Guidelines May to August 2011 (PDF Download)

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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:

Matthew 21 - 24
Peter Walker
2 - 22 May

Psalms 38 - 50
Henry Wansbrough
23 May - 5 June

Money and economics
Justin Welby
6 - 19 June

Isaiah 1 - 12
Sharon Moughtin-Mumby
20 June - 3 July

'Guard your heart'
Jenny Hellyer
4 - 17 July

Jesus' farewell in John
Jeremy Duff
18 July - 7 August

Genesis 25 - 34
Alec Gilmore
8 - 21 August

Mission after Christendom
Steve Hollinghurst
22 August - 4 September

About the contributors in this issue:

Peter Walker is Associate Vice-Principal and Director of Development at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, where he lectures in New Testament Studies and Biblical Theology. He has a special interest in the historical Jesus. As a qualified tour guide around Israel, he leads student groups on tours every other year.

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.

Sharon Moughtin-Mumby is Mission Theologian for Parishes in the Diocese of Southwark, responsible for the 'Bible in Mission' project which aims to energise and resource Bible reading and engagement across the Diocese. Her latest book is Sexual and Marital Metaphors in Hosea, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel (Oxford Theological Monographs, OUP, 2008).

Jenny Hellyer is a spiritual director, musician, clergy wife and mother based in Oxford. After teaching and theological study, she was part of the Lee Abbey Community in Devon for seven years.

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).

Alec Gilmore is a Baptist minister, author, lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague. His most recent book is A Concise Dictionary of Bible Origins and Interpretation (T&T Clark/Continuum, 2007)

Steve Hollinghurst works for Church Army as Researcher in Evangelism to Post-Christian Culture, based at the Sheffield Centre. He has an academic background in social science and theology, with postgraduate research into contemporary spirituality. He is part of the team that runs the Elemental venue at the Glastonbury festival.

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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

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'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: 9780857460011Z
• Published: 18 March 2011
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• Format: PDF Download
• Pages: 160