Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - What is the Body For?
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - What is the Body For?
by SPCK - N T Wright
What Is the Body For? 1 Corinthians 6.12-20 I once knew a student who never bothered to buy a screwdriver. He had a couple of knives that he used instead, one larger and one smaller; and most of the things he needed to screw or unscrew he could do quite well with the point of one…
Hebrews for Everyone - What Faith Really Means
Hebrews for Everyone - What Faith Really Means
by SPCK - N T Wright
What Faith Really Means Hebrews 11.1-6 I had thought we were alone on the hillside. It had been misty for some of our walk, and at other times sharp little squalls of rain had spat in our faces. But we had kept going, knowing there would be some difficult climbing later on (a roc…
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Wednesday: Fifth Week in Lent Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Wednesday: Fifth Week in Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B WEEK 5 WEDNESDAY... ...James stared at the machine doubtfully. ‘I don’t know,’ he said. ‘Looks quite clever, but I can’t see how it can ever actually work.’ His brother, who had spent all winter building the new machine – they were farmers, and neede…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - What if the Messiah Wasn't Raised?
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - What if the Messiah Wasn't Raised?
by SPCK - N T Wright
What if the Messiah Wasn’t Raised? 1 Corinthians 15.12-19 Robert had longed to play in the school football team. He had watched every game since he had come to the school. He had idolized the players and thought about the different styles of play, the different skills that were n…
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Tuesday: Fifth Week in Lent Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Tuesday: Fifth Week in Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B WEEK 5 TUESDAY... ...Mark Twain is reputed to have said that history never repeats itself, but that it often rhymes. In other words, although every event is unique, many events resemble others. They fall into a pattern. Sometimes, looking back along …
The Pastoral Letters - Women Must Be Allowed to be Learners
The Pastoral Letters - Women Must Be Allowed to be Learners
by SPCK - N T Wright
Woman Must Be Allowed to be Learners 1Timothy 2.8-15 As I write this, a short war has just finished in the Middle East. The newspapers have been full of it, and now they are picking over the details: was it really justified, who was to blame, did the invading armies fight accordi…
Luke for Everyone - Woes Against the Pharisees
Luke for Everyone - Woes Against the Pharisees
by SPCK - N T Wright
Woes Against the Pharisees Luke 11.42-54 The tennis player came grumpily into the television interview room. He had just lost a vital match in the Wimbledon men’s singles tournament, the premier tennis event of the year. He was tired and cross. Worse: in the course of the game, s…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Worthy is The Lamb
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Worthy is The Lamb
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT OTHER EARLY CHRISTIAN PRAYERS WORTHY IS THE LAMB Revelation 5:8-14 Think of it as a visit to the theatre. You are sitting in the dark when the drum begins. A slow, steady rhythm. It’s telling you something. It’s going somewhere. It builds up, l…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Wives and Husbands
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Wives and Husbands
by SPCK - N T Wright
Wives and Husbands Ephesians 5.21-33 At the start of the twenty-first century, it has been remarked that it is harder than ever to be a boy. Today, in the supposedly civilized and sophisticated countries of the world, there is growing up a whole generation of young men who feel t…
Revelation for Everyone - Worthy is the Lamb!
Revelation for Everyone - Worthy is the Lamb!
by SPCK - N T Wright
Worthy is the Lamb! Revelation 5.8-14 Think of it as another visit to the theatre. You are sitting in the dark when the drum begins. A slow, steady rhythm. It’s telling you something. It’s going somewhere. It builds up, louder and louder. Then the voices join in. Wild, excited si…
Revelation bible study guide - Worth is The Lamb
Revelation bible study guide - Worth is The Lamb
by SPCK - N T Wright
WORTHY IS THE LAMB Revelation 5 We stood and stared at the letter as it lay on the doormat. It was a smart envelope, good quality paper, with clear, bold typewritten name and address. And at the top, in even larger letters, we saw the words: To Be Opened by Addressee Only. And th…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Words of Blessing
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Words of Blessing
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF PAUL WORDS OF BLESSING Thessalonians 3: 11-13 When children begin to learn a musical instrument, or to sing, the teacher often plays alongside them. The children hear the music from the teacher mixed in with the sounds they are makin…
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - A Skin Disorder Removed and Exposed
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - A Skin Disorder Removed and Exposed
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Skin Disorder Removed and Imposed 2 Kings 5:1-6:7 Yesterday was the fourth Sunday in the month, and as usual on that Sunday we didn’t have a “proper” sermon; the rector sat on a chair and invited the congregation to tell us what they heard God saying to us out of the Scripture …
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - A Summons, not a Call
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - A Summons, not a Call
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Summons, Not a Call 1 Samuel 3: 1- 4: 1a One of my friends is going through the “discernment process” whereby the Episcopal Church seeks to decide whether she is called to ordained ministry. It involves meetings with a group of people from your local church, with diocesan offic…
Job for Everyone - A Witness in the Heavens?
Job for Everyone - A Witness in the Heavens?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Witness in the Heavens? Job 16: 18- 17: 16 When I was a young assistant pastor in London (what would now be called a youth pastor, but youth pastors hadn’t been invented yet), one of the prize members of our largely middleclass youth group was a teenager from the local projects…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - A Story about Several Asses
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - A Story about Several Asses
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Story about Several Asses NUMBERS 22: 1- 23:4 I was once assistant minister in a flourishing suburban church that had a history of having notable rectors, one of whom was by then rector of one of the most high-profile churches in the country. I have never forgotten hearing him …
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - A Strange Prohibition and a Surprising Experiment