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Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Conclusion
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Conclusion
by SPCK - David J. Bryan
Conclusion We come then to the close of this book. In the first four chapters my aim was to help you imagine Jesus’ world, his home and the journeys he took with his family from Nazareth to Jerusalem to celebrate the pilgrim festival of the Passover. I then sought to set in conte…
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Select bibliography
Jesus, his home, his journey, his challenge - Select bibliography
by SPCK - David J. Bryan
Select bibliography Bagatti, Fr Bellarmino, Excavations in Nazareth, trans. Fr Eugene Hoarde (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing House, 1969). Barker, Gregory A. and Stephen E. Gregg (eds), Jesus Beyond Christianity: The Classic Texts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)...
Barefoot Prayers - Thanks
Barefoot Prayers - Thanks
by SPCK - Stephen Cherry
Thanks A small company of people have helped and encouraged with this project – some before there was a project. Karenza Passmore, for instance, gave me a little notebook for creativity which kicked this all off. Others responded with warm and difference-making encouragement when…
Prayer/Reflection: Of whom shall I be afraid?
Prayer/Reflection: Of whom shall I be afraid?
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer/Reflection: Of whom shall I be afraid? ‘The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? Tell that to the sufferers of domestic violence; to the children neglected or abused; to the women raped by men with guns; to the families left homeless by floods; to…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 4: TUESDAY Matthew 20; focused on 20.1–16 The game was nearly over, and neither side had scored a goal. The spectators were getting angry, and the players were exhausted. One player on the home team, in particular, had worked tirelessly the whole game, running from end to en…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Thursday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Thursday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 4: THURSDAY Matthew 21.23 – 46; focused on 21.33 – 45 I was taking a service in a local church when this passage was the second reading. Over at the side of the church was a family with a three-year-old boy who appeared to be playing with his toys, taking no notice of the se…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The True Circumcision
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The True Circumcision
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
“The True Circumcision” (Phil. 3:3) In his passionate plea to watch out for opponents of the gospel (3:2–3), particularly any possible opponents who preach the necessity of circumcision, Paul prepares the Philippians to counter false teaching (literally, “the mutilation,” 3:2) by…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday in Lent - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday in Lent - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fifth Sunday in Lent - Year B Hymn: New every morning is the love or Throw off the blanket of the night Prayer: Ever-present God Hymn: Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart or We each hold within us a trace of the God-head, Reading: Psalm 51:1-12 Meditation/poem/prayer: Please, God …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday in Lent - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday in Lent - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday in Lent - Year A Service Contains: Call to Worship: Opening Hymn: The God of Abraham praise or Such temptation, human challenge Meditation: I lift up my eyes based on Psalm 121 Prayer: We give our thanks yet we come hesitantly The Lord’s Prayer Hymn: Be still for th…
In the temple, place of peace (version 2)
In the temple, place of peace (version 2)
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: In the temple, place of peace (version 2) Mothering Sunday Luke 2:22-40 In the temple, place of peace, Mary, Joseph, stand in awe; Anna comes with songs of joy, Simeon sings, yet knows the score. Bitter sweet this time of hope, winter passes Lent awaits; let us pause, refle…
Monologue: Not me!
Monologue: Not me!
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: Not me! What's that you say? You saw me just the other night? You can't be right! And Freda saw me too? She was with you? Oh no... you are mistaken. I turned to walk away, but something, nagging, made we want to stay. A wasp was buzzing in my head and later, resting in…
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Good Friday Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Good Friday Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B HOLY WEEK GOOD FRIDAY... ...We stopped the car outside the most unlikely looking house. One wall looked as if it was going to collapse at any moment. The door was hanging off on one hinge. An upstairs window was broken. There was a rustle in the bush…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Third Week in lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Third Week in lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 3: WEDNESDAY Matthew 15.21–38; focused on 15.21–28 Let’s listen in on this conversation. Stand in the crowd and see what you think. We’re up north now, away from Galilee. Jesus has already spoken of this region (‘the district of Tyre and Sidon’) in such a way as to make it…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Fifth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Fifth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 5: WEDNESDAY Matthew 25; focused on 25.14 –30 Another story about a master going away and coming back to see how the staff have been doing in his absence. Just as Jesus seems to have told several parables about farmers sowing seed (as in chapter 13), so here again, and even …
Lent for Everyone Year A - Sunday: Week 1 in Lent Year A