About The Big Bible Project
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 April, 2014
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What’s Your One Verse for 2014?
Posted on April 30, 2014 | No CommentsSummer is approaching and as we dream, plan, and set goals, many of us create lists. But what if we stopped at just one item? There can be incredible clarity and power in simplicity, so as a community we’re trying […] -
Rebuilding the walls in a digital global village? (@darrenrhill)
Posted on April 29, 2014 | No CommentsThe community of Liverpool has been shaped by the Hillsborough disaster. Ninety-six lives were lost before the start of a football match, and since that time the city has grieved and waited for answers. Recent disasters, such as the loss […] -
It’s not about Nehemiah: it’s about God! (@NedLunn)
Posted on April 28, 2014 | No CommentsWhen we focus too much on the leader, his/her skills (or to sanctify our conversation: his/her ‘gifts’), when we allow ourselves to study the mechanics, the techniques, the human success to the detriment of the glorious, majestic, gracious God who […] -
Nehemiah: wall builder and party thrower extraordinaire! (@JHOsborn)
Posted on April 26, 2014 | No CommentsThe people who had returned to Jerusalem with Nehemiah and Ezra found themselves part of a pioneering movement to not only physically restore God’s city but also bring their own hearts for restoration. Returning from Babylonian exile demanded a renewal […] -
#BIGRead14: Amen (Read by @StephenCherry1)
Posted on April 26, 2014 | 2 CommentsAmen: I have never started a prayer with that word before. Yet it is right. Amen: this one-word sentence says enough. Amen: Acceptance. Gratitude. Joy, perhaps. Amen: Pause for breath. Look up. take another step. Amen: Desire expressed. Longing left. […] -
#BIGRead14: Dying (Read by @Loulou_Uberkirk)
Posted on April 25, 2014 | 3 CommentsI am poured out like water, gently flowing over the cusp of something. Sometimes a surge, sometimes a drip, drip, hesitant drip of life force. Not slipping away but flowing inarticulately on. Not rising up, but taking the humble, river-like […] -
The Joy of God? (@dotsters)
Posted on April 24, 2014 | No Comments“Go home and prepare a feast, holiday food and drink; and share it with those who don’t have anything: This day is holy to God. Don’t feel bad. The joy of God is your strength!” (Nehemiah 8:10 MSG) So the […] -
#BIGRead14: Breeze (Read by @kalonami)
Posted on April 24, 2014 | 2 CommentsWhen there is no breeze, leaves rest as if they’d never move. Smoke rises thin and vertical, a pencil plume in the sky. When there is no breeze, mist smothers the valley, clouds hang heavy, humidity swells. When there is […] -
#BIGRead14: Joy (Read by @partakers_dave)
Posted on April 23, 2014 | 2 CommentsI have a sinking feeling that when I look back over my life, from the distance of great years, or the moment when I know the crash will be fatal, or the seconds when the heart beats its own destruction, […] -
Some thoughts on personal, trusted recommendations (@headphonaught)
Posted on April 22, 2014 | No CommentsAs part of my Lenten journey, I have been meditating on consumption and have taken, or at least tried to take, time out from buying music, films and books. I’ll be upfront and say I failed on a number of […]