The Bible A To Z

Man shall not live by bread alone

3. The Church’s capacity to leave toilet paper on your doorstep…

December 4, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

I wrote this title almost a year ago, a long time before the infamous ‘toilet paper dash of 2020’. It feels odd writing it now, knowing how desperately short of toilet paper the supermarkets, and many homes, became for a time this year. But it is my story to tell, and this was the […]

It’s my intention to post articles about the themes of the Bible. I’ve started my first A-Z with the Old Testament (which I’ve already mapped out). I’ve not sought to explore the basic or even most important A-Zs of the Bible, but particular themes that I have wanted to dig into and that are outside the scope of my usual weekly preaching through God’s wonderful life-giving word.

These are written with an interested church member in mind. But they are also not necessarily for the person new to Jesus either. Like a sermon, I almost exclusively engage with the Scriptures themselves rather than secondary sources. Unless mentioned otherwise, I use the ESV translation of the Bible.

Feel free to distribute these articles, but do not change their content or charge for them without written permission. May God be honoured in all we do.

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” (Jesus. Matthew 4:4)

Andrew Barry serves with Christ’s people at Menai Anglican Church. He is married to Ruth. They live with five of their children and eagerly wait for to see the other one when Jesus returns.

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