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#BigRead13: Day 10: Tears
Each day we will select an extract from the Narnia novels, The Screwtape Letters or Mere Christianity, combined with a Bible passage (not necessarily restricted to Luke’s gospel), something to think...
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Just a Little Thought… @JHOsborn
Wikipedia tells me that the book of Leviticus has 2 central beliefs: the first is that the world had been created ‘very good’, retaining the potential to be that once again despite the awful things...
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The Rush to Lent @minidvr #digidisciple #bigbible
For the past few years Lent has been a time of waiting and expectation. Waiting with excitement for the Easter Story, and a huge expectation that my excitement is shared by most Christians. I’ve...
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Reading Hard Biblical Texts in a Culture of Hypertexts and 140-Character Limits
I work as the “theological consultant” here at BigBible. That means I am suppose to have some decent skill at reading the Bible and thinking theologically. Here at BigBible we are all trying to...
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Spiritual Disciplines: The Holy Habit of Purity (@longingtobeholy)
Last month, I offered study as the discipline of the month. Perhaps some of you joined in by studying someone with a view to learning from them about God. If you have, please do add a link to any...
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#BigRead13: Day 46: Time
Each day we will select an extract from the Narnia novels, The Screwtape Letters or Mere Christianity, combined with a Bible passage (not necessarily restricted to Luke’s gospel), something to think...
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Dealing with difficult Numbers (TheAlethiophile)
Unless you are a mathematics postgraduate, numbers are of little use by themselves; they need context. They’re effectively adjectives, not only telling us how many there are of something, but also...
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Spiritual Disciplines: The Holy Habit of Confession. (@longingtobeholy)
So, I was mulling over what discipline I could tie in with Numbers. Census-taking is not usually found in lists of disciplines, so that ruled out a few chapters. There’s a whole lot of stuff about...
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God Remembers My Name (@mrblunders)
January 1st – To do list. Start Bible in a year. March 6th – Reached Numbers. Woop! March 8th – Stopped reading Bible in a year. Image Creative Commons: by See-ming Lee Almost every year without fail...
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Interview with @revpamsmith, coming up Saturday 1st June #bigbible #satsess
Come and join us online this Saturday 1st June for a bible study with Rev Pam Smith (iChurch). Pam has chosen three passages that have made her think, where we see Jesus challenging his original...
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Wake up! Do something, Lord!, Why are you sleeping? Reflection on Psalm 44...
I use the Psalms daily as part of Daily Prayer, but sometimes the cries of the Psalmist echo some of how I might be feeling on a particular day or time or a frustration about what is going on. Taking...
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No Plan B (@ailsawright)
You may well have heard the story about the conversation Gabriel had with God when he observed the band of disciples whom Jesus had chosen to spread the Good News. Obviously not impressed, Gabriel...
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A God who repents #DigiDisciple (@TheAlethiophile)
I must admit from the start that this blog post was inspired from a recent sermon I heard on 1 Samuel. It hinges on one verse, a dangerous thing to do, as it can lead to things being taken of context,...
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Surrendering Our Bread And Butter (Louise Champness)
Has God ever asked you to give something away that you’d rather hold onto? The story of the starving widow who gives away her last piece of bread challenges me (1 Kings 17:7-16). During my engagement,...
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Generosity and Sharing (@seeking1st)
Image sourced from Flickr As Christmas approaches I get increasingly preoccupied with making sure enough presents will be ready in time. The exchange of gifts, even in hard times, is a lovely sign of...
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Everyone’s a winner? @RevPamSmith
I have to admit I had to do some research to write this blog. No doubt I’ve heard bits of Chronicles when it’s cropped up in the lectionary, but I couldn’t have told you what was in it at all before...
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“He Hears my Voice” A reflection on Psalm 55, v17 (@minidvr)
This month’s theme of the Psalms is close to my heart. I pray the Psalms daily in morning and occasionally evening prayer and reflect on their words often. The Psalms are described as “The Songs and...
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Finding Comfort in the Palms (@Sally_Rush)
The phone calls were going to and forth across the country between me and my family in August 2006, as we sought to put my mum’s funeral service together. They were practical conversations where...
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How can I hide from God? (@seeking1st)
How can I hide from God? This is the central question of Psalm 139. “Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?” As the Psalmist contemplates this question, the answer –...
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Psalms (@paulblakey)
Psalm 19:4 Psalms – a book where every human mood and feeling is brought before God. A collection of writings which show us that God has concern for all that we are – no matter what God wants us to...
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