Opening The Scriptures Bible Lessons From The 2005 Annual Gathering Of Friends BY TOM GATES 2005 64 PP. Paper $9.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-888305-39-5 Quaker Press of FGC

By popular demand the Bible talks given at the 2005 Annual Gathering of Friends now appear in printed form, a booklet containing the text, footnotes and the readings handed to participants. Tom Gates explores the Bible through the eyes of early Friends and how their understanding can shed light on the Bible for contemporary Friends. "Tom Gates' presentations, delivered at the FGC Gathering 2005, are truly inspired illuminations of the thought and witness of George Fox. For those of us who were present, Tom "opened" George Fox to us in very much the same way that those who were contemporaries of George Fox said that he, George Fox, opened the scriptures to them." - Art Larrabee