Welcome
This, our third offering, is finally ready for your consumption. Again, we hope you find this to be as useful and as encouraging as those that have gone before. If you missed either of the previous issues, then you should able to find them on our web site. You may download it now by clicking on the cover image to the right.
You will again find an assortment of articles, word studies, reviews and other focus areas. The short articles are intentionally short and provide something of an introduction to the matters raised.
We have not intentionally focused on any particular theme, but a number of articles in this issue address the matter of sin and death in one way or another. Even our archaeological journey, which has continued further south and into the Negev, takes us into an arid land not far from the Dead Sea.
You might find it useful to consult our web site for additional information and a little background to some of the articles, along with some suggestions for further reading.
BiBloS is to be published in an online format, three times each year, and is downloadable from our web site.
We certainly welcome any feedback you care to give, and ideas of how we make it better – we just ask that you be gracious! And please do let us know if you might be interested in articles on a particular subject or theme.
Thank you for reading. Please feel free to share it far and wide. And may this be a blessing to us all, that we might be a blessing to the world in which we live.
Patrick
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Words and Deeds
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... -
All Free Today!
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... -
Nathanael: the man who saw for himself
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... -
Sin of Achan
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... -
Big Black Dictionaries
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... -
Dismembering the Church
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... -
One Who Will Take Our Side
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... -
Aquila and Priscilla
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).... -
Our Sin and Our Saviour
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... -
Tel Arad
Standing in the ‘Holy of Holies,’ I had this strange feeling that I really ought not be be there. Indeed, I thought also that it really ought not to be there either, for I was about 30 miles south of... -
The Death of Jesus
I don’t do crucifixions, for which I am grateful. It’s a Roman job so I don’t have to do it. My jurisdiction ends once I have passed the prisoner over to the death squad. Personally I have no problem with...