Dr Ruth Perrin, a fellow of St John’s College, Durham University, and friend of CODEC… Continue Reading
Ruth Perrin, Writing on Christian Faith in the UK
Americans Positive toward Bible, though ‘Antagonistic’ Views on Rise
This, suggested by two recent surveys, one by the American Bible Society and Barna (report), the… Continue Reading
Is Social Media the ‘Tar Pit’ of Scripture?
This is the claim of Prof Brent Strawn of Emory University in a piece provocatively… Continue Reading
Pope Francis: What if we checked the Bible as we check our Mobile Phone?
On Sunday, Pope Francis made a few headlines with a line in which he compared engaging the… Continue Reading
What are people giving up for Lent? (p. 2)
Last week I shared Stephen Smith’s tracking of what people were giving up for Lent according… Continue Reading
What are people giving up for Lent, acc. to Twitter?
Once again Stephen Smith (interviewed earlier) is tracking what people are giving up for Lent… Continue Reading
Prof John Mbiti on ‘Western Impregnation’ of Bible Translations
The Bible has been translated into nearly 1,000 African languages, mostly by Westerners and often… Continue Reading
‘You and Your Bible’
Recently Bible Society released the results of a Bible reading survey. A few comments: Since it is… Continue Reading
Presidential Bible Swearing (The Bible in Recent News)
The US Presidential inauguration, in which president-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office, will… Continue Reading
Bible Reading Plans: Print Drives Digital(?)
Stephen Smith has recently graphed 91 Bible reading plans available through Bible.com (a YouVersion website), sorting them into… Continue Reading