by Andy Roland | Jan 8, 2021 | Bible, Post-modern times, Prayer, Psalms, Religion
BORIS’S BAD NEWS Cromwell Road, the A4 towards London On Monday 4th Boris announced we were all going into Tier 5 – effectively a lockdown – and ordered us all to stay at home. Up till then I had had quite a good lockdown, able to work on my laptop...
by Andy Roland | Jun 28, 2020 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible, Post-modern times, Religion
THE DA VINCI CODE In 2003 a mystery thriller, “The Da Vinci Code” appeared and swept the world. Over 80 million copies were sold worldwide. Three years later it was made into a film, which grossed $734 million. As a result many of its claims about...
by Andy Roland | Mar 25, 2020 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible, Easter, Post-modern times, Religion
With the fear generated by the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the world, I think it is a good time to reflect on what we think about death. Here are seven thoughts. 1 It’s inevitable. Some years ago the British film director Nicholas Roeg...
by Andy Roland | Jan 29, 2019 | Bible, Newsletter, Post-modern times
Working at Caffe Nero, Earls Court www.bibleinbrief.com aoroland@gmail.com Hi Friends, Talking and blogging January has been quite full, but again actual writing has taken a back seat. The theme of the month for me has been the big issue of...
by Andy Roland | Jan 19, 2019 | Bible, Creation to Commandments, Post-modern times
In the beginning… Genesis 1 is a hot potato in the debate between Science and the Bible. It all started with the sermon which Caccini, a Dominican friar, preached in Florence in 1614 against Galileo’s assertion that the earth moved round the sun: “Ye men of...
