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Ascension Day
Ascension Day
by liane Kensett
A short video that highlights the mystery of Easter. The lighting of the Christ candle represents that God raised Jesus. Christ has died, Christ is risen, Jesus is alive. Extinguishing the candle signifies the darkness of Christ's death and the mystery of Easter as Jesus goes awa
Christ Crucified
Christ Crucified
by Don Stott
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in
If anyone would follow me
If anyone would follow me
by Michael Docker
If any one would follow me’ If any here one would follow Christ - A journey has been proffered; There is a way the Saviour walked Who loved and cared and suffered. All, all the world may provide - The fragile hopes, the hollow dreams – Leave, leave and turn aside And walk the way
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 5 (0.1) Greeting and Prayer of Thanksgiving
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 5 (0.1) Greeting and Prayer of Thanksgiving
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Greeting and Prayer of Thanksgiving Paul’s letter opens with an identification of the senders (Paul and Sosthenes) and the receivers (the Corinthians, and all Christians). He then offers his introductory prayer. These two sections are tied together by their rhetorical form and by
2 Corinthians - Paul's Plans and God's "Yes"
2 Corinthians - Paul's Plans and God's "Yes"
by SPCK - N T Wright
Paul’s Plan and God’s “Yes” 2 CORINTHIANS 1.15-22 One of my students once arrived very late for a tutorial. I was working on an extremely tight schedule, and I wasn’t amused at having the day disrupted. I thought the student needed to know how far out of line his behaviour was. I
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The True God and the False Gods
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The True God and the False Gods
by SPCK - N T Wright
The True God and the False Gods Galatians 4.8-11 The whale is one of the greatest sights in the animal kingdom. To go out on a small boat, to wait perhaps for hours, and then to see one of these magnificent creatures come to the surface, or even leap from the water – few can resi
2 Corinthians - Treasure in Earthenware Pots
2 Corinthians - Treasure in Earthenware Pots
by SPCK - N T Wright
Treasure in Earthenware Pots 2 CORINTHIANS 4.7-12 Sir Oliver Franks was one of the most distinguished men in Oxford during my time as an undergraduate. He had been a professor of philosophy at an early age; he had been head of an Oxford college, still very young; he had been chai
The Pastoral Letters - Come To Me Soon
The Pastoral Letters - Come To Me Soon
by SPCK - N T Wright
Come to me Soon 2Timothy 4.9-22 One of the accidental spin-offs from early Christianity was the invention of the book. There may have been some primitive books before, but these were different. Most writing in the ancient world was either on clay tablets or on parchment scrolls,
Psalm 88 (and 77) - Depression ?
Psalm 88 (and 77) - Depression ?
by Colin Smith
These reflections/commentaries have been used as a short (1272 words)talk This in spite of the fact that both psalms are different to many others and one of them (Psalm 88) doesn't appear in the lectionary. They are the personal prayers of one person, and unusually don't addres
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time The Last Sunday After Trinity Leviticus 19.1–2, 15–18 1 Thessalonians 2.1–8 Matthew 22.34–46 1 Thessalonians is almost certainly the oldest document in the New Testament. As in so many other things, Paul is a pioneer. It is hard for u
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