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James in Northampton

by Patrick Boyns

| Extension Classes, Study Weekends, Teachers
24 May, 2016

We have just concluded the second of our two Study Weekends at Northampton for this spring. Patrick Boyns, Jon Galloway and John Griffiths taught our Module on “A Letter from James” (NEW17) over the two weekends, providing some 16 hours of in-depth classroom-based teaching. The classes were well attended, with a...
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Tagged Letter from James, Northampton
Words and Deeds

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

It was Benjamin Franklin who defined man as “a tool-making animal”, which is true without being the whole truth. Humans are not animals because we are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27) which means we are both like and unlike Him. One of our shared characteristics is the...
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, logos, papyrus, words
All Free Today!

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

Why can we find it so difficult to stop doing things we really do not want to be doing? Whether it is something like cutting down on the calories, stopping smoking or leaving a web site, why do some activities become so compulsive that we begin to feel as if...
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Tagged Films, Sin, Temptation
Nathanael: the man who saw for himself

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

First impressions are always the most important. The impression that we form of a person at our first meeting is often the impression that stays with us the longest. John chapter 1 records a series of first impressions that some formed of Jesus the first time they met him. John...
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Tagged Fig tree, Gospels, Israel, Jesus, Nathanael, Nazareth
Sin of Achan

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

After the fall of Jericho, Joshua’s fame spread rapidly through the country. The next place to attack was Ai, as it blocked the passage into Canaan’s centre. Read carefully Joshua 7, noticing the elements of failure, and then let us take note for ourselves that there are consequences of disobedience...
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Tagged Achan, Ai, Jericho, Joshua, Old Testament, Sin
Big Black Dictionaries

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

Over recent years the way many of us use reference books has changed. If I cannot remember whether Thingummy was the father or son of Whatsisname, or how many Ls there should be in Maher-shalal-hash-baz, or how many miles there are to Babylon I no longer turn to my trusty...
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Tagged Bible, Bible study
Dismembering the Church

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

When a family member leaves this life or maybe simply moves away, things are never going to be the same. The idea that he or she might be replaced by another, new member should be seen as absurd. It doesn’t matter how young or old the individual might be, each...
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Tagged body, C. S. Lewis, church, ekklesia, George Orwell, members, membership
One Who Will Take Our Side

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

Can you imagine what it would have been like to be Job? One minute he had been one of the wealthiest men of his area and the next he had lost everything. Then his friends showed up (at least they were friends enough to show up) to try to offer...
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Tagged Jesus, Job
Aquila and Priscilla

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

Aquila and his wife Priscilla were Jews and natives of Pontus. Pontus extended along the coast of the Pontus Euxinus Sea, from which the name was derived. It is mentioned three times in the New Testament (Acts 2:9; 18:2; 1 Peter 1:1). These passages show there were many Jewish residents in the...
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Tagged Acts, Aquila, Paul, Priscilla
Our Sin and Our Saviour

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 3
8 May, 2016

Pope Gregory I, also known as Gregory the Great, died in the year 604. You may not have heard of him, even if he was great but I am sure you have heard of something he invented. It was Gregory the Great who came up with the ‘seven deadly sins.’...
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Tagged Parables, Pope Gregory, Romans, Salvation, Saviour, Sin