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It all feels so unjust
It all feels so unjust
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: It all feels so unjust Sixth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 3: 13 – 22 It all feels so unjust when they slag me off, makes me cynical. I hardly want to believe anymore. Call themselves Christian? And they tell me how to behave? Should look at themselves. It all feels so unju…
HYMN - Little encounters, eternal significance,
HYMN - Little encounters, eternal significance,
by Andrew Pratt
A Pentecost hymn which explores the out working of the spirit in mission and which can have wider use. Tune: Epiphany Hymn Themes: Mission, Emerging Church, Fresh Expressions Extract: Little encounters, eternal significance, places for contact and moments of grace. Each time of…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Living Together in the Messiah
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Living Together in the Messiah
by SPCK - N T Wright
Living Together in the Messiah ROMANS 12.6-13 The seven friends met, as they had arranged, at ten o’clock the next morning. It had been a late night. They had all been excited. Now they were a little apprehensive at how they were going to take the project forward. They had discov…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Priests and the Guards
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Priests and the Guards
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Priests and the Guards Matthew 28.11-15 In the world of science, there is a particular form of behaviour that occurs when a long-held belief is under attack. The most famous instance of it was when Copernicus (1473–1543) argued that Earth and the other planets go round the su…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 25 On Christian Theology
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 25 On Christian Theology
by SPCK - N T Wright
On Christian Theology What then might a specifically Christian theology be? More, I take it, than simply an account of what Christians have believed in the past, or believe in the present, though those tasks will always be part of the whole…
How God Became King - 6 The Launching of God’s Renewed People
How God Became King - 6 The Launching of God’s Renewed People
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Launching of God’s Renewed People This brings us nicely to the third speaker in our sound system. Like the second one, this third one has often been turned up far too loud. This has meant both that the music it is quite properly trying to play has itself been distorted and th…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7d From global flows to paradoxical umbrellas
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7d From global flows to paradoxical umbrellas
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
From global flows to paradoxical umbrellas The temporal and spatial nature of the debates concerning climate change and its likely consequences effectively means that this theme is a theological global flow. That label is most closely associated with the work of Robert Schreiter,…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 22 Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 22 Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry Partial Identification In the previous homily he affirmed the need for Christians to identify fully with the world around them. They were to be “all things to all people,” and through the use of metaphors from the world of sports Paul challeng…
The Edge of Glory - 1 Before Prayer