Following our pattern of Advent study, there’ll be a couple of sessions at the Vicar’s Rooms in Barrow on Thursday December 11 (2.15-4pm) and Thursday 18th December (2-4pm), where we explore what it is to read Scripture faithfully. (It’s also running at St Mary's Church Hall in Barton on Saturday mornings 10.30am-12 noon on December 6th and 13th.)

Funny though it may seem to some, 'faithfully' doesn’t mean a slavish, literal reading of the Bible: that was completely alien to the Church until the last two or three hundred years, since when it’s caught on in some circles (leading down some very strange alleyways). Nor does it mean going to the opposite extreme of treating the Bible as 'an interesting product of the ancient world', as if we were an outsider. The authentic Christian tradition is both more challenging and richer than either of these pale imitations.
No specialist knowledge required, bring a Bible if you can, and if you can just make one of the sessions it’ll be fine.