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Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Unlikely Saviors
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Unlikely Saviors
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Unlikely Saviors JUDGES 3:5- 31 My father was a machine minder in a printing works, and my mother was a seamstress. I was the first person in my extended family to stay at school beyond the age of fourteen. I have more than thirty cousins; only one other has been to college. I am…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How to Be a Mixed-up Person
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How to Be a Mixed-up Person
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Be a Mixed-up Person JUDGES 6:25- 40 This week I asked a group of students what impressions their Christian background had given them about prayer. One of the recurrent themes was that we need to be a bit careful how we talk to God. You don’t complain to God, question God,…
friends, FOES and families - He called her forward: four women who met Jesus
friends, FOES and families - He called her forward: four women who met Jesus
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
He called her forward: Four women who met Jesus Luke 13; John 4; Luke 7, Matthew 15 Though I am an outsider, I am included, though I am sinful, I am accepted, though I am sick, I am healed. Though I am a nameless stranger God recognizes me...
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Who Are the Real Canaanites?
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Who Are the Real Canaanites?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Who Are the Real Canaanites JOSHUA 6: 22- 7: 15 I have tried being confrontational with God, but it doesn’t work very well because God is capable of being confrontational back (as Job found). Once when I was fretting over my wife’s illness, I said to God, “I don’t really trust yo…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Justice and Only Justice ( Absolute Faithfulness)
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Justice and Only Justice ( Absolute Faithfulness)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Justice and Only Justice Deuteronomy 16: 18- 17: 13 The last time I took a student group to Israel, among the speakers we had in the evenings was a Christian Palestinian Israeli called Naim Ateek; his son was subsequently a student at our seminary. Dr. Ateek was born in Palestine…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Be Strong and Resolute!
The Women's Bible Commentary - Be Strong and Resolute!
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Be Strong and Resolute! That the reader enters a particular ideological and theological world in Joshua is evident from the first verses of chapter 1 (1:6–9), which introduce the voice of the Deuteronomistic editor…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 15 Year A