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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - On Safeguarding Concord
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - On Safeguarding Concord
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Safeguarding Concord The pest control man came the other day to check that we had no termites or other unwelcome guests. It reminded me of an experience a few weeks after we moved to California, when another Old Testament professor who was in town came for afternoon tea…
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Luke 19:1-10 Whenever I encounter the story of Zacchaeus I feel like a parrot; not because I want to join Zacchaeus in his sycamore-fig tree, but because – parrot-like – I always say the same thing. I talk about grace.. Created by S…
Body - 2 Introduction (part 2)
Body - 2 Introduction (part 2)
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
Introduction (part 2) The aim of this book I should stress that this is not a new area of study. Paul’s attitude to the body and his use of soul, spirit and mind has been extensively explored over the years,7 but the debates and discussions among New Testament scholars have not, …
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - It Takes a Miracle- Yahweh and Eli
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - It Takes a Miracle- Yahweh and Eli
by SPCK - John Goldingay
It Takes a Miracle 1 Samuel 1:12-19a Because she kept on pleading before Yahweh, and Eli was watching her mouth and Hannah was speaking in her heart (only her lips were quivering, and her voice was not audible), Eli thought she was drunk. Eli said to her, “How long will you behav…
Monologue/Drama: The crafty manager
Monologue/Drama: The crafty manager
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/Drama: The crafty manager He was a crafty devil, that manager of mine – and devil was the right word for him. He’d been fiddling his expenses for years and the only reason he got away with it was that I wasn’t involving myself in the management side of the business as m…
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 4 The Minister as Entrepreneur
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 4 The Minister as Entrepreneur
by SPCK - Michael Volland
The warping power of Loadsamoney In The Enterprise Culture, Peter Sedgwick acknowledges that ‘There has been a suspicion of the market, wealth-creation and enterprise in the churches for a long time.’4 This suspicion can be shaped by a number of factors, including gender, persona…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 5b Jerusalem, Passion, and Resurrection
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 5b Jerusalem, Passion, and Resurrection
by SPCK - Edward Adams
Jerusalem, Passion, and Resurrection Finally Jesus arrives at Jerusalem, his goal. Luke narrates the triumphal entry (19:28–38) and the people’s acclamation of Jesus as “the king who comes in the name of the Lord” (19:38). Jesus weeps over the city and foretells its destruction (…
Transforming Preaching - A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation
Transforming Preaching - A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation
by SPCK - David Heywood
3 A step-by-step guide to sermon preparation If you want to bake a cake, you need to include certain basic ingredients. You can vary the amounts and there is a huge variety of other things you can add to make cakes of many different kinds. But without the basics, you don’t have a…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 14 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 14 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 14 1 Kings 19.9–18 Romans 10.5–15 Matthew 14.22–33 There is something about us that is deeply resistant to the grace of God. It’s not that we don’t believe in him, or wish to follow him, or that we consciously reject him, but w…
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