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From 2010–2015, the BigBible Project sought to host conversations about the Bible through local reading groups & online conversations. Since 2016, the project has taken a slightly different focus, hosting discussion from experts on Biblical Literacy and Biblical Reception in a Digital World.
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Archive for December, 2012
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Dear friends..You’re an alien!
Posted on December 31, 2012 | No Comments“Dear friends I urge you as strangers and aliens in the world to obtain from sinful desires. 1 Peter 2 v 11” “…When we’re feeling sad and lonely let’s not forget that we are aliens for Jesus! Aliens!” A colleague […] -
The Impossible: Thoughts for a New Year
Posted on December 31, 2012 | 1 Comment[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgw394ZKsis?rel=0] So, I’ve just been chatting to Sian Lawton online about The Impossible, a film covering the 2004 Tsunami … and we were thinking about (as many do, around New Year), if you knew that you were going to die […] -
Are you planning to read the #bible in a year? #biblesync
Posted on December 30, 2012 | No CommentsAre you planning on reading the Bible in a year? Want to find another way to do so? There’s a range of options out there (e.g. Nicky Gumbel has been running one for a couple of years), but this Twitter […] -
What else did you buy into this Christmas? (@darrenrhill)
Posted on December 29, 2012 | No CommentsChristmas is full of tradition. Just think for a moment, we have turkey, presents and a whole heap of over indulgence. As soon as summer is waning the tradition is for shelves to fill with all the things tradition assumes […] -
‘The’ Real Meaning of Christmas (@nedlunn)
Posted on December 28, 2012 | 3 CommentsI’ve been struck by how many of us Christians cried out for, or pointed out, ‘the’ real meaning of Christmas this year. Sure, it’s the same every year but we were joined, this year, by professing agnostics, atheists and those […] -
Would Jesus have been on Facebook?
Posted on December 27, 2012 | No CommentsAccording to a story by Mashable (and many of our #digidisciple(s) – but not necessarily all) – yes: -
Is Christmas Over? (@changingworship) #BigBible
Posted on December 27, 2012 | 2 CommentsSo here we are on day three of Christmas. Most of the country is contemplating taking the decorations down and going back to “normal” life. For Christians the challenge of the incarnation is not the journey towards the first day […] -
It’s Only The Beginning (@pamjweb)
Posted on December 26, 2012 | 3 CommentsSo, was the waiting worth it? Did you get what you were hoping for? Christmas is all over now isn’t it? Actually, Christmas has only just begun. Christmas, as opposed to Advent, only begins on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day is […] -
The Christmas Story in Text Messages
Posted on December 25, 2012 | No Comments[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BGV7e2JBu4?rel=0] -
Recapturing the wonder of Christmas (@johnschaplain)
Posted on December 25, 2012 | 5 CommentsOver the last few months, I have been glued to a particular TV programme, Heston’s Fantastical Foods. It’s been brilliant. Heston Blumenthal, TV chef, has made it his mission to help us recapture a sense of wonder over food. He […]