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David Rowbory retweeted
490 yrs ago today, William Tyndale was strangled and burned, having produced the English New Testament we celebrate 500 yrs of in 2026
His is a story that shows the messiness of the early English Reformation and it opens my own study of how the English Bible became a bestseller
Just came across the audio version of Bully Pulpit - a sample available here. The intro alone is worth a listen and a ponder.
youtube.com/watch?v=zrhhoXtC…
Looks very interesting:
If you don't live close enough to Cambridge, UK to attend our World of the Bible day conference you can watch the live-stream from anywhere in the world.
Book now!
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📅 Saturday 24th October
David Rowbory retweeted
Today we mark 490 years since William Tyndale’s martyrdom.
If you are interested in finding out more about William Tyndale’s life and legacy, watch our podcast series on YouTube. Or, to explore the world of the Bible more deeply join us at our conference on 24th October.
Here's a handy list of red flags to hang onto; worth checking that your passion project, work or church is taking care to avoid them.
I'd add another:
- "Angrily denying these red flags are red flags!"
David Rowbory retweeted
Why was William Tyndale’s English Bible so controversial, and how radical was Tyndale within the English Reformation?
Listen to historian Karl Gunther discusses this and more in tonight's podcast episode
2nd October, 2pm ET | 7pm BST
And congregations and preachers should also be alert there are fraudulent preachers who delight in the attack and scaring kind of preaching because it boosts their audience's dependence on them, not on Jesus. Good preachers won't want to set up their hearers to accept such abuse.
Anyone enjoying typing Nigerian languages using #naijatype the Android app play.google.com/store/apps/d…
If you want to go there to the store and rate it, that might be helpful for others to find it. You can also install @keyman and get the keyboard that way.
Looked like a surprisingly smooth splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. Well done! Would love to know what was changed compared to the ill-fated Super Heavy Booster 20.
Authority Imbalances, Complaints and Christian Leadership – with Jenni W... youtu.be/RF8POo3XXNI?si=B6Mi… via @YouTube
Really insightful and worth a watch and listen.
David Rowbory retweeted
Watch Starship Flight 14 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1qxvvenMP…
This poor old programmer struggles with non-programmer use of the word 'algorithm'. Can I turn off QuickSort? Or what about not running the software that contains the algorithm we dislike? Maybe we can run programs that don't have any algorithms at all?!🤪
bbc.com/news/articles/cn9wyv…
David Rowbory retweeted
Here are two words that should never go together: spiritual and abuse. It’s a diabolical pairing. The Spirit of God hates abuse, uncovers abuse, and cares for the abused. But we often see spirituality distorted and misused to damage a person created in the image of God.
Would it help at all if MPs voting for this were held jointly criminally liable for any deaths ever found or suspected to be coerced under the legislation? Might they take it more seriously?
I happened to be watching the moment (7.12) that someone at BBC spotted their headline typo had lasted 7 hours and sugested a corection.
