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the historical character of Jesus - 7 “The model Christian”: Jesus in 1 and 2 Peter and Jude
the historical character of Jesus - 7 “The model Christian”: Jesus in 1 and 2 Peter and Jude
by SPCK - David Allen
“The model Christian”: Jesus in 1 and2 Peter and Jude If Hebrews and James offer different and distinctive portraits of Jesus when compared with that of Paul, can the same be said of the two Petrine epistles and the letter authored by Jude? How does the Petrine Jesus compare to t…
A Bit Like Jesus - The Policeman's Dilemma
A Bit Like Jesus - The Policeman's Dilemma
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 3 Compassion The Policeman’s Dilemma Five years ago I served on a panel of religious representatives giving evidence to a Select Committee on Assisted Dying. One of the committee members asked us all to respond to the following story: An armed policeman chanced upon a bad ro…
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing stories and parables
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing stories and parables
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 1 Stories We Value Healing stories and parables Can I make an assumption about you as a reader of this Lent Book? I may well be wrong, but I assume that you are slightly intrigued by what it means to be ‘a bit like Jesus’. I should explain...
journeying with John - Preface: What is this book about?
journeying with John - Preface: What is this book about?
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Preface: What is this book about? The Revised Common Lectionary has established itself both in Anglican parishes and in other denominations as the framework within which the Bible is read on Sundays in public worship…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday before Advent Mark 12: 28-34 Gaze on Jesus still in the Temple after hours of debate. Imagine him standing in the outer Temple courts where the doves are fluttering and goats bleating and penned ready for sacrifice. Five hundred years old, the Temple is the gold…
A Bit Like Jesus - Stories We Value
A Bit Like Jesus - Stories We Value
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 1 Stories We Value Understanding Stories Forty years ago our family spent a year in Papua New Guinea living in a remote area without roads. I was teaching in the theological college and Jenny was working in the local hospital. Our son was a toddler and our daughter just a ba…
Scripture and the Authority of God - Word of God and Scripture in the Apostolic Church
Scripture and the Authority of God - Word of God and Scripture in the Apostolic Church
by SPCK - N T Wright
“Word of God” and Scripture in the Apostolic Church Apostolic Preaching of ‘the Word’: the Jesus-Story Fulfils the (OT) Scripture-Story The earliest apostolic preaching was neither a standard Jewish message with Jesus added on at the end, nor a free-standing announcement of a new…
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