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The call
The call
by Joy Sykes
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - BESIDE the SEASIDE
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - BESIDE the SEASIDE
by BRF - Dick France
BESIDE the SEASIDE MARK 3: 7-12 The ‘sea’, here as elsewhere in Mark’s story, is of course the Lake of Galilee, a large fresh- water inland lake, enclosed by hills, and the scene of the thriving fishing industry from which Jesus has already drawn four of his followers…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 5 The Gospel according to Luke
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 5 The Gospel according to Luke
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Gospel according to Luke Like Matthew, Luke has used Mark’s Gospel in composing his narrative, but whereas Matthew reproduces almost all of Mark, Luke reprocesses only about half of it.1 Like Matthew, Luke augments the core story of Jesus with a birth and infancy narrative an…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Blind Man Cured—by Stages
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Blind Man Cured—by Stages
by BRF - Dick France
A BLIND MAN CURED—by STAGES MARK 8: 14-21 Another healing outside Galilee Bethsaida was across the Jordan at the north end of the lake, not in Galilee but in the neighbouring territory ruled by Herod Philip, adjoining the Decapolis…
Monologue/Reflection: A year to remember
Monologue/Reflection: A year to remember
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/Reflection: A year to remember It was a year to remember. The fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Roman rule and very unpopular. That man Pontius Pilate was in charge of us. Nobody trusted him and he probably didn’t trust himself. It’s rumoured that his wife…
We strain to hear the voice of God
We strain to hear the voice of God
by Andrew Pratt
We strain to hear the voice of God, this God who knows us inside out, a whispered voice of gentleness that never seeks to force or shout. Christ's voice was heard in Galilee by those who had the ears to hear, he challenged hypocrites with truth while sinners, sensing love, drew n…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Another Moses?
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Another Moses?
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Another Moses? Beginning ministry, Matthew 3—8.1 In the picture of Matthew in the Lindisfarne Gospels, there is another bearded figure peering out from behind the curtain, holding a book. Some scholars and art historians suggest this might be Moses, with the Law. Certainly, Old T…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Mark's gospel A Drama in Three Acts
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Mark's gospel A Drama in Three Acts
by BRF - Dick France
MARK’S GOSPEL- A DRAMA in THREE ACTS After a prologue which sets the scene, Mark’s story unfolds in three main sections, each of which has a distinct geographical setting: 1:1–13 Prologue (set in ‘the wilderness’) 1:14—8:21 Act 1: Galilee 8:22—10:52 …
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What about the authors?
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What about the authors?
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
What about the authors? Redaction and composition I cannot always read my favourite newspaper at coffee-time in our staff common room, because someone else has bagged it already! Never mind, there are others around, and reading various papers reveals their different styles and vi…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 4 The Gospel according to Matthew
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 4 The Gospel according to Matthew
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Gospel according to Matthew Matthew’s narrative closely resembles that of Mark. It is generally accepted that Matthew drew extensively on the work of his forerunner in composing his Gospel. He incorporates the large bulk of Mark’s Gospel, adding to the beginning a genealogy a…
Hymn: A perfect storm, as Galilee
Hymn: A perfect storm, as Galilee
by Andrew Pratt
A perfect storm, as Galilee became a foaming maelstrom, the boats were spun and tossed like corks, no more a sluggish doldrum. And through it all their friend had dozed, the chaos found him sleeping while panic reigned, fear took control, as crashing waves were sweeping. A desp…
A pastor's voice, attuned to care
A pastor's voice, attuned to care
by Andrew Pratt
A pastor's voice, attuned to care, committed to protection, rang through the hills of Galilee, love forming each inflexion. He spoke of sheep, he knew his flock, they'd never find him sleeping, his very life would be laid down, and none would leave his keeping. Verses 3-4 follow …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 17 Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 17 Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 17 Song of Solomon 2.8-13 James 1.17-27 Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The main bit missing from Mark 7 is about nullifying God’s word through human tradition. Hmmm. Granted, there are two different issues at stake here: cleanness and uncleanness (with a further subdivision: cle…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The lion and his pride
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The lion and his pride
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The lion and his pride The role of the disciples A lion must have his pride – and a rabbi, his disciples. However, are Jesus’ disciples his ‘pride and joy’? On the one hand, they are the people Jesus calls to share his roamings and his battles; on the other hand, their attention …
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 18 Year B