Twenty Quotes From the Bible Engagement Blog
Twenty quotes from the Bible Engagement Blog … Anything I’ve written that may seem insightful or informative comes solely from the insight and understanding God provides. In fact, when my writing flows well, I’m most conscious of being empowered by God. Conversely, when being a word-smith is a strain, that’s when I’m usually striving in […]
Leonard Ravenhill on Bible Engagement
Leonard Ravenhill on Bible engagement … In the classic Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994), the central thesis is prayer, but there are some Bible engagement nuggets worth sharing. Thus, this post. Ravenhill was a 20th-century revivalist who rebuked, reproved and exhorted Christians to live righteously. His single-minded warnings and appeals sometimes shocked and […]
Ten Bible Engagement One-Liners
Ten Bible engagement one-liners … Many years ago, I was handing out Scripture leaflets at a downtown side-walk sale where our church had a face-painting booth. Most people politely took the leaflets. Many said, “Thanks.” Some stopped to chat. But one man, much to my surprise, leapt away from me. You’d have thought I’d pulled […]
Twenty Texts From The Bible About The Bible
What we may say about the Bible may have some value, but what the Bible says about itself is inestimably valuable. So here are twenty texts from the Bible about the Bible: It is God-breathed. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16 It is […]
Twenty Thought-Provoking Comments On Bible Engagement
Twenty thought-provoking comments on Bible engagement, presented in no particular order: “For most Christians in the First World the Bible remains a closed book, a Pandora’s Box of isolated and unrelated proof texts, or what is worse – an individualistic invitation to hang out with a cool dude called Jesus. There have to be better […]
Bible Engagement in the Public Square
Bible engagement in the public square … The Bible’s role in shaping Western culture. The Bible has been enormously prominent in Western culture – a significant source of literary, ideological, artistic, educational, and (of course) religious inspiration. Yet despite the Bible’s role in forming Western culture in the past, its influence in the 21st Century […]
J. I. Packer on Bible Engagement
J. I. Packer on Bible engagement … People consider J.I. Packer, the British-born Canadian theologian, one of the most influential Evangelicals in North America. His most popular book, Knowing God, has been read by more than a million people and was listed 5th by Christianity Today on their list of “The Top Fifty Books That […]
Congregational Worship and Bible Engagement
Congregational worship and Bible engagement … I can’t imagine not being able to sing to God – it would be like losing a leg, or worse, having a stroke with no promise of recovery! But that isn’t surprising, for praise and worship are woven into the fabric of our Christian faith (cf. Ephesia5:19-20). Interestingly, while […]
Twenty Interesting Facts About The Bible
The Bible isn’t called the Book of books without just cause. Here are twenty interesting facts about the Bible: The Bible is the world’s best-selling book of all time and the best-selling book of the year every year! Fifty Bibles are sold every minute. It’s never shown on best-selling lists because its sales dwarf all […]
World Bloggers’ Day
There’s an entire day dedicated to celebrating blogs and the people behind them. Since 2004, August 31st has been recognized as World Bloggers’ Day. A brief history of the origins of blogging. In 1994, Justin Hall, an undergraduate at Swarthmore College, launched links.net and began using it as a personal diary. People often credit Hall […]