Guidelines September to December 2010

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Guidelines is a unique Bible reading resource that offers four months of in-depth study written by leading scholars. Contributors are drawn from around the world, as well as the UK, and represent a stimulating and thought-provoking breadth of Christian tradition.

Instead of the usual dated daily readings, Guidelines provides weekly units, broken into at least six sections, plus an introduction giving context for the passage and a final section of points for thought and prayer.

On any day you can read as many or as few sections as you wish, to fit in with work or home routine. As well as a copy of Guidelines, you will need a Bible. Each contributor also suggests books for further study.

Published every four months (in January, May and September), commissioned by Canon Dr Jeremy Duff and edited by Lisa Cherrett.

Contents of this issue:

Ephesians 4 - 6
Volker Rabens
30 August - 5 September

Encountering people of other faiths
Andrew Wingate
6 - 19 September

Genesis 1 - 11
Jane Williams
20 September - 3 October

Luke 10:17 - 13:35
Jeremy Duff
4 - 24 October

Psalms 14 - 25
Henry Wansbrough
25 October - 7 November

The gift of reconciliation
Justin Welby
8 - 21 November

Humour in the book of Esther
Melissa Jackson
22 November - 5 December

Romans 9 - 16
Chris Tilling
6 - 19 December

Christmas
Robert Mackley

Contributors in this issue:

Volker Rabens teaches New Testament at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He is the author of The Holy Spirit and Ethics in Paul: Transformation and Empowering for Religious-Ethical Life.

Andrew Wingate was involved in theological education for 25 years in India and the UK. He moved to Leicester in 2000, and developed the St Philip's Centre for Study and Engagement in a Multi Faith Society. He is also Bishop's Inter Faith Adviser, and a Chaplain to The Queen.

Jane Williams read Theology at Cambridge University before going on to work in theological publishing and education. She now works as a Visiting Lecturer at King's College London, as a Lecturer at the St Paul's Theological Centre, and for Redemptorist Publications.

Jeremy Duff is a vicar in Widnes with a teaching and writing ministry, which has included posts at Liverpool Cathedral and within Oxford University. His writings include Meeting Jesus: Human Responses to a Yearning God (SPCK, 2006) and The Elements of New Testament Greek (CUP, 2005).

Henry Wansbrough OSB is a monk at Ampleforth Abbey in Yorkshire. He is Executive Secretary of the International Commission for Producing an English-Language Lectionary (ICPEL) for the Roman Catholic Church, and lectures frequently across the globe.

Justin Welby is Dean of Liverpool. Previously, as Canon of Coventry Cathedral, he was responsible for Coventry's international ministry of reconciliation. Justin is also the Personal and Ethical Adviser to the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers, and lectures extensively on ethics and finance.

Melissa Jackson recently completed her doctoral work at the University of Oxford. Her thesis was an examination of the intersection of comedy and feminist interpretation in several Old Testament stories. She is a lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew at Baptist Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Chris Tilling is the New Testament Tutor at St Mellitus College and St Paul's Theological Centre, London. His present area of research concerns the apostle Paul's understanding of the identity of Christ.

Robert Mackley read history and theology at Cambridge University before ordination. Fr Robert is currently Assistant Chaplain and Research Student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is a published church historian and a regular columnist and reviewer for the Church Times.

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Endorsements

This regular reading of the Bible anchors my spiritual life. The Bible Reading Fellowship has consistently enabled me to hear God's word and I would not be without their help. I am deeply grateful to their editors and writers over many years.
Very Rev Professor Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary

I find Guidelines a very useful resource for my personal devotions. The combination of an academic consideration of the text with practical comments on issues of faith and discipleship provides me me with helpful encouragement, stimulation and challenge at the start of the day.
Revd Dr Christopher Blake, Principal, Cliff College, Derbyshire

Author info

Guidelines is commissioned by Revd Dr Jeremy Duff, writer, teacher, and a vicar in the South Widnes Team, and edited by Lisa Cherrett, Managing Editor of Bible reading notes at BRF.

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Reviews

I was introduced to the Bible Reading Fellowship by the late Ian Thomson about 40 years ago. Since then, I have read Guidelines daily. This regular reading of the Bible anchors my spiritual life. The Bible Reading Fellowship has consistently enabled me to hear God's word and I would not be without their help. I am deeply grateful to their editors and writers over many years.

Reviewed by Very Rev Professor Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

From other Guidelines readers

'Always food for thought'

'I have read daily from Guidelines for many years and have always found it helpful and often thought-provoking.'

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'Many excellent contributions'

'I have really appreciated each day and have found much to think about.'

'All your commentators are good, and I appreciate the daily notes very much.'

Book details

• ISBN: 9781841015583
• Published: 23 July 2010
• Status:
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 160