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A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…

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Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 174

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A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…

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MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - In the EVENING

by BRF - Dick France

In the EVENING MARK 1: 29-34 Straight after the first exorcism comes the first healing. The contrast is remarkable. The first was a dramatic confrontation with evil in a very public arena; the second is the healing of a sick woman in private in her own home…

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MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - WHAT HAPPENED to the SEEDS?

by BRF - Dick France

WHAT HAPPENED to the SEEDS? MARK 4: 3-9 The Parable of the Sower draws on the familiar experiences of a Palestinian farmer, even if not every farmer was so unlucky as to have all these types of problem ground on his farm at once…

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MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - WHAT is a PARABLE?

by BRF - Dick France

WHAT is a PARABLE? MARK 4: 1-2 In 3:23 Mark said that Jesus was speaking ‘in parables’. But he was not there telling stories of the sort the word ‘parable’ suggests to us…

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MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - HOW DID MARK FINISH his GOSPEL?

by BRF - Dick France

HOW DID MARK FINISH his GOSPEL? In the last study I referred to 16:8 as the end of Mark’s Gospel. But in older Bibles twelve further verses used to be printed after 16:8…

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John The People's Commentary - Prophet or Messiah?

by BRF - Richard A. Burridge

Prophet or Messiah? As the story unfolds, Jesus has gently led the woman to a greater understanding of who he is, from her initial ignorance (4:9) to calling him ‘sir’ (4:11, 15); as he confronted her with the facts of her life, she began to wonder if he might be greater than Jac…

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John The People's Commentary - Living Water

by BRF - Richard A. Burridge

Living Water The woman is surprised that Jesus, a Jewish man, should talk to someone of her gender, race and status—but talk he continues to do. As the conversation unfolds, a dynamic develops similar to that with Nicodemus…

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The Sabbath & Jesus' Claims

by BRF - Richard A. Burridge

The Sabbath & Jesus' Claims This day is not only ‘a festival of “the Jews”’, but also a Sabbath (5:1, 9b). So “the Jews” notice the man carrying his bed on the Sabbath and accuse him of doing something unlawful (5:10)…

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John The People's Commentary - Who Is Your Father?

by BRF - Richard A. Burridge

Who Is Your Father? The debate between Jesus and his opponents has moved beyond Moses to the father of Judaism, Abraham. A son remains in his father’s house forever and his paternity is revealed in his actions…

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John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - In the Beginning

by BRF - Richard A. Burridge

In the Beginning The opening of John’s gospel is one of the most magnificent pieces of religious literature ever written. Not surprisingly, it has inspired vast amounts of analysis and interpretation…

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John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Word became Flesh

by BRF - Richard A. Burridge

The Word became Flesh Like an overture, the Prologue introduces the gospel’s major themes. First, John arranged his composition against a cosmic backdrop of the realm of divine light above and our dark world below…

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Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - The Disciples' Question

by BRF - Dick France

The Disciples’ Question It may seem out of proportion to devote a whole study to one question. But the interpretation of the chapter which follows is controversial, and the question to which the following discourse (vv. 5–37) provides the answer is an important key to understandi…

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Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Partners in Mission

by BRF - Dick France

Partners in Mission Mark has barely begun his account of Jesus’ mission when he tells us that Jesus called others to share it with him. All through the Gospel from this point he will tell not merely the story of Jesus, but the story of Jesus and his disciples, as a team. Jesus, w…

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The Act of Prayer Year C - Proper 9 - Year C

by BRF - John Birch

Proper 9 Year C Opening prayer In the meeting of our lives be the unity that binds us…

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The Act of Prayer Year C - Proper 7 - Year C

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