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.
The 2010–2015 archive can be found here.
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Archive for August, 2015
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Stubborn face hashtag Jonah (@darrenrhill)
Posted on August 29, 2015 | No CommentsWhile the United Kingdom may not have basked in the sun in any deliberate manner, it is the holiday season. I sit watching Facebook – yes it’s a sad existence for a digidisciple – status update after status update of […] -
Jonah – not a glory story (@JHOsborn)
Posted on August 26, 2015 | No CommentsJonah is one of my favourites. I love it because he is a complete failure, a full-on turncoat and yet God doesn’t let him go. I heard a sermon at the beginning of this year on Jonah and the point […] -
Spiritual Disciplines: The Habit of repentance – getting up again (@longingtobeholy)
Posted on August 19, 2015 | No CommentsI don’t know what you think the overriding ‘theme’ of Jonah is. Is it God’s grace to all? Is it God’s persistence with His people and His call? Is it God’s power over marine life? To be honest, I’m not […] -
Compassion without Borders – a reflection on Jonah by (@nicolahwriter)
Posted on August 18, 2015 | No CommentsI’ve recently started a new job at a church and one of the running jokes I have with one of the members of the congregation is ‘Still here then? Not headed for Tarshish yet?’ Tarshish, of course, was the […] -
Jonah (by Kathryn Price)
Posted on August 17, 2015 | No CommentsJonah is the older brother who resents his younger brother’s return being welcomed so fulsomely the workers hired in the early morning who think they should be paid more than those who arrived later the worker who thinks s/he is […] -
Jonah (@paulblakey)
Posted on August 16, 2015 | No CommentsJonah – written in the mid eighth century BC – the famous story of Jonah on his calling to Ninevah, refusing to go and then receiving God’s version of DHL a big fish! The theme is God’s love for all […] -
What does God require? @Seeking1st looks at #Amos
Posted on August 14, 2015 | No CommentsWhat does God require? That feels like a ridiculous question. How could God need anything from us? And how can we know what God wants of us? With what can we dare to come before the Lord, the Creator […] -
Fleeing from the Presence of the Lord Jonah (@minidvr)
Posted on August 13, 2015 | No Comments“And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For […] -
Over-familiarisation, the antithesis to biblical literacy (@TheAlethiophile)
Posted on August 12, 2015 | No CommentsWhen I saw that this month we’d be looking at the book of Jonah, there was a sigh and a slight sinking of the heart. We know it so well, don’t we? The call for Jonah to speak to the […] -
Creativity infographic: 29 ways to stay creative (@soonguy)
Posted on August 11, 2015 | No CommentsCheck these ideas to stay creative. See also some great creativity resources.