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New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Wisdom For The Rulers
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Wisdom For The Rulers
by SPCK - N T Wright
5 THE RENEWAL OF THE WORLD WISDOM FOR THE RULERS Ephesians 3: 8-13 There was once a young prince whose distant uncle was king of a great empire. The prince was carefree and happy, neither very rich nor very poor. One day, a great disaster struck. The king, his uncle, was killed i…
Abishag’s Story
Abishag’s Story
by Rev. Margaret Roe
Abishag tells of how she cared for David in his old age David’s Wives Four: 1 Kings 1:1-4, 2:13-25 Abishag’s Story A summons from the king’s servant. Whatever for? The king was old and frail. He had had many wives. He would not want another at his age. I was young. Everyone said …
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Wisdom for the Rulers
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Wisdom for the Rulers
by SPCK - N T Wright
Wisdom for the Rulers Ephesians 3.8-13 There was once a young prince whose distant uncle was king of a great empire. The prince was carefree and happy, neither very rich nor very poor. One day, a great disaster struck. The king, his uncle, was killed in an earthquake, and all the…
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Coping With the Aftermath
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Coping With the Aftermath
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Coping with the Aftermath 1 Kings 2:1-46 As an undergraduate, I often walked past the Martyrs Memorial, standing where Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer were burned at the stake in Oxford in 1555 and 1556, caught in the conflict between different Christian groups.…
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Enter the Queen of Sheba
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Enter the Queen of Sheba
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Enter the Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10:1-29 The news yesterday reported on one of the unbreakable rules of capitalism: whatever regulations are put in place to control capitalism, people will find a way around them. Interestingly, one of its examples was the Old Testament ban on len…
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B