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Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t always easy
Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t always easy
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t always easy Meditation isn’t always easy. Being lost in thought often is. But it does depend on the focus of our thoughts. Bitterness, hatred, loss and grief bring pain and anguish and a mind that sets into a circle of hurt and anger and negati…
Revelation for Everyone - The Letter to Laodicea
Revelation for Everyone - The Letter to Laodicea
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Letter to Laodicea Revelation 3.14-22 At the beginning of the year 2011, there were extraordinary floods in Australia. To begin with it was part of Queensland, the vast state in the north-east of the country. Then it was more of the state, and still more. Then the floodwaters…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Coming Judgement Will Be Impartial, the Same for All
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Coming Judgement Will Be Impartial, the Same for All
by SPCK - N T Wright
God’s Coming Judgment Will Be Impartial, the Same for All ROMANS 2.1-11 ‘Couldn’t we just give him one more chance?’ The young man had been working at the factory for just over a month. He was performing reasonably well, but there was a problem. He had a violent temper, and he wo…
John The People's Commentary - Jesus' Authority & Identity
John The People's Commentary - Jesus' Authority & Identity
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Jesus' Authority & Identity Having answered the question about why he does not quote other authorities for his teaching, Jesus goes on the offensive by directing his hearers’ attention back to the ultimate authority—Moses himself (7:19)…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Be Realistic
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Be Realistic
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Be Realistic Reading the line in Ecclesiastes 4 about a triple cord not breaking quickly, I remembered an occasion in seminary when I gave our professor of preaching a hard time for using that line to support the idea that a sermon ought to have three points…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - REBUKES and Denials
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - REBUKES and Denials
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
REBUKES & DENIALS The scene has moved from the garden to the house of Annas, the old high priest. We have seen that John is building the tension by oscillating between events out in the courtyard and the preliminary hearing taking place in the house.
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Graces (before food)
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Graces (before food)
by SPCK - Ian Black
Four prayers (graces) for Before a banquet, Before a Christmas dinner, Before a dinner and Before a meal Bountiful God, from your abundance we are able to participate in your goodness. Open our hearts to all in need. As we enjoy this banquet... Taken from Prayers for All Occasio…
Hymn: She felt just like a ragged dog
Hymn: She felt just like a ragged dog
by Andrew Pratt
She felt just like a ragged dog that scratched around for food, denied, despised and kicked aside and never any good. Yet now she stood inside the door and pleaded with this man, for each taboo had little weight, her grief had wider span. Verses 3-5 follow Tune: AULD LANG SYNE ( …
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…
The Living God - Can an almighty God do everything?
The Living God - Can an almighty God do everything?
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
An almighty God: power, compassion and suffering 3 Can an almighty God do everything? It’s easy to see why so many people think that believing in an ‘almighty’ God means believing in a God who can do anything and everything – after all, God is God. But when you begin to think abo…
Echoing the Word - Blessing and dismissal