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Born in Nebraska in 1933, Walter Brueggemann is an Old Testament theologian, St Louis Cardinals fan and for some, one of the most influential Old Testament scholars of the last 40 years or so. He uses a practice called rhetorical criticism (basically looking at the meaning behind words, phrases, images, gestures, performances, texts, films etc that people use to communicate) …
This post was written for Sunday@thePub and can be found here. This first post on prophets and influencers is on Granville Sharp. I am going to assume that not many people know who he is, but out of interest you could respond with a ? or ? below if you know or don’t know, and haven’t used the internet or …
I can’t remember why I thought of this idea. Maybe it came to me in a dream one night or a vision whilst sat in a local coffee shop. Where ever it came from I thought it would make an interesting conversation starter so here we go. Most people like eating and most of all they like eating with others. …
It’s a book. Well, a collection of books. Gathered together over 1000’s of years which tells of people’s experience of God. Their struggles, joys, highs and lows. Like these four posts they don’t always make sense when read on their own. Like these posts they sometimes need the larger context to be best understood. Sometimes the stories reference things we …
I like driving and when I turned the ripe old age of 17 I decided I wanted to learn. I spoke to friends who had already passed their test about who had taught them. I researched the cost and if I should do an intensive course or weekly lessons. In the end I decided I would trust the expertise of …
What is your favourite hobby or something you really enjoy doing? Painting, baking, making beer, playing with model trains, shopping or maybe listening to music! When we are really into something we do a number of things to immerse ourselves in our pass time. 1. You watch, listen to or read what others have to say. You find experts who …
What is the Bible? A book… Well yes and no. It’s a collection of books (the word bible comes from the greek word tà biblía which means ‘the books’)… They also aren’t all books. A good number are letters, some are collections …