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Letters from John at Wembley

by BBS

| Extension Classes, Study Weekends
21 October, 2017

The first of two Study Weekends at East Kilbride this autumn on the Letters of John went well. Steve Whitehead taught the two sessions on the Friday evening on the Introduction to the letters and 3 and 2 John. There were ten people present. The same students who came on Friday returned...
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Tagged Bible study, Letters of John, Wembley
Galatians Study Weekend at East Kilbride

by Patrick Boyns

| Extension Classes, Study Weekends
10 October, 2017

The first of two Study Weekends at East Kilbride this autumn was well-attended and very well received. Jack Paton and Mitch Vick both did a splendid job introducing and opening up Paul’s letter to the Galatians. A number of students present are planning to undertake the additional assignments and so...
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Tagged Bible study, East Kilbride, Galatians
INT01 now fully online

by Patrick Boyns

| Distance Learning, Web Site
31 October, 2016

We are very happy to announce that our Distance Learning Module: Introduction to Bible Study (INT01) is now fully available online on our website here. Until now, students enrolled on our Distance Learning Programme have relied upon being sent printed copies and DVDs of all material, but that has now...
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Tagged Bible study, internet, online, students, website
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
The Expired Word?

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 2
29 August, 2015

The English word ‘inspiration’ has an interesting history, dating from perhaps the early part of the 14th century. The basic underlying idea is of an external influence or stimulation producing extraordinary effects within a given object or person. Within theology, where the word (and its associated verb, ‘to inspire’) seems...
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Tagged Bible study, Inspiration, Word study
The Narrative of Scripture

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 2
29 August, 2015

The idea that the Bible somehow expresses its authority in a series of arbitrary dos and don’ts or as a handbook of essential doctrines is, to any who have read the book, quite simply absurd. There are dos and there are don’ts, and there are doctrines too, all of which...
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Tagged Authority, Bible study, Narrative
The Lion Handbook to the Bible (fourth edition)

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 2
29 August, 2015

The Lion Handbook to the Bible was originally intended as a revision of the Inter-Varsity Press’s New Bible Handbook, first edited by G. T. Manley. However the new editors, husband and wife David and Pat Alexander, wanted to make the new book fully illustrated which IVP felt was not a...
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Tagged Bible study
Studying Parables of Jesus

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 2
29 August, 2015

In our day to day language we often use figures of speech to add colour and interest to our conversations. We might describe someone as being “as brave as a lion” or we might say someone is behaving “like a bull in a china shop.” A particularly uninteresting experience might...
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Tagged Bible study, Fig tree, Gospels, Parables, Teaching, Vineyard
Examining the Scriptures Every Day

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 1
18 March, 2015

“These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.” (Acts 17:11 NET) As Paul and his companions travelled throughout the Roman world, they taught both Jews and Gentiles about Jesus. They...
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Tagged Acts, Bible, Bible study, Paul
biblegateway.com

by BBS

| BiBloS, BiBloS Issue 1
18 March, 2015

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:1) I like...
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Tagged Bible, Bible study, Bible translations, internet, Review