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Study Bibles

By Dudley Rose, on March 26th, 2009

I have updated and added items to the North Prospect Union Store. I’ve focused especially on study Bibles. As you may know, study Bibles contain not only the text of the Bible, but they also contain many articles, explanatory notes, outlines, charts, maps and more. They can make reading the bible much more enjoyable and . . . → Read More: Study Bibles

Guided Lenten Meditation

By Dudley Rose, on March 23rd, 2009

I’ve placed a guided Lenten meditation on the main church website. I hope you may find it useful. Here’s how I came up with it. Some scholars think that the self-denial practices commonly associated with Lent originally arose in agricultural economies. There was a time in late spring when the winter stores were running low, . . . → Read More: Guided Lenten Meditation

Interpreting the Bible

By Dudley Rose, on March 1st, 2009

I’m including in this post the text from this week’s sermon as something of a kick-off to talking about how as people of faith we can find the Word of God in the words of scripture, that is, how we can go about hearing God speak to us through the Bible.

. . . → Read More: Interpreting the Bible

Christmas Letter

By Dudley Rose, on December 19th, 2008

Christmas 2008

Dear Friends,

During the Christmas season of 1843 Charles Dickens published a little book he called, A Christmas Carol. That wasn’t his first choice for a title. He originally called it Sledgehammer, because he meant the story to hit you over the head. By the time he published it; he had toned down . . . → Read More: Christmas Letter

The First Christmas

By Dudley Rose, on December 6th, 2008

Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan have authored a book entitled, The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Birth. As in their other books, they make the best of Biblical scholarship accessible to the church–and not just accessible, but also relevant.

In this volume they look at the nativity stories in Matthew . . . → Read More: The First Christmas

From Jesus to Christ

By Dudley Rose, on December 2nd, 2008

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been ten years since the first airing of the PBS FrontLine special, From Jesus to Christ. We keep a permanent link to the site on the links page on the North Prospect Union website. It is said that the website for the program still receives many thousands of hits . . . → Read More: From Jesus to Christ

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