Research

Bible Engagement Among Australian Young People

Philip Hughes, Claire Pickering (2010)
"In Australia, frequent Bible reading is the practice of a small group (between 3% and 5%) of young people. This is predominantly a sub-group of those who are involved in Evangelical and Pentecostal churches and youth groups, and those who…
Richard
August 16, 2010
Bible Preaching

He began with Moses…

Preaching the Old Testament today
Grenville J R Kent, Paul J Kissling, Laurence A Turner (Editors) (2010)
"Contemporary people too can find their hearts burning as they hear God speak through the Old Testament texts. However, preaching from this part of the Christian Bible brings significant challenges and raises a number of issues, and hence can be…
Richard
July 1, 2010
DigitalYoung People

The Biblical Challenge from (and for) Millennials

Lamar Vest (President and CEO, American Bible Society) (2010)
"The Bible has yet to beat the perception of being a dusty old rule book among millennials largely because to substantiate relevance and garner interest, the text first must be read... The message of the Bible is unchanging, but how…
Richard
May 28, 2010
LiteracyMusic and Worship

Music: a bridge to literacy

Mary E Saurman (1993)
"Learning takes place when the activity is (1) receptor-oriented, (2) context-oriented, (3) repetitive, and (4) participatory… Indigenous music embraces all four of these learning components. Not only are the words in the people’s spoken language, but the music is also…
Richard
May 13, 2010
Advocacy

Bible Engagement: a process

Harriet Hill (2010)
"Are you stuck along the way of engaging with the Bible? If so, where? Why? If you're involved in ministry, are the people you work with stuck? If so, where? Why?" Scripture Engagement can be seen as a process: Bible…
Richard
April 27, 2010
Bible Reading

Reading the Bible Together groups

A new way of getting people to get to grips with Scripture
Steve Levy (2010)
"There used to be just three people in our church reading through the Bible — now there are 150. One older lady, a believer since her 20s, had attempted to read the Bible through for years and every time had…
Richard
April 13, 2010
Trauma Healing

Trauma Healing at the Cross of Christ

Harriet Hill (2010)
"In 2001, a small group of concerned people met in Nairobi to discuss how to help people traumatized by war. By 2009, this discussion had yielded much fruit, both in Africa and around the world. As violence increases in the…
Richard
March 31, 2010
Children

7Ways BibleMAX

Bible engagement resources for children’s workers everywhere
BibleMAX from Max7 is an excellent collection of free-to-download resources for helping children engage with the Bible. BibleMAX lessons have 4 main sections: Activate (welcome, song, opening activity), Communicate (read the Bible, explore the Bible story), Investigate (discuss, ask questions)…
Richard
March 29, 2010