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Journeying with Luke - Introduction: Getting to know the Gospel of Luke
Journeying with Luke - Introduction: Getting to know the Gospel of Luke
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Introduction: Getting to know the Gospel of Luke Exploring the text The attempt to ‘get to know’ any one of the Gospel writers is fraught with difficulty. So little is known about who wrote the Gospels that it is hard to discover much about their authors at all. This is partially…
Letters to London - 14 Kingdom citizenship and earthly responsibility
Letters to London - 14 Kingdom citizenship and earthly responsibility
by SPCK - Stephen J.Plant and Toni Burrowes-Cromwell
14 Kingdom citizenship and earthly responsibility But why all these observations and details entrusted to a 14-year-old boy? Did the writer believe that the status of citizenship (whether heavenly or earthly) was not solely the reserve of adults? If so, this would not have been n…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Macho-like Destruction or Peaceful?
The Women's Bible Commentary - Macho-like Destruction or Peaceful?
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Macho-like Destruction or Peaceful? Two Introductions The book of Judges begins with two introductions that depict early life of the Israelites among the Canaanites. It presents both violent encounters with the local population and the cooperative sharing of the land, the latter …
Michael Jackson Bible Study
Michael Jackson Bible Study
by Tim Marshall
This is a Bible Study that I have created for a youth group I run. It is based around 8 songs from Michael Jackson. There are questions and Bible verses for each of those 8 followed by a list of possible further links to others songs by Michael Jackson. Based on: Matthew 7:1-7 Jo…
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - The Bible
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - The Bible
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Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book CHRISTIAN IDEAS THE BIBLE By Gill Hartley Suitable for Key Stage Three Aim To explore and appreciate the variety in and inspiration of the Bible. Preparation and materials • A Bible, preferably a good modern translation, carried in a poc…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Baptism of Christ - The First Sunday of Epiphany Genesis 1.1–5 Acts 19.1–7 Mark 1.4–11 What is nothingness? We have no concept of it. Our image of it consists of the absence of things that we can picture and describe, which is very different from the nothingness before creati…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 21 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 21 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 21 Ezekiel 18.1–4, 25–32 Philippians 2.1–13 Matthew 21.23–32 ‘Don’t forget the bring-and-buy sale next week; the ladies’ group will meet on Thursday to continue their excellent work on the worn-out hassocks; and by the way, don…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Here Comes the Sequel
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Here Comes the Sequel
by SPCK - N T Wright
Here Comes the Sequel!Acts 1.1-5 The English playwright Alan Bennett wrote a famous play about the equally famous madness of a well-known king. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, England had four kings in succession all called ‘George’, and the third of them – George I…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B