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And if you’re interested in looking into the claims of the Bible more, there’s some great, easy to read books out there to help. During our series ‘The Book’ we’ve heard from historian and author John Dickson on the accuracy of the New Testament. He’s written some great books including: ‘The Christ Files’ which looks at whether the New Testament can be trusted, and ‘If I Was God I’d Make Myself Clearer’, which explores the question of how we can find out the truth about God in a world of so many differing beliefs and religions.

If you’d like a copy of either book, leave a comment and we can help you find one!

A No-holds Barred Look at the World’s Biggest Selling Book

It’s the world’s biggest selling book - with 100 million copies sold every year. But in this so-called enlightened age, why do people keep believing it, let alone reading it?

Come along for a long hard look at the Bible. University is a time to explore and investigate. Take a risk in understanding your world. Your input is welcome.

This coming Tuesday we ask ‘Is the Bible an Irrelevant Book?’

Followed by the question ‘Is the Bible an Incomprehensible book?’

Hope to see you there!

Where do you look for comfort in life?

Where can true comfort be found?

How can we find comfort?

Join us at the bible talks this week as Ryan Dehnert speaks to us from Isaiah chapter 40 about the God of all comfort.

Everyone welcome.

Tuesdays and thursdays 12-1pm, R204

The tbt getaway is being held on friday the 8th august to saturday the 9th august, at rock valley.  We’re meeting at the union car park after dinner at 6.30pm, to head out together.

The getaway is a great time to build friendships with students at southern cross uni, and at the same time learn about God and the good news of his Son, Jesus Christ. Fire regulations permitting, there’ll be a bonfire on the friday night, and a bushwalk on Saturday. You’re very welcome to come along, whether you call yourself a Christian or not, and regardless of which church you go to, if you go to a church. Please let us know by emailing info@thebibletalks.com.

The cost is $15for food and accommodation. I hope you can make it!

hello!

as i am sure you know by now it is uni break.

so tbt will be back in 1st week of semester 2 2008.

see you then, and stay tuned for info about events early in 2nd semester.

have a great break, hope you are refreshed and come back with more zeal to see lives saved @ SCU.

Review: tbt grill a Christian event. After some delays because of bad weather we were finally able to have the grill a Christian event.There were some good questions being asked by the many non-Christians there. It look like maybe 30-40 people come. And there were some good answers give by the panel. (Thanks to the panel for the effort)The BBQ was a great attracter and people enjoy some snags.Thanks to those who helped out with the BBQ. Good effort!Overall it seemed the event was good. We fulfilled our goal in allowing a space where we could outreach to the many non-Christians @ SCU and give them and opportunity to ask the questions, hear about God and meet some Christians.It was great to see people chatting afterward. And a couple of new people have been coming along to the Bible talks.

TBT rock valley camp has now been. It was a great time to go out to Rock valley and build relationship and listen to some talks. Some people camped and others slept inside. After watching the first talk we had a little discussion and prayed. Then talked and played games around the fire while roasting marshmallows. next day we had brekky watch another talked then went for a swim at Hanging Rock. It was a great time.see pics below.

Free food! A chance to ask any question about the Christian faith! Free food! Next Tuesday at 12pm The Bible talks is taking a break from it’s usual weekly meeting to hold ‘Grill a Christian’. Grill a Christian is the chance for any student at scu to come along, grab a free sausage sizzle, and then grill a panel of 3 Christians with any questions they have about Christianity.

This is a great opportunity for you or any of your friends to find answers to those questions you’ve long held about what Christians believe and why, and what the Bible actually says. So come along, and bring your friends. It looks set to be a great time!

Grill a Christian will be held at 12pm just outside Y block, on tuesday the 22nd April

Freedom. We all want it but do you have it? People all over the world are longing for it, searching for it, hoping for it. Many believe that if they are going to be truly free, they must escape. They must escape all levels of authority, anything that holds them back from doing what they want. True freedom, they argue, is doing what you want, when you want. This means that God is left out of the picture.

Jesus says in John 8:32, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” In that statement he tells us that it is in the truth that we find true freedom. It’s in knowing God that we find true freedom. This freedom doesn’t come from escaping our Creator, but running too him.

People who know this truth must start to realize the freedom they have. The freedom that comes from knowing Jesus Christ is a freedom from slavery to sin, freedom from death, a freedom from conformity to this world, freedom from fear, freedom from the powers of darkness, freedom from religion and a freedom from selfishness. It is this freedom which gives us freedom to love and a freedom to give; a freedom to bring the message of hope to those who are perishing.

This year to kick off The Bible Talks we’re going to be promoting the freedom we have in Christ. For those we missed contacting during o-week and to encourage people to share the gospel on campus we are running freedom week, where we will be running a couple of key events in week 3. Please be praying and be ready to get involved. The next three talks at TBT are:

• Week 1: Freedom from Sin
• Week 2: Freedom from Death
• Week 3: Freedom from Conformity

Welcome to Southern Cross University! If you’re looking for other Christians on campus, we hope that you can join us. You’re invited to a free barbecue this Saturday (23rd February) at 6.30pm. It’s a great chance for you to meet other Christians and find out more about what The Bible Talks does. The address is 143 High St, Lismore Heights. We hope to see you there.