"How to Read the Bible is an on-going series aimed at helping you read the Bible more wisely, and with greater understanding!"
The Bible Project is producing a set of videos on how to read the Bible, exploring the origins, content and purpose of the Bible.
Available episodes include: What is the Bible?, The Story of the Bible, Literary Styles in the Bible, The Bible as Jewish Meditation Literature, Plot in Biblical Narrative, Character in Biblical Narrative, Setting in Biblical Narrative, and Design Patterns in Biblical Narrative.
All of the videos are available on YouTube and on the Bible Project website, thebibleproject.com [more...]
On the Bible Engagement Leadership Blog from the American Bible Society, you can find articles published weekly on topics of Bible engagement.
Recent articles include:
How to get your whole church reading the Bible
The most important factors in increasing Bible engagement
How to use movies to energize your Bible engagement
Diversity: how to help kids see themselves and others in the Bible [more...]
CanIL offers a Scripture Engagement class June 10-August 11, 2018 and training track for those interested in assisting local communities to engage with the Bible.
Enroll through May 30 at: www.canil.ca/scripture-engagement
Here are some example Scripture-infused commissioning projects from an assignment presented in Chapel:
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"Bible translation and Scripture engagement play a role in liberating a people to understand their value, role, and destiny according to the Word of God and to embrace it to glorify God, to transform nations and make disciples."
In this article, written in French, Bettina Gottschlich-Modibale describes an unexpected voyage of discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo, seeking to build bridges between the translation of the Bible and everyday life.
Seeing that there was often a disconnect between Bible translation in local languages and people's lives, she describes how Scripture engagement and discipleship are bridging the gap. Four initiatives are presented:
(1) The Transformation Series, BELT, of Youth With A Mission
(2) A discipleship guide: "May Your Kingdom Come"
(3) God's Story - Our Story
(4) Planning Bible translation programmes together with churches. [more...]