The New Testament is a Jewish text, written mostly by Jews, whose worldview and truth claims were almost entirely framed by their understanding of God’s revelation to their ancestors. It was written at a time when there were many conflicting ‘worldviews’, all claiming to be ‘truth’ and most willing to disregard, those who believed something different. In this, there are many parallels with our world today.

The Bible is the written result of God’s revelation of himself – it reveals who he is, what he is like, and how people have responded. Most people know that the Bible is divided into two sections. The first part called the Old Testament, starts with a description of how the world came to be…

Everything started with the word. That’s what John declares in the first line of his Gospel. The Bible itself is called the Word of God, and this alone should excite us to read it more. But it was written a long time ago, in other languages and that can make it a bit tricky to…