A NEW annotated edition of the Bible, published by the Bible Society and the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC), contains more than 1000 notes, prompts, stories, and features to help its readers to address “the nitty-gritty detail of life”.
Launched last month, the Everyday Faith Bible is designed to help readers to “follow Jesus every day of the week” through practical prompts, contextual notes, features, quotations, and real-life story examples.
It seeks to help people to connect with ancient texts in the 21st century by addressing “how the Bible speaks to the nitty-gritty detail of life in the UK today — from work meetings to football games to family dinners”, the LICC and Bible Society write in their introduction.
The notes are in three categories: “Head” concerns the scriptures’ real-world context; “Heart” seeks to help readers to relate to experiences and emotions in the passage; and “Hands” encourages them to respond practically. Some of the features consider “reading uncomfortable passages”, “a corrupted world”, and “worship as a way of life”.
The supporting material is by a team including Dr Andrew Ollerton, Dr Lucy Peppiatt, Chine McDonald, the Revd Dr Helen Paynter, the Revd Dr Ian Paul, and the Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley.
The translation used is the New Revised Standard Version, and the book is priced at £28.99.