What is Knowing all about?

I  was optimistic about this Nicolas Cage film after watching the trailer. Its been a while since he’s been in a good film – actually to be honest I can’t remember a film he has done well in. There was the bubble gum fun of Con Air and The Rock. I didn’t enjoy Leaving Las [...]

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La Bible – Bible and Culture?

Here’s a fun clip I showed today at a big consulation for Bible agencies seeking to help the church rediscover the book that changed the world:

hope you enjoy it ;o)

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Forget Shakespeare, Davinci…

“Forget the works of Shakespeare or Artistotle or Beethoven or da Vinci, no cultural artefact is more central to western civilisation than the bible.” So wrote Patrick Reardon of the Chicago Tribune just before he wrote a glowing review of a new “Illuminated version of the Bible.”
If you’ve never read the Bible from cover to [...]

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Top 10 books and resources to engage with the Bible

Young People and the Bible:
1) Lion Graphic Bible

This is a very well produced version of the Bible with excellent full colour art work and gives young people a really good overview of the whole Bible. I used it with my oldest children and we read it together at bed time. The images are really well [...]

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Essential reading for Preachers

I try to read at least one book on preaching a year. I want to continue learning how to stay faithful to the text and continually rethink how best to stay connected to the culture. Here are some of the best books I have read over the years.
1. How to Read the Bible for All [...]

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Help I’m leading an All-age church service!

Visiting churches on holiday during the summer season can mean that you get exposed to more all age services than you might have bargained for. That was my experience this summer. The problem with all age services is often everyone hates them. The young people hate them because they don’t get to go out to [...]

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