12 May 2010 saw the public launch of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Mission, a new Redcliffe College initiative aiming to serve the Church by engaging in research, teaching, writing and speaking on mission in the Bible, and the Bible in mission thinking, practice and training.

I recently edited the June issue of Encounters, Redcliffe’s quarterly online journal on the subject of The Psalms and Mission. In my editorial I outline the activities of the Centre in more detail. The launch event also included Redcliffe’s 2010 Annual Lecture in Bible and Mission, delivered by Prof. Gordon Wenham on the theme of ’The Nations in the Psalms’. The lecture is provided in full along with responses from myself, Eddie Arthur (Wycliffe Bible Translators) and David Spriggs (Bible Society).

Brian Russell and Tony Hughes outline missional readings of particular psalms, and a Redcliffe student offers a fascinating vision for the use of psalms of lament in order to help prevent missionary attrition. Finally, with kind permission from the author and Paternoster Press, we have included Ian Stackhouse’s chapter on Praying the Psalms from his book, The Day is Yours: Slow Spirituality in a Fast-Moving World.

I trust you will enjoy this edition of Encounters. Please read, reflect and join in the conversation.

Tim

Issue 33 of Encounters: The Psalms and Mission

Issue contents: 

Editorial:  The Centre for the Study of Bible and Mission. (Tim Davy, 761 words, pdf 54 KB)

Article 1:  The Nations in the Psalms. (Prof Gordon Wenham, 5513 words, pdf 65 KB)

Article 2:  The Nations in the Psalms and the Psalms in the Nations – a response. (Tim Davy, 912 words, pdf 51 KB)

Article 3:  Psalms 1-2 as an Introduction to Reading the Psalms Missionally. (Dr Brian Russell, 2083 words, pdf 51 KB)

Article 4:  Reflections on the Nations in the Psalms. (Eddie Arthur, 485 words, pdf 23 KB)

Article 5:  The Nations in Isaiah 40-55. (Rev Dr David Spriggs, 1218 words, pdf 37 KB)

Article 6:  Missionary Attrition and the Psalms of Lament. (Name withheld, 1041 words, pdf 41 KB)

Article 7:  A Missional Reading of Psalm 47. (Tony Hughes, 1664 words, pdf 48 KB)

Article 8:  Praying the Psalms. (Rev Dr Ian Stackhouse, 2598 words, pdf 59 KB)

Book Review 1:  Transformation after Lausanne: Radical Evangelical Mission in Global-local Perspective. (by Al Tizon; Regnum Books)

Book Review 2:  Understanding and Using the Bible. (edited by Christopher J.H. Wright and Jonathan Lamb; SPCK)