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Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Short Stay in Decapolis
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Short Stay in Decapolis
by BRF - Dick France
A SHORT STAY in DECAPOLIS MARK 5: 14-20 Decapolis, the area to which Jesus and his disciples had come on the eastern side of the lake, was a semi-independent confederation of Greek towns, owing allegiance to Rome, but with little contact with Jewish culture and religion…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 6c Characterizational Emphases
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 6c Characterizational Emphases
by SPCK - Edward Adams
Characterizational Emphases The Fourth Evangelist lays emphasis on the heavenly character of Jesus. Jesus has come from heaven and will return to it (e.g., 3:13, 31; 6:33). He is “from above”; he is “not of this world” (8:23). Jesus comes across as a more detached and other-world…
How God Became King - 9d Kingdom, Cross and God part 2
How God Became King - 9d Kingdom, Cross and God part 2
by SPCK - N T Wright
Kingdom, Cross and God part 2 This is how it works. First, the vision. Daniel has a dream of four monsters trampling the earth in great wickedness and violence. Then a court scene develops in heaven: ‘Thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne’ (7.9)…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - ‘UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!’
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - ‘UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!’
by BRF - Dick France
‘UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!’ MARK 1: 40-45 The man’s complaint may not have been full-scale ‘leprosy’ as we use the word, but it would be an unpleasant skin-disease which was regarded as infectious, and therefore made the sufferer ‘unclean’…
John The People's Commentary - Your Brother Will Rise Again
John The People's Commentary - Your Brother Will Rise Again
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Your Brother Will Rise Again It would probably have been a two day journey back across the Jordan to Bethany, a small village on the edge of Jerusalem. Jesus’ delay of two days plus the journey means that when he arrives Lazarus is not only dead and buried, but has been in his to…
Peace
Peace
by Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe
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…
I only popped out for some bread
I only popped out for some bread
by Ian Harris
A monologue for Christms Day or Nativity Service I only popped out for some bread and wine. I can still remember that night as if it was only yesterday. My brother-In-Law and his family were staying with us, having travelled up for the census. I can recall just how bitter cold it…
Nativity
Nativity
by Rose humphrey
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Revelation 22:12
Revelation 22:12
by BigBible
Created by Jo Brown, photo taken in India. NIV Translation "Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by per…
Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
Imagining the Lectionary: he has risen - exclamation mark or question?
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: He has risen – explanation mark or question Reflection accompanying image “He has risen” What punctuation should we put around the Easter event Jesus dies; and in a breathtaking step-change of cognitive reframing his disciples come to grasp the eternal…
Poem: The time has come
Poem: The time has come
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: The time has come As John had said, ‘the time has come.’ So Jesus, bowing to the Jordan’s waves and rising to the words ‘beloved Son’ and ‘well pleased,’ was willing to be made ready, by desert trial, to take his place in the unfolding story of God’s love. Continues... ©Mar…
Hymn: Beyond the bounds of Galilee