What’s In Your Bible: Make It Messy

Beth Demme Blog 1 Comment

What’s In Your Bible? Go Ahead, Make A Mess in Your Bible By Beth Demme Do you remember when you were in school and you first started using highlighters? At first, it was hard to know what to highlight, right? Eventually, you learned to be judicious and careful with your highlighter. You learned to highlight the snippets that would be meaningful …

What’s In Your Bible: Making the Bible Personal

Beth Demme Blog 3 Comments

What’s In Your Bible: Making the Bible Personal By Beth Demme Actors hired by Capital One ask, “What’s In Your Wallet?” We’re rephrasing the question to ask, “What’s In Your Bible?” (Click here to read, What’s In Your Bible? Maybe Your Family History.) Are there changes in your Bible? Have you modified it? Would you like to? Don’t faint. I’m not …

Use the New Testament to Learn the Old Testament

Beth Demme Bible Study, Blog Leave a Comment

By Beth Demme “A.D. You know … after death,” the white-haired man said in a thick British accent, a camera hanging around his neck. “No,” I offered kindly, woefully inept at remaining silent. “A.D. is an abbreviation for anno domini, the year of our Lord. That’s the birth of Jesus.” He wasn’t convinced. “No, I’m sure that A.D. means after …

The Old Testament is the Story of My Life

Beth Demme Blog 3 Comments

By Beth Demme Plenty of people today dismiss the Old Testament as a collection of ancient writings with unknown provenance. I think that’s a mistake. I don’t think we should idolize the Bible, but there’s a lot of room between dismissal and idolatry. I fall somewhere in between, where reverence and belief intersect faith and hope. One of the reasons …

Can I Be Overwhelmed With Joy?

Beth Demme Blog, Experiencing God, Finding Joy Leave a Comment

I’ve had an epiphany! Actually, we’re all having another Epiphany. It’s more than a sudden inspiration; it’s a season on the church calendar. It’s the time of year we celebrate the arrival of the Wise Men. The Wise Men were astrologers. They were star and sky readers. A star led the Wise Men to Jesus, but if you read the …