JOHN: The people's bible commentary - ABIDE IN LOVE
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - ABIDE IN LOVE
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
ABIDE IN LOVE Jesus uses the image of the vine to describe his relationship with his disciples, even when he is physically absent. He is the ‘true’ or ‘real vine’, and we are branches which must remain in the vine to bear fruit, the fruit of love, one of John’s key themes. Jesus …
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - From GARDEN to COURTYARD
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - From GARDEN to COURTYARD
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
From GARDEN to COURTYARD When Jesus warned the disciples after washing their feet that they could not follow where he was going, Peter offered to lay down his life for Jesus (13:37). Despite Jesus’ warning that he was more likely to deny him and everything in the Farewell Discour…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - We Want To See Jesus
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - We Want To See Jesus
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
We want to see Jesus John’s account of Jesus welcomed into Jerusalem by the crowd showed how he rejected violent revolution for just one nation, responding with a humility which caused ‘all the world’ to go after him. Both universalism and humble suffering are developed further i…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - LOVE ONE ANOTHER
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - LOVE ONE ANOTHER
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
LOVE ONE ANOTHER When Judas has ‘gone out’ to begin the events leading to Jesus’ arrest and death, Jesus starts talking to his disciples. This introduces several themes which will recur through the Farewell Discourse of chapters 14—17…
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - The party and the parties - 8
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - The party and the parties - 8
by SPCK - Tom Wright
8 The party and the parties Part Two THE THANK-YOU PARTY The Jesus-meal (to use an unusual though neutral phrase for it) was already woven into the heart of Christian living by the time Paul wrote to Corinth in the mid-50s, twenty years or so after Jesus’ death and resurrection. …
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - New meal, new story - 5
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - New meal, new story - 5
by SPCK - Tom Wright
5 New meal, new story Part One HOW IT ALL BEGAN So, like I said, it’s as though we’re now a single family. Thirty-two of us who heard the story and had the same thing happen to us. My wife heard the story and it had the same effect on her too, but half the others are people we’d …
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - A taste of what's to come - 11
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - A taste of what's to come - 11
by SPCK - Tom Wright
11 A taste of things to come Part Two THE THANK-YOU PARTY When the Israelites were wandering through the desert on their way to the promised land, Moses sent spies ahead into Canaan who would come back to tell what they had seen. (You can read the story in Numbers 13.)…
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - New meal, new life - 6
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - New meal, new life - 6
by SPCK - Tom Wright
6 New meal, new life Part One HOW IT ALL BEGAN The Meal Jesus Gave Us And of course there’s something else. Part of the story is that this God is taking the world somewhere. He’s got plans. Apparently he’s promised to do for all of us what he did for Jesus after he died. And for …
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithless Wife
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithless Wife
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
God as a Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithless Wife (Hosea 1-3) In Hosea 1:2, YHWH commands Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a promiscuous wife and bear children of promiscuity, for the land fornicates away from YHWH” (my trans.). Hosea then marries Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, a…
Arthur's Call - Creation
Arthur's Call - Creation
by SPCK - Frances Young
4 Creation In creation there is fragility and vulnerability; that is the nature of creation. That was one of the wise sayings collected at our first L’Arche meeting. My original anguished question had been, ‘How can I go on believing in a good Creator God when something so drasti…
Arthur's Call - L’Arche, Lourdes, and Faith and Light