THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Status, Power, and Children: The Story of Hannah
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Status, Power, and Children: The Story of Hannah
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Status, Power, and Children: The Story of Hannah (1 Samuel 1-2) The books of Samuel begin with the story of the birth of a son to a woman previously childless. According to the narrative, Hannah, the favored wife of Elkanah, has no children, because YHWH has “closed her womb.” Ha…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Standing on the Promises
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Standing on the Promises
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Standing on the Promises Psalm 119: 25-48 Yesterday I got our congregation to write out their thanksgivings, uncertainties, and commitments for the coming year, in line with the plan I mentioned in connection with Psalm 105. Just before doing so, I realized that there was another…
Psalms for Everyone - Trusting God with Your Anger
Psalms for Everyone - Trusting God with Your Anger
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Trusting God with Your Anger Psalm 68: 19-35 In a day or two I am to lecture on the Psalms and our spirituality, and I shall talk about the way psalms are designed to feed and shape our praise, prayer, and thanksgiving. Last night as I was finalizing the lecture, I realized I had…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Where Are You?
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Where Are You?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Where Are You? Genesis 3: 4-13 “I can resist everything except temptation.” I am writing on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States. It’s the greatest shopping day of the year, popularly assumed to be called by that name because it’s when stores hope to get …
2 Corinthians - Unbearably Crushed
2 Corinthians - Unbearably Crushed
by SPCK - N T Wright
Unbearably Crushed 2 CORINTHIANS 1.8-14 You watch from a distance as a friend walks down the street. You see him turn and go into a house. He strides in cheerfully and purposefully. You wait for a few minutes. Then you see him come out again – only now you see, to your horror, th…
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Confessions Psalm 27
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Confessions Psalm 27
by John Birch
Opening prayers to help the leader of worship. A Scripture verse, a prayer of thanksgiving and one of confession. Prayers - One thing I ask of the Lord Format: Consider these words from Psalm 27 A Responsive Prayer (see extract below) A Prayer of Confession Lord's Prayer Short E…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS By the disciplines of Lent and the encouragement of others; by the Body of Christ and the sharing of lives; by the desire of our hearts and the need of our souls, Good Lord deliver us…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - 2 INTERCESSIONS AT FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - 2 INTERCESSIONS AT FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
2 INTERCESSIONS AT FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS PRACTICALITIES This is a checklist of things to consider when preparing intercessions for festivals and special events in the life of the church…
glimpses of glory - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year C
glimpses of glory - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
The Seventh Sunday of Easter Almighty Father, who through your great love raised your Son into glory, help us to know we are not alone, to know we dwell in you and you in us, to know that the ascended Lord is with us always, and that your Spirit comes to guide and strengthen us. …
the second intercessions handbook - PRAYING FOR THOSE YOU FORGET