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“The book in my hands became my trusted companion. What was written there had so much power that it forced me to stop avoiding myself, to make my own choices as well. And through some sort of vital intuition, I understood that I had a long way to go, that it would bring about a profound transformation within me, even though I could not determine it's essence, or its scope. In that book there was a voice, and behind that voice threw was an intelligence that sought to establish contact with me. It was not merely the company of written words that distiller my boredom. It was a living voice, speaking. To me.”

Book:Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle

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Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle

This book is a first-hand account of the author's experience being held captive in the Colombian jungle for an extended period. The narrative provides an intimate look into the challenges and survival tactics employed during the captivity. more

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Ingrid Betancourt

Ingrid Betancourt is a Colombian politician born on December 25, 1961. She served as a senator in Colombia and was taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2002. During her six-year captivity, she demonstrated remarkable courage and resilience. In 2006, she was successfully rescued, becoming a global symbol of bravery and determination. more

“It is a bad indication when, in any period, men will so exalt their confessions that they force the Scriptures to a secondary importance, illustrated in one era, when as Tulloch remarks: 'Scripture as a witness, disappeared behind the Augsburg Confession" ...No decrees of councils; no ordinances of synods; no "standard" of doctrines; no creed or confession, is to be urged as authority in forming the opinions of men. They may be valuable for some purposes, but not for this; they may be referred to as interesting parts of history, but not to form the faith of Christians; they may be used in the church to express its belief, not to form it.”

Bible Scripture Theology Confession Creed

Author:L.S. Chafer

“The business of reading and interpreting the Bible in South Afria is a tricky one! The Bible is everywhere and in the hands of many, including the pain inflictors. ~ Mogomme Alpheus Masoga”

Bible Interpretation South Africa

Book:Reading Otherwise: Socially Engaged Biblical Scholars Reading with their Local Communities

Source: Reading Otherwise: Socially Engaged Biblical Scholars Reading with their Local Communities

“In itself this Christian education is partly the product of the retreat of biblical scholarship from the faith community to the academy. In removing themselves to the academy biblical scholars have ceased to engage with the people of the issues of the contemporary faith context. ~ Janet Lees (p. 84). In Reading Other-Wise”

Bible Christian Education

Book:Reading Otherwise: Socially Engaged Biblical Scholars Reading with their Local Communities

Source: Reading Otherwise: Socially Engaged Biblical Scholars Reading with their Local Communities

“Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and beheld a flying roll.”