St John’s Nottingham…

...is a great place to study theology or train for ministry,full time,part time or by distance. To find out more visit the St John's website or email me on ian.paul (at) stjohns-nottm.ac.uk

Genesis and Gender part (i)

I am in the process of writing a Grove Biblical booklet with the title ‘Women and authority:key biblical texts’ which aims to explore all the key texts in 28 pages! Due out later this month. I am aiming to cover Gen 1,2,3,Luke 24,John 20,Acts 18,Romans 16,1 Cor [...]

Life in the city:1 Corinthians

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear a human interest [...]

Does John 1.1 mean ‘The Word was a god’?

This is a question I quite often get asked in relation to conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses and the New World Translation (NWT). The NWT translates the end of John 1.1 as ‘the Word as a god’in order to avoid the identification of Jesus with the God of the Old Testament,and avoid seeing Jesus [...]

Love Story with a difference:Ruth

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear a human interest [...]

How are the mighty fallen:1 and 2 Kings

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear a human interest [...]

Losing our way?:Matthew

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear a human interest [...]

Seeing the Big Picture

Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart comment that there are two key skills in reading the Bible:the ability to see the big picture;and the ability to see the distinctive detail of each passage,in particular to recognise its genre.

Here is my list of resources to help with the ‘big picture’side of things. [...]

All you need is love:Song of Songs

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear [...]

‘I need a hero’:Judges

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear a human interest [...]

Who do you think you are:Genesis

I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear a human [...]