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Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Sign of Jonah
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Sign of Jonah
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sign of Jonah Matthew 12.33-42 We all like to play at being amateur detectives. Every year another crop of novels appears, and sometimes plays and movies as well, in which a wicked deed has been performed and nobody can figure out who did it. Some of the greatest names in fic…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Temple and the Fig-Tree
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Temple and the Fig-Tree
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Temple and the Fig-Tree Matthew 21.12-22 Once upon a time there was a king who wanted to give his country a new lease of life. He decided to capture a city that none of his people had lived in before, and make it his capital, so that no one would feel either proud that their …
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The Creation Story as a Historical Parable
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - The Creation Story as a Historical Parable
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Creation Story as a Historical Parable Genesis 2: 4a Once when our sons were young we were driving through northern France, across a plain with a range of mountains in the background. In the back seat our younger son (who was about twelve) started giving a lecture on how thes…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - What Do You Do When You're Desperate
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - What Do You Do When You're Desperate
by SPCK - John Goldingay
What Do You Do When You’re Desperate? 1 Samuel 28: 3- 29: 11 This coming Sunday is the nine-month anniversary since my wife died. I think about her a lot and dream about her, sometimes in her wheelchair as she was for years but sometimes fit and able to live a normal life, as she…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Christ the King Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Christ the King Luke 23: 33-43 Gaze on the two other men, hanging on their crosses. Though we know nothing about their crimes, we may picture them as nasty, brutish men, surly, dirty and dishevelled even before this execution. Were they violent men who had spent a lifetime harmin…
friends, FOES and families - If any of you is without sin: the woman taken in adultery
friends, FOES and families - If any of you is without sin: the woman taken in adultery
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
If any of you is without sin: The woman taken in adultery John 8.1-11 Merciful Father, may I never judge another, for I only know part of their story. Years ago the story of the woman taken in adultery might have sounded archaic, an example of harsher times, and unconnected with …
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Seventh Sunday of Easter John 17.20-26 Gaze on the disciples, trudging down the hillside after the Ascension, overwhelmed by the shock of losing the presence of Jesus yet again. Will absence make the heart grow fonder, or will it be a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’? Some…
2 Corinthians - Copying the Generosity of the Lord Jesus
2 Corinthians - Copying the Generosity of the Lord Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
Copying the Generosity of the Lord Jesus 2 CORINTHIANS 8.8-15 A few months ago there was a news item about a woman crossing the Atlantic Ocean single-handedly in a rowing boat. At least, she ended up doing it single-handedly; to begin with, her husband had been with her, but he h…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Disputes about Jesus
John for Everyone Part 1 - Disputes about Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
Disputes about Jesus John 7.10-18 ‘You’ll find out how when you really want to.’ Jeff ’s mother was trying, not for the first time, to teach him how to cook. He just couldn’t get the hang of it. He would see what she was doing and copy her, but when he tried later to do it himsel…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Meat Offered to Idols
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Meat Offered to Idols
by SPCK - N T Wright
Meat Offered to Idols 1 Corinthians 8.1-6 There is a restaurant in Rome which is built around the ruins of an old temple. Two of the pillars are still visible. The restaurant makes a feature of them, and is proud of the ancient origins of the building where they now serve excelle…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Twelve Are Sent Out
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Twelve Are Sent Out
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Twelve Are Sent Out Matthew 10.1-15 ‘But how will I know the way?’ I asked, setting off on my first solo car journey. ‘Don’t be silly,’ said my mother. ‘We’ve been going there for years! You’ll know it all right.’ But I didn’t. I recognized many parts of the road. But there i…
Prince of Peace
Prince of Peace
by Ian Harris
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…
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Another Deceiver Deceived
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - Another Deceiver Deceived
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Another Deceiver Deceived Genesis 38:1-30 It can seem as if every month some new sexual scandal is reported involving a prominent politician or pastor. It is common for the men (it’s nearly always men, but the more equal the playing field becomes, the more it may become women) in…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fifth Sunday of Lent Isaiah 43.16–21 Philippians 3.4b–14 John 12.1–8 Our Lenten readings have now brought us face to face with what this season is about. We are attempting, with some discipline, to prepare ourselves for Good Friday and Easter. At the start of Lent, with the s…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The First Sunday of Lent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The First Sunday of Lent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The First Sunday of Lent Deuteronomy 26.1–11 Romans 10.8b–13 Luke 4.1–13 Proust’s great theme is that without memory there is no character or understanding. One of the things that is so appealing about his work is that the small memories are at least as significant as the huge …
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday of Advent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday of Advent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday of Advent Malachi 3.1–4 Philippians 1.3–11 Luke 3.1–6 The passage from Malachi and the passage from Luke go together well. At first glance, the alternative reading from Baruch (5.1–9) matches the Luke passage even better, since Luke and Baruch both seem to be qu…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year C