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THE LATER NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS AND SCRIPTURE - 3 Jude, 2 Peter and James and Scripture
THE LATER NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS AND SCRIPTURE - 3 Jude, 2 Peter and James and Scripture
by SPCK-Steve Moyise
Jude, 2 Peter and James and Scripture As we saw in the last chapter, some scholars find it difficult to believe that a fisherman like Peter could have written the polished Greek of 1 Peter. However, the difficulties are nothing compared with identifying the author of 2 Peter… Tak…
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…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (39) REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (39) REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
by SPCK - John Pritchard
Interestingly, the annual act of remembrance seems to be gaining in impact in recent years. Perhaps it’s because those who have direct memories are becoming fewer in number and we realize what we’re in danger of losing the connection...
The Women's Bible Commentary - Michal, Again
The Women's Bible Commentary - Michal, Again
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Michal, Again Finally, when Ishbosheth is ready to make peace with David and to accept David as king over Israel as well as Judah, David refuses to agree until his wife Michal is taken away from the husband Saul had given her to (“annulling” her marriage to David) and returned to…
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 4 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 4 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 4 God of light and power and glory, we rejoice in your light, We live by your power, we look for your glory. Open our eyes to behold your presence, That we may give ourselves to you; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One god …
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 13 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 13 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 13 Traces of Glory Year B O Lord our God, you give us the true bread that comes down from heaven, even your son Jesus Christ our Lord; grant that as they receive him into your life we may be filled with the fullness of his love and abide in him as he abides in us; through …
Great Christian Thinkers - 26 St. Leo The Great
Great Christian Thinkers - 26 St. Leo The Great
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Leo The Great Continuing our journey through the Fathers of the Church, true stars that shine in the distance, we next encounter a pope who, in 1754, Benedict XIV proclaimed a Doctor of the Church: St. Leo the Great. As the nickname soon attributed to him by tradition suggest…
Still Caring - Is it time?
Still Caring - Is it time?
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
1 Is it time? There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. (Ecclesiastes 3.1) We struggle with this. We’ve been struggling with all of this caring business for a long time and this, one more decision, looms over us as the almost impossible on…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 22. Rags, and losing them