The Word of God

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“The Bible is actually quite unique in that it is a library of books, with many different genres, styles, and structures, from different authors, centuries, and contexts. All of that complexity and diversity is wonderful. But does that make it accessible? Does the Bible make it easy to answer life’s big questions? Does it make it easy to find moral guidance? Does it make it easy to build and strengthen your relationship with God? Or actually, does the Bible often seem to be inaccessible, irrelevant, or even, sometimes, boring?”




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Tom Gaston

When Tom was young his favourite sandwich was cheese, pickled beetroot, honey, chocolate spread, jam, and peanut butter, between four pieces of bread. It is telling that this is what he came up with when asked to write about himself. Oh, and he has written books and such.

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