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Recovering from Depression - Shaping the future – forgiveness
Recovering from Depression - Shaping the future – forgiveness
by SPCK - Katharine Smith
Shaping the future – forgiveness In this chapter we’re going to be reflecting on the huge issue of forgiveness. Because this is such a vast subject I’m focusing here on forgiveness in relation to the ‘hidden things’ that might lie behind depression and which we’ve been talking ab…
Online Mission and Ministry - Looking after yourself and your team
Online Mission and Ministry - Looking after yourself and your team
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Looking after yourself and your team Why is it that so many movements and organisations spring up within the Church and within society form a noble and generous purpose, attract intelligent and conscientious people, flourish briefly, then become so preoccupied with questions of i…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST The next scene gives us a glimpse of the ministry of Jesus and his disciples baptizing, in much the same way as John the Baptist and his followers. It was a good job there was ‘much water there’!…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - From Jerome to the Book of Kells
Four Gospels, One Jesus - From Jerome to the Book of Kells
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
From Jerome to the Book of Kells The illuminated gospels Jerome’s translation quickly became the ‘Vulgate’, which means ‘Common’ version. The canonical order of Matthew– Mark–Luke–John applied to Ezekiel’s sequence was fairly standard and the four symbols can be found in frescoes…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Introduction
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
INTRODUCTION We went into the cathedral for Evensong, and there was the verger looking all round for matches to light the candles. The old matchbox was empty, and someone, it seemed, had taken the spare one that was always kept at the back of the cupboard. Now of course you can s…
Simply Good News - Good News - For You Personally
Simply Good News - Good News - For You Personally
by SPCK - N T Wright
Good News – for You Personally If the good news really is what it says, there is all the room in the world for delighted celebration of the gospel in the life of every child, woman, and man. To miss this element – to think of Christianity without this deeply personal aspect – is …
Online Mission and Ministry - Where do I start?
Online Mission and Ministry - Where do I start?
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Where do I start? The old saying that it takes years to become an overnight success applies just as much to developing an online presence as to any other activity. There is no single, sure-fire way to develop an online presence – our methodology will vary according to our own per…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Churches for All
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Churches for All
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
Churches for All Enabling church Churches for All is a partnership of UK Christian disability organizations. These partners have a breadth of experience and depth of knowledge on disability issues – challenging and enabling churches to fully include disabled people. The aim of Ch…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Philemon and the Study of Paul
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Philemon and the Study of Paul
by SPCK - N T Wright
Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD Chapter One RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY? 2 Philemon and the Study of Paul (i) Introduction This brief study of the small masterpiece we call the letter to Philemon has introduced us, in an actual example, to most of the topics we face as we move towards a ful…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Philemon as Allegory: Theology, History and Reconciliation
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Philemon as Allegory: Theology, History and Reconciliation
by SPCK - N T Wright
Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD Chapter One RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY? 3. Philemon as Allegory: Theology, History and Reconciliation What follows now is a jeu d’esprit, a bit of Pauline foolishness for which the reader’s indulgence and pardon is requested. It bears no weight of argument, …
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Looking To Jesus
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Looking To Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE LOOKING TO JESUS Hebrews 12: 1-3 I went to a school that prided itself on its outdoor pursuits. Set high in the Yorkshire Dales in north-west England, it celebrated its location in several ways, the annual climax being a ten-mile cross-country race over…
The Traffic Light Prayer
The Traffic Light Prayer
by Doug Burke
The Traffic Light Prayer Each morning going to school, my family pray for people. At my 12 yr old son's turn, the traffic light turned to amber. My son prayed for amber light Christians who didn't know if they should go or stop. They hadn't made up their mind yet. He then praye…
Imagining the Lectionary: faith-sharing - its as natural as breathing (Easter 2A)
Imagining the Lectionary: faith-sharing - its as natural as breathing (Easter 2A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Faith-Sharing – it’s as natural as breathing Reflection accompanying image “faith-sharing – it’s as natural as breathing” When we think of sharing our faith what usually comes to mind are words, lots of words, crafted with passion into sentences design…
Maker of Life and Lord of Lords
Maker of Life and Lord of Lords
by Andrew T Murphy
A hymn about grace, atonement and discipleship. The hymn would be ideal for Lent or Passiontide, and has a traditional style and metre for use by most congregations. A suggested tune is 'Abridge (St Stephen)' [CM], although there are plenty of others.
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Introduction
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
Introduction On the very first occasion when someone stood up in public to tell people about Jesus, he made it very clear: this message is for everyone. It was a great day – sometimes called the birthday of the church. The great wind of God’s spirit had swept through Jesus’ follo…
The Proper Fast
The Proper Fast
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
The Proper Fast (A Hymn for Ash Wednesday) “When you come to me with fasting‚ show repentance true and lasting‚ all your sins upon me casting‚” I‚ your righteous God‚ have said. “Bring your sorrow to fruition in a godly full contrition‚ not in hollow exhibition‚” I‚ your ri…
Psalm 80: 7-15 for today