Bible Texts
To accompany the daily Bible texts which appear
in the EDP, our team of Christian writers is now offering commentaries.
We hope everyone will find this area helpful, as it develops over the
weeks into a focus for daily meditations.
For those already familiar with the Bible, we hope
it offers food for thought, and perhaps a new way of looking at the texts.
For those with less experience of reading the Bible, we hope our commentaries
will introduce the texts, and help to make their meaning clearer.
Bible commentaries for February are provided
by Julian Bryant, who works for a Norfolk Christian charity and attends
a church in Norwich.
The commentary panel is:
- Jean Larner,
a Methodist lay preacher.
- Canon David Sharp, formerly Vicar
of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, who is an Honorary Canon (emeritus) of
Norwich Cathedral, classical scholar and lecturer.
- Father Dick Wilson, a retired
Roman Catholic priest living in Norwich.
- Biddy Collyer, a regular EDP writer
and a Christian who is passionate about the love of Jesus for everyone
being made real to people through the ministry of His church in Norwich
and Norfolk.
- Father Antony Sutch, Catholic parish
priest at St Benet's, Beccles, and a regular contributor to BBC Radio
4's Thought for the Day.
- Roman Catholic author Anita Dowsing.
- Julian Bryant, who works for a Norfolk Christian charity
and attends church in Norwich.
God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is crucified to me, and I to the world!
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Make no mistake about this: God is not to be fooled; a man reaps what he sows.
But the Jerusalem which is above is free; which is the mother of us all.
All mortals are like grass; all their splendour like the flowers of the field; the grass withers the flower falls; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever.
Even gold passes through the assayer's fire, and more precious than perishable gold is faith which has stood the test.
From the cloud came a voice: “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him.”
If anyone wishes to be a follower of mine, he must leave self behind; day after day he must take up his cross and come with me.
Jesus said, Nowhere, not even in Israel, have I found faith like this.
- Luke - 6, 28
- Luke - 5, 32
- Job - 42, 2
- Micah - 6, 8
- Matthew - 5, 14
- Matthew - 5, 13
- Matthew - 5, 10
- Matthew - 5, 7
- Matthew - 5, 6
- Matthew - 5, 5
- Matthew - 5, 4
- Matthew - 5, 3
- Luke - 19, 10
- Luke - 18, 14
- Luke - 16, 13
- Luke - 12, 34
- Luke - 9, 25
- Luke - 9, 13
- Matthew - 11, 28
- John - 16, 33
- Psalm - 91, 4
- Matthew - 12, 20
- Hebrews - 13, 8
- Galatians - 5, 16
- Proverbs - 25, 28
- Timothy - 6, 11
- Philippians - 4, 5
- Isaiah - 42, 3
- Psalm - 117, v2
- Psalm - 108, 4