Bible Preaching

He began with Moses…

"Contemporary people too can find their hearts burning as they hear God speak through the Old Testament texts. However, preaching from this part of the Christian Bible brings significant challenges and raises a number of issues, and hence can be…
Richard
July 1, 2010
LiteracyMusic and Worship

Music: a bridge to literacy

"Learning takes place when the activity is (1) receptor-oriented, (2) context-oriented, (3) repetitive, and (4) participatory… Indigenous music embraces all four of these learning components. Not only are the words in the people’s spoken language, but the music is also…
Richard
May 13, 2010
Advocacy

Bible Engagement: a process

"Are you stuck along the way of engaging with the Bible? If so, where? Why? If you're involved in ministry, are the people you work with stuck? If so, where? Why?" Scripture Engagement can be seen as a process: Bible…
Richard
April 27, 2010
Bible Reading

Reading the Bible Together groups

"There used to be just three people in our church reading through the Bible — now there are 150. One older lady, a believer since her 20s, had attempted to read the Bible through for years and every time had…
Richard
April 13, 2010
Trauma Healing

Trauma Healing at the Cross of Christ

"In 2001, a small group of concerned people met in Nairobi to discuss how to help people traumatized by war. By 2009, this discussion had yielded much fruit, both in Africa and around the world. As violence increases in the…
Richard
March 31, 2010
Children

7Ways BibleMAX

BibleMAX from Max7 is an excellent collection of free-to-download resources for helping children engage with the Bible. BibleMAX lessons have 4 main sections: Activate (welcome, song, opening activity), Communicate (read the Bible, explore the Bible story), Investigate (discuss, ask questions)…
Richard
March 29, 2010