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1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - When the King Isn't Tough Enough
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - When the King Isn't Tough Enough
by SPCK - John Goldingay
When the King Isn’t Tough Enough 1 Samuel 15: 1- 33 According to news reports, at U.S. bases in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in the first decade of the twenty-first century we were engaged in the torture of people suspected of terrorist acts. This involved keeping people in constrained…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Levirate Widow
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Levirate Widow
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Levirate Widow (Matthew 22: 23-33) Within Jerusalem, conflicts with Pharisees fade while Sadducees and high priests become the antagonists. Amid such controversies as the concern for paying taxes (22:15–22), the question of the great commandment (22:34–40), and the issue of t…
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Dominic De Guzman Having presented the luminous figure of Francis of Assisi and also Clare of Assisi, I talk now about another saint of the same period who made a fundamental contribution to the renewal of the Church of his time: St. Dominic, the Founder of the Order of Preac…
Great Christian Thinkers - 33 St. Isidore of Seville
Great Christian Thinkers - 33 St. Isidore of Seville
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Isidore of Seville Saint Isidore of Seville was a younger brother of Leander, archbishop of Seville, and a great friend of Pope Gregory the Great. Pointing this out is important because it enables us to bear in mind a cultural and spiritual approach that is indispensable for …
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