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LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 26thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B James 5: 13-20 Mark 9: 38-50 Jesus’ words in Mark 9 verses 42-50 are some of the most personally uncomfortable in the gospels. They are directed straight at us – not at a self-righteous Pharisee, nor at a misguided disciple, but at ea…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Sunday Next Before Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Sunday Next Before Lent Exodus 34.29–35 2 Corinthians 3.12—4.2 Luke 9.28–36 Today’s lectionary readings give us the rare chance to see one biblical author doing a thorough exegesis of another. In the passage from 2 Corinthians, Paul is referring directly to today’s reading fr…
Great Christian Thinkers - 55 Peter Lombard
Great Christian Thinkers - 55 Peter Lombard
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Peter Lombard Peter Lombard, a theologian who lived in the twelfth century, enjoyed great fame because one of his works, titled the Sentences, was used as a theological manual for many centuries… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
the historical character of Jesus - 8 “The apocalyptic Son of Man”: Jesus in the Johannine letters and Revelation
the historical character of Jesus - 8 “The apocalyptic Son of Man”: Jesus in the Johannine letters and Revelation
by SPCK - David Allen
“The apocalyptic Son of Man”: Jesus in the Johannine letters and Revelation Perhaps more than any of our texts under discussion, the Johannine corpus poses the most significant questions regarding the identity of the historical Jesus. The texts themselves – the three epistles att…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5b The urgency of dealing with climate change at the global level
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 5b The urgency of dealing with climate change at the global level
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The urgency of dealing with climate change at the global level Climate change is not a discrete issue to be addressed apart from all the others. The global economy fundamentally drives climate change, and economic strategies will need to be revised if the climate is ever to be st…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 22 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 22 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 22 Mark 10: 2-16 Gaze on a wedding photograph, and see all the families gathered together, the generations, from great grandmother in a wheelchair to toddler running around collecting the confetti. Gaze on the bride and groom. These days they are unlikely to be blushing, e…
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