Rev Joe Moffat offered four talks in Autumn 2019 to provide a framework for 'how to handle the Bible'. He offered a personal perspective, outlining the approaches he finds most helpful and the things he finds most fascinating.

The first session on 17 September was in the form of a Supper Talk: 'Seeing the Bible as a Library'. The outputs are at the links below:

• Notes
• Recording of main talk (Note that the talk starts at 2 minutes 15 seconds after preliminary comments relating to the supper)
• Recording of questions
• Bible resources

The second session on 8 October was on 'Understanding the Old Testament'. The outputs are at the following links:

• Notes part 1
• Notes part 2
• Recording of talk

The third session on 15 October was on 'Understanding the New Testament'. The outputs are at the following links:

• Notes
• Recording of talk

The final session on 22 October was on the topic : 'Not a book for bashing – using the Bible wisely'. The recording is available here.