christmas, Jesus
Introduction We all have lots of ideas about Christmas. What evidence is there of any of the story? In the film “Love Actually” (2003) Karen’s young niece Daisy was delighted to have a key part in the local Nativity Play – she was First Lobster! Were...
by Andy Roland | Nov 27, 2018 | Newsletter, Prayer
REV ANDY’S NEWS NOVEMBER 2018 www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com Marketing is spelt p-e-o-p-l-e. I have been doing a lot of thinking about marketing over the last couple of months and have come to an amazing conclusion: Marketing is about people. It might be...
by Andy Roland | Nov 6, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
PAUL AND THE SPIRIT Introduction At first sight Paul’s teaching about the Spirit presents no problems. What he writes was not contentious then and is relatively uncontentious now. But the Spirit was so central to Paul’s understanding of his faith that it is worth...
by Andy Roland | Oct 26, 2018 | Newsletter
REV ANDY’S NEWS OCTOBER 2018 www.bibleinbrief.com / aoroland@gmail.com Report on CRE Last week I spent three days at Sandown Park Racecourse, trying to raise the profile of my books, specially Bible in Brief. I...
by Andy Roland | Sep 27, 2018 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible
PAUL AND GRACE What is it? Grace was one of St Paul’s favourite words. “Grace and peace be with you” was his normal greeting. And his whole theology can be summed up in the sentence, “By grace you have...
