Your weekly filter of news and interesting stuff from the internet.1. What was inscribed above the Cross?
2. How much did the iron head of Goliath's spear weigh?
3. How can the guests of ________ fast while he is with them?
4. How many chapters does Judges have?
5. Who said, "Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord"?
6. Put these books in biblical order:
7. Where in Acts does Herod have James, the brother of John, put to death?
Here in the UK, Sunday was census day - filling in the 32-page document cataloguing how our lives have changed since the last one ten years ago. There's been the usual furore about what questions that are and aren't asked. And a campaign by the British Humanist Association to get the non-religious to definitely state that they have no religious affiliation - see here for their reasoning. The government has defended its position on the questions we have been asked – and they’re in charge, so they had the last say.
Skip back 2000 years, to a different government. The rulers of the Roman Empire would have scoffed at the idea that they were being controlled by someone else. It was their idea to take a census - decreed by Caesar Augustus himself (Luke 2 v 1). They were in charge.
Or were they?
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel…
(Micah 5 v 2)
The Lord had decreed that the Messiah would come from Bethlehem - over 700 years previously - and so the mighty Romans meekly did His bidding.
Further thoughts on the Home Group Leader blog
We’d love you to help us with a new resource we’re developing…
I'm Glad You Asked That is a resource we're trying to develop giving short answers to the 11 most commonly-asked questions we face.
We’ll give simple answers, and with a couple of key points, together with a bible passage you could go to: but we also love to include some stories or illustrations which help people to remember and explain gospel truths.
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A great truth to ease you into your week.
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. John 10 v 27-28
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Sorted: Nano is now available for bookings.
It's a half-day event for 11-14 yr olds and their leaders in London run by those fun guys at Capital Youthworks.
This year they'll be looking at being "Not Ashamed".
You can book now or find out more information. Tickets always go pretty quickly for this one as there's a fairly small capacity at the venue, so get in quickly!
Office stationery supplier Avery are running a competition to find Britain's messiest desk. So after a quick run through The Good Book Company's office, we've discovered that only 4 out of 23 (statistically that just 17.4%) of desks could be classsed as on the messy side of tidy. (It would have been slightly larger, but Children's editor Alison Mitchell had a blitz last week after she finished her work on the new Christianity Explored material to be launched soon).
So the question is - can you match the desk disaster to the job (IT, Marketing, Editorial, Admin)? Can you identify the woeful workspace with the Good Booker concerned?
The first correct answer linking the desk to the job role to be received at blog@thegoodbook.co.uk will receive the whole Gospel-Centred series free.
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A great truth to ease you into your week.
The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them. Hosea 14 v 9
