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The Women's Bible Commentary - “Alas for You Who Heap Up What Is Not Your Own”
The Women's Bible Commentary - “Alas for You Who Heap Up What Is Not Your Own”
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
“Alas for You Who Heap Up What Is Not Your Own” This section includes five woe oracles against Babylon (2:6b; 2:9; 2:12; 2:15; 2:19), but it is not a continuation of the vision that God promised the prophet in 2:3…
Isaiah for everyone - A Time to Cry and a time to Whoop
Isaiah for everyone - A Time to Cry and a time to Whoop
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Time to Cry and a Time to Whoop We had dinner with a young couple a few months ago and were delighted to discover that they were expecting their first baby. It was not their first pregnancy; the wife had had a miscarriage last year. I remember how distressing it was when my fir…
Isaiah for Everyone - Meanwhile, back in Jerusalem
Isaiah for Everyone - Meanwhile, back in Jerusalem
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Meanwhile, Back in Jerusalem I have just come off the phone from a conversation with a former student in England who was in tears about failing a degree program. She doesn’t claim that her exam performance was brilliant; she sees herself as a poor examinee. But she doesn’t think …
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Promise of Pentecost
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Promise of Pentecost
by BRF - Rona Orme
Before Jesus was killed, when he told the disciples that he would be going away, he promised that God would send another helper or comforter, the Holy Spirit. This session looks at human promises that are so easily broken and at the promises Jesus made and kept. Many families wil…
Imagining the Lectionary: berry-bright promises (Advent 4A)
Imagining the Lectionary: berry-bright promises (Advent 4A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Berry-bright promises (Advent 4A) Reflection accompanying image Red berries covered in frost God's promises are berry-bright with hope. So when life events freeze expectation and cruel circumstances chill to the bone, the promise-laded seeds of love han…
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…
Reflection: Paul and Timothy
Reflection: Paul and Timothy
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Paul and Timothy Did Paul envy Timothy for his upbringing because he knew that it had led to a real devotion to the Christian cause, whereas Paul’s own background had first led him to the persecution of the Christians? Not the kind of envy that brings dissent, of cour…
Poem: Promises, promises, promises!
Poem: Promises, promises, promises!
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Promises, promises, promises! Promises, promises, promises! The world is littered with them. Promises from politicians, blandly spoken, without knowledge of the problems involved in fulfilling them. Promises from retailers, with assurances that the order is being dealt with…
The fool on the hill
The fool on the hill
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/dramatic reading: The fool on the hill Proper 11 year A Genesis 28: 10-19a Have you heard the latest? About that batty bloke down the road? You know, the one who came all this way to look for a wife – so he claims? You’ve not heard? Well, it’s a story and a half, I’ll t…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday of Christmas Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday of Christmas Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday of Christmas Jeremiah 31.7–14 Ephesians 1.3–14 John 1.[1–9] 10–18 ‘He gave them the right to become children of God,’ says John. ‘I have become a father to Israel,’ says God to Jeremiah, ‘and Ephraim is my firstborn.’ ‘He destined us for adoption as his children…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 22 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 22 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 22 Mark 10: 2-16 Gaze on a wedding photograph, and see all the families gathered together, the generations, from great grandmother in a wheelchair to toddler running around collecting the confetti. Gaze on the bride and groom. These days they are unlikely to be blushing, e…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - ASK, SEARCH, KNOCK
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - ASK, SEARCH, KNOCK
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 1 NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING ON PRAYER THE TEACHING OF JESUS ASK, SEARCH, KNOCK Matthew 7: 7-12 I hate fundraising. Many people are good at it; many actually enjoy it; but I can’t stand it. I hate asking people for things anyway, and asking for money is the worst of all. As a re…
Isaiah for Everyone - On Dresses, Shawls, and Purses
Isaiah for Everyone - On Dresses, Shawls, and Purses
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Dresses, Shawls, and Purses Isaiah 3: 1-4: 6 When we are going out for the evening, and if the time of year requires it, I will put a sweater on top of whatever I have been wearing all day. It’s a delight to me when, in contrast, my wife disappears into the closet and reappear…
Hymn: God has called us to this table