LWPT Meditations - Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B Psalm 127 Mark 12: 38-44 I cannot bear to watch the news, to see those images of war and death; grieving women, frightened children, devastation, overflowing hospitals, pain and fear. I listen, though, and read of Syria, Afghanista…
The Living God - Going deeper into reality: the Trinity and ‘surface faith’
The Living God - Going deeper into reality: the Trinity and ‘surface faith’
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Mystery or muddle? The Trinity 5 Going deeper into reality: the Trinity and ‘surface faith’ Now some will read these words and rightly wish to raise an objection. Their faith is simple; and they like it that way. They trust in God and believe firmly that they’ve been redeemed thr…
The Living God - I believe in God the Father
The Living God - I believe in God the Father
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
A personal God: love and faithfulness 2 I believe in God the Father As we saw in the last chapter, the creeds help us put into words our trust in ‘the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation’ (2 Corinthians 1.3). One reason wh…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - WHAT about ELIJAH?
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - WHAT about ELIJAH?
by BRF - Dick France
WHAT about ELIJAH? MARK 9: 9-13 There is something bizarre and yet reassuring in the picture of Jesus walking down the mountain in earnest conversation with Peter, James and John, so soon after they have seen him bathed in dazzling light and talking with men long dead…
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The WEDDING at CANA
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The WEDDING at CANA
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
The WEDDING at CANA ‘There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee’. For a little town nestling in the hill-country above the Sea of Galilee a few miles from Nazareth, Cana has become remarkably well known down through the ages and across the world by being mentioned at the start of the…
Isaiah for everyone - The People Who Know What’s Best
Isaiah for everyone - The People Who Know What’s Best
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The People Who Know What’s Best I have been a student or a professor in four seminaries. One thing that students and faculty have in common is that they often think they know more about how to run the seminary than its head or the board of governors. For most of this time I was e…
Isaiah for everyone - I SEE HAWKS IN L.A.