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Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Peaceableness and Peacefulness
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Peaceableness and Peacefulness
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Peaceableness and Peacefulness Psalm 120-121 After a journey that took twenty-four hours, some friends of mine arrived yesterday in the capital of one of the toughest and poorest countries in Africa, which they visit from time to time seeking to help refugees there make their voi…
Praying for Jerusalem, Praying for Grace
Praying for Jerusalem, Praying for Grace
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Praying for Jerusalem, Praying for Grace Psalm 122-123 When people would ask me what I expected to miss about leaving England to move to the United States, I would say that one of the main things was proximity to Israel. From London I could get there in four hours or so, and I us…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Will You Just Shut Up and Listen?
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Will You Just Shut Up and Listen?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Will You Just Shut Up and Listen? Psalm 95 One of the most formative experiences of my life was being a chorister in the choir at the cathedral in my home city in England. I learned to sing and to read and write music, and I wouldn’t have become a music freak except for that expe…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - NICODEMUS by NIGHT
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - NICODEMUS by NIGHT
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
NICODEMUS by NIGHT In the last chapter, Jesus did not ‘trust’ himself to people who ‘trusted’ in him because of his signs (2:23–24). Over the coming chapters, many people come to Jesus because of his signs—the Samaritan woman (4:29), the official whose son is healed (4:47), the p…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Wishing and Hoping
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Wishing and Hoping
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Wishing and Hoping Psalm 130-131 It’s the beginning of Advent, when we start thinking about the first coming of Jesus but also about his second coming. The sermon on Sunday related to why the second coming matters and the reason for believing it will happen. It matters because Je…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Shadow of the Almighty
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Shadow of the Almighty
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91 I have a vivid memory from when I was a teenager of watching a filmstrip (a prehistoric antecedent of DVDs) that told the story of five young men from the United States who went to a rainforest in Ecuador to seek to bring the gospel of Christ to th…
Psalms for Everyone - Sometimes God Speaks
Psalms for Everyone - Sometimes God Speaks
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Sometimes God Speaks Psalm 12 Before coming to the United States to resume being an ordinary professor, I was principal of a theological college in England, a position that is a cross between being president, provost, and dean of a U.S. seminary, but on a much smaller scale. I ha…
Psalms for Everyone - Flee or Stay?
Psalms for Everyone - Flee or Stay?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Flee or Stay? Psalm 11 In this first week after South Sudan declared its independence, the president of northern Sudan has spoken before the national assembly as his reduced country starts a new phase of its life. He has described it as the “second republic” that will affirm the …
Psalms for Everyone - How Long, How Long, How Long, How Long?
Psalms for Everyone - How Long, How Long, How Long, How Long?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How Long, How Long, How Long, How Long? Psalm 13 About the same time as the story I described in connection with Psalm 12, I had a dream or a vision—I’m not sure what it was. I was pushing Ann in her wheelchair across a bare plain toward the horizon. It was hard, but I had people…
A Bit Like Jesus - Care of the dying
A Bit Like Jesus - Care of the dying
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 4 Care Care of the dying Soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with her was a l…
A Bit Like Jesus - What is faith?
A Bit Like Jesus - What is faith?
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 5 Faith What is faith? Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son…
A Bit Like Jesus - Faith in Alpha
A Bit Like Jesus - Faith in Alpha
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 5 Faith Faith in Alpha I cannot claim to read Alpha News very often. It can seem too much like propaganda: enthusiastic items about local Alpha groups, which do not always translate into accurate information at local level. However, just before putting the latest Alpha News …
A Bit Like Jesus - Moral passion
A Bit Like Jesus - Moral passion
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 4 Care Moral passion There is one feature common to these different examples of care. It is passion. Care is not seen as just a part of one’s job, something that can be codified, or (even worse) as an arbitrary life-style choice. This is passionate care, driving remarkable p…
A Bit Like Jesus - The faith of a Gentile
A Bit Like Jesus - The faith of a Gentile
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 5 Faith The faith of a Gentile When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him and saying, ‘Lord, my servant is lying at home paralysed, in terrible distress.’ And he said to him, ‘I will come and cure him.’ The centurion answered, ‘Lord, I am not worthy…
A Bit Like Jesus - Command to silence
A Bit Like Jesus - Command to silence
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 6 Humility Commands to silence As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, ‘Have mercy on us, Son of David!’ When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, ‘Do you believe that I am able to do this?’ They said to h…
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing Stories rather than miracle stories
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing Stories rather than miracle stories
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 1 Stories We Value Healing stories rather than miracle stories The problem is that many will see the Gospel stories as miracle stories. So are they really healing stories? Here, for example, is the first such story in Mark 1.21–28: They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbat…
Drama/Dialogue: What a waste!