these resources offer an overview of what the original project was seeking to achieve and some of the questions and insights it has raised.
we use many words to describe what we do when we read the Bible together – study, listen, reflect and explore. BILC challenges us to engage more deeply with Scripture. But what does it mean to engage?
throughout the life of BILC this question has been asked at workshops and seminars across the Anglican Communion e.g. Kenya, Tanzania, England, America, Canada, Hong Kong and the Philippines. While the contexts have differed many of the answers were similar. Are there educational resources that can meet these challenges?
there four Gospels, all about the life, teaching, mission, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus. They offer us four different accounts but might we gain new insights into Jesus by exploring them together, in parallel? These studies give an introduction to exploring the Gospels in this way and then take us into 6 studies from Jesus’ life.
when Paul says, let the word of Christ dwell in us richly [Colossians 3:16] is this a call to take our time over reading and exploring the Bible? These resources offer ways of taking time with God’s Word.
reading the Bible or hearing it being read is not the most helpful method of exploring Scripture for some people. How might we encounter it in a different way? These resources point to ways of doing that through drama, image and imagination.
how do you encourage people to engage with Scripture when they might feel awkward because of their lack of knowledge?
it is said that about 70%-80% of Anglican worship comes either directly from the Bible or picks up images in it. But do we recognise how the Bible is used?
as a family of churches all involved in the Mission of God in different contexts we have much to learn from one another and to share with one another. These resources offer both a reason for doing this, ways in which it might happen together with a number of Bible Study outlines.
other parts of the Anglican Communion offer us windows to see how things are often done differently from the way that we do things. These resources offer insights, reflections and case-studies that invite us to stand in another’s shoes and see things from their perspective.
the Bible is often referred to, quite rightly, as either a collection or library of books. But as it comes between two covers as a ‘normal’ book does, there must be something that holds it all together. These resources try to unpack what that ‘something’ is and offer an overview of the ‘big picture’.
whenever we open the Bible and read any passage we do it through a number of lenses that influence how we understand what it is saying to us. These resources help us to identify these influences so we are more aware of their effect upon us.
to read a text that is over 2000 years old, understand it and apply it to our lives today requires some important tools. These resources explore these processes and the tools the Church has developed to enable us to make sense of the Bible.
through its official documents, resolutions and reports the Anglican Communion has said a great deal over many years about its understanding of the place of the Bible in its life.
the Anglican Church world-wide has been greatly helped in its thinking by its biblical scholars. Through their writings, talks and lectures they have guided and influenced our thinking. These resources bring together a number of academic articles and videos of talks and lectures that illustrate their contribution.
the global development of electronic communication has changed the way we access information and learn. You may well be reading this on your computer or tablet rather than in a printed booklet. Just as we receive information differently so we also examine that information differently and these resources are examples of tools available to help us go deeper into the Bible.