Word for the Week

The Bridge of Faith

Week beginning: 15th May, 2022 | By Alan Taylor | Torquay

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand.

For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

For Christ suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.

Romans 5:1-2a (NIV); Ephesians 2:18 (NIV); 1 Peter 3:18 (NIV)*

It is a surprising fact that the common English word "bridge" does not appear anywhere in the Authorized Version of the Bible nor in the New International Version and maybe other modern translations. Yet the picture of a bridge between God and mankin