Category: bible
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I never knew there was so much in it
There is a publication that tells us the times of TV programmes that had the title of this bloggage as its advertising strap-line. I regularly find myself saying something similar about the Bible. Yes, statistics tell us that there are 66 books, containing over 770,000 words (depending on translation) divided into just over 31,000 verses (to help…
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loopholes?
What do you do when there are no rules? What happens when new and as yet envisaged circumstances arise for which no rules have been written? To an extent that seems to be what is happening with social media and how it is being used in our society. we are having to work out the…
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om nom nom nom nom
There are many things that populate the surface of my desk. There are post-it notes with telephone messages, pieces of paper with ideas and spider-grams and scrawlings. There are letters awaiting reply. There are various bits of stationery and equipment. And there are many books. First and foremost is my bible: without which I would…
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get your thinking cap on
I am looking at preparing a course about the Bible. it is intended to be for everybody from those who have been Christians for decades to those who are recent believers and even those who are not yet believers but would like to know more. The course will cover a wide range of subjects about…
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let them eat cake
I noticed that yesterday’s bloggage was number 750. Wow, doesn’t bloggerel fly when you’re having fun? I suspect that this landmark deserves celebrating so please feel free to go and buy yourself a cake in honour of the 750th bloggage. Assuming an average bloggage contains 500 words, that means that I have released 375,000 words…
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a bloggage of biblical proportions
Picking up where I left off yesterday, what are some good questions to be asking about the Bible? What sort of literature is this? The Bible contains all sorts of different types of literature: historical prose, poetry, songs, apocalyptic literature, commentary on events, letters, and so on. It helps to know what sort of literature…
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langwidge is confewzing
This morning I took another assembly at a local primary school. While I was waiting in the hall for the children to arrive I looked at their work that was displayed on the wall. One section was clearly the fruit (pun intended) of a project to get them to consider a balanced diet. The children…
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news
I think I may have mentioned before that I used to love the start of the new term at school. It was the newness of everything that I loved, particularly at the start of a new school year but also at the start of the term. I used to love having new pens and other…
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magic moments
This morning I will be attending one of our Parent and Toddler groups, Bright Sparks, for their Jubilee Party. They’ve asked me to do some magic tricks, which I am delighted to do. The question I am currently considering is: what tricks do I do? I probably won’t be sawing anyone in half. Toddlers inhabit…
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