by Andy Roland | Sep 13, 2019 | Bible, History of Israel and Judah
The Isaiah Scroll from Qumran History or Myth? History/myth: is it a binary choice? No! There are many more categories to consider when asking if we can trust the Law and the Prophets, as Jesus termed the Old Testament. Here are some that spring to...
by Andy Roland | Aug 18, 2019 | Bible, Law, Psalms & Wisdom, Psalms
WHAT? Psalms – the best known and least understood bit of the Bible. Easy to find, though. Just open most Bibles in the middle, and there you have them. So, what are the Psalms? Originally a hymn book, created in and for the Temple in Jerusalem. ...
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 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 Rev Andy | May 20, 2019 | Bible
