PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Mysteries from the East
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Mysteries from the East
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Four A COCK FOR ASCLEPIUS: ‘RELIGION’ AND ‘CULTURE’ IN PAUL’S WORLD 2. Religion and Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean World of Paul’s Day (II) The Religious World of Ancient Greece The word ‘Greece’ itself needs some definition – or rather, a warning about the comparat…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Religion and Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean World of Paul's Day, Introduction
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Religion and Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean World of Paul's Day, Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Four A COCK FOR ASCLEPIUS: ‘RELIGION’ AND ‘CULTURE’ IN PAUL’S WORLD 2. Religion and Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean World of Paul’s Day (I) Introduction As with everything else in this Part of the present book, no attempt or claim is made here for complete or exhaust…
Job for Everyone - GLOSSARY
Job for Everyone - GLOSSARY
by SPCK - John Goldingay
GLOSSARY Abaddon One of the Old Testament’s words for the place where dead people are, like Sheol. The ordinary word is similar to a Hebrew word meaning “perish,” which may not be a coincidence. Indeed, the verb can suggest “destroy,” and people might make a link with the fact th…
My practical theology DJW - God's way of change
My practical theology DJW - God's way of change
by David John Woodman
GOD’S WAY OF CHANGE – Looks at why God does not act as a superhero, changing events and the worlds problems for the better. God's way is much slower but infinitely more rewarding and complete for the individual. So far I have determined that God answers prayers even if not as we …
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Philosophical Worldview
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Philosophical Worldview
by SPCK - N T Wright
3. Athene and Her Owl: the Wisdom of the Greeks (vi) The Philosophical Worldview What happens when we turn the spotlight of worldview-analysis on to the ancient philosophers, not least the Stoics who seem, prima facie, to be the most likely context for understanding Paul’s audien…
Job for Everyone - Introduction
Job for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - John Goldingay
INTRODUCTION As far as Jesus and the New Testament writers were concerned, the Jewish Scriptures that Christians call the “Old Testament” were the Scriptures. In saying that, I cut corners a bit, as the New Testament never gives us a list of these Scriptures, but the body of writ…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Philosophical Schools
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Philosophical Schools
by SPCK - N T Wright
3. Athene and Her Owl: the Wisdom of the Greeks (vi) The Philosophical Schools Our brief survey has uncovered several features of considerable importance as we approach the task of placing Paul within the world into which he was called to go with the news of a different Lord. As …
Job for Everyone - Acknowledgments
Job for Everyone - Acknowledgments
by SPCK - John Goldingay
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The translation at the beginning of each chapter (and in other biblical quotations) is my own. I have stuck closer to the Hebrew than modern translations often do when they are designed for reading in church so that you can see more precisely what the text says...
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Four Leading Stoics
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Four Leading Stoics
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Three ATHENE AND HER OWL: THE WISDOM OF THE GREEKS 2. The Shape and Content of First-Century Philosophy (iv) Four Leading Stoics (a) Seneca Seneca was born around the same time as Jesus of Nazareth. He wrote voluminously, employing a brilliant style which he could adapt i…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Real Beginning: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Real Beginning: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Three ATHENE AND HER OWL: THE WISDOM OF THE GREEKS 2. The Shape and Content of First-Century Philosophy (ii) The Real Beginning: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle First, then, the four great schools. All western philosophy traces itself back to Plato, and thereby to Socrates.…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Shape and Content of First-Century Philosophy
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Shape and Content of First-Century Philosophy
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Three ATHENE AND HER OWL: THE WISDOM OF THE GREEKS 2. The Shape and Content of First-Century Philosophy (i)Introduction It is of course out of the question to propose even a short history of ancient philosophy at this point. This is in any case quite unnecessary, there be…
Beginning of Local Preaching
Beginning of Local Preaching
by David John Woodman
A 4 part dialogue of the beginnings of Methodist local preaching with John Wesley's and his mothers thoughts. LOCAL PREACHER ROOTS (A four speaker Dialogue) NARRATOR: WOMAN: LAY-PREACHER: JOHN WESLEY: (Based upon events in John Wesley’s diaries and also recorded in other books on…
John Wesley: Saved by Grace
John Wesley: Saved by Grace
by Antonia Saunders
An essay about the conversion of John Wesley John Wesley : Saved by Grace John Wesley’s early life seemingly pointed to the fact that he would be a man of GOD. Both his maternal and paternal ancestry contained a long heritage of ministers. He was brought up in a good Christian ho…
Poem:Emmanuel
Poem:Emmanuel
by Antonia Saunders
A poem about Jesus and his magnificence Emmanuel God the Son, humbled in flesh, dwelt with us, Walked our paths, knew our grief and so thus, He is an example of how we might be, Without the prison of sin and iniquity. He leads us to God the Father, to freedom and life, To save us…
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Jesus: his home
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Jesus: his home
by SPCK - David J. Bryan
Jesus: his home Introduction Throughout the Gospels Jesus is identified as Jesus of Nazareth (Mark 1.24). This might seem obvious to us but it is actually very surprising that someone who came to be seen by his followers as the Christ or Messiah should be so closely associated wi…
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Introduction