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Purpose
To enable Christians in 21st century Wales
to communicate with credibility, confidence and
competence the message of the Bible in the
local church and in every work place, including
in politics, the media, the arts, the health
service, education and business
CICC Cafe: Biblefresh Insights
The Aims
1. To discover the way God writes – the biblical
(Hebrew) worldview, culture, literature
2. To develop skills in enjoying and meditating
on the inspired text of scripture
3. To appreciate the benefits that come from
studying Torah in fellowship with others
CICC Cafe: Biblefresh Insights
The Session Outline
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Gathering
Focusing
Engaging
Meaning-making
Closing
CICC Cafe: Biblefresh Insights
The Sessions
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Glory to God – Speaking with tongues of angels! (Luke 2.14)
The Lord is my Shepherd – Poetic analysis of Psalm 23
Behold my Servant – Poetic analysis of Isaiah 53
How does God write? – The Concept of Woven Text
In the Beginning – An example of woven text
Our Father in heaven – Woven text in the New Testament
CICC Cafe: Biblefresh Insights
Focusing
Glory to God – Speaking with Angels’ Tongues!
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Lots of ways to study the Bible
This series is about Biblefresh Insights
The usual way we see the text – as prose (read Item 2)
To discover the basic insight, focus on v14 (Item 3)
Need to study the text as given (see Item 4)
Translations versus the literal translation
Arrange the text in the order of the literal translation
How many sub-sentences? Arrange in parallel
CICC Cafe: Biblefresh Insights
Meaning-making
Glory to God – Speaking with Angels’ Tongues!
• Parallelism
– Key insight in Hebrew-Biblical literature
– Usually in pairs, sometimes 3s or 4s (two pairs)
– In sentences, in paragraphs, in units, in books!
• Inverted Parallelism
– As in Lk 2.14
– Also called Chiasma(ta)
CICC Cafe: Biblefresh Insights
Meaning-making
Glory to God – Speaking with Angels’ Tongues!
• Truth at two dimensions
– Linear or 2D – the linear reading of the text
– Parallel or 3D – the parallel reading of the text
• Notice the three parallels in Luke 2.14
• Two eulogies, two realities, two beneficiaries
– Like the difference between 2D vision & 3D vision!
– 2D is seeing on one plane, 3D is seeing in depth
CICC Coming Up
• Events such as this, around Wales
– The Tentmaker – 11 Feb, 7.30pm, Thornhill Church
– Story Wars with Gerard Kelly, 24 March, St Anne’s, Penparcau
– Can I believe the Bible? Tyndale House, 6/7 May, St Paul’s Centre
• CICC Cafes
– Biblefresh Insights
– Relating Faith
– Culture – do your own!
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