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Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Identity of John the Baptist
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Identity of John the Baptist
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Identity of John the Baptist Matthew 11.7-15 One of the things that made the start of the twentieth century so dramatic was the invention of the motor car. It brought all kinds of new opportunities, new dangers, and new possibilities. But think for a moment of just one of the…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower Explained
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Sower Explained
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Sower Explained Matthew 13.18-23 I stood still, puzzled. There was a high hedge to my right, and another one to my left. And now there was a third high hedge straight in front of me. The grass was flattened down in this small space. Clearly lots of other people…
John for Everyone part 2 - The Raising of Lazarus
John for Everyone part 2 - The Raising of Lazarus
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Raising of Lazarus John 11.38-46 We saw a programme on the television last night about the fossilized remains of what looks like an ancient race of creatures. They seem to be like humans, but much taller. They appear to have been significantly different from any monkeys or ap…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Question about Elijah
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Question about Elijah
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Question about Elijah Matthew 17.9-13 The young student nervously approached the professor after the lecture. He’d been thinking for some while about doing graduate work after his degree, and this teacher’s lectures were the ones he’d most enjoyed. Could he perhaps have a bri…
John for Everyone part 2 - The True Vine
John for Everyone part 2 - The True Vine
by SPCK - N T Wright
The True Vine John 15.1-8 One of many areas in which I possess near-total incompetence is gardening. We have moved house so many times that I have never had the chance to develop an instinct for which plants do well where and in what kind of soil and light. Once or twice I have p…
The Pastoral Letters - Vessels for God's Use
The Pastoral Letters - Vessels for God's Use
by SPCK - N T Wright
Vessels for God’s Use 2Timothy 2.20-26 ‘My wife and I are about to move house again. We’ve done it quite often enough already, but I have a new job to go to, and there it is. And so, once more, we’ve had to think about all the things we own – the clutter of old china and furnitur…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B 1st Kings 8: 22-30, 41-43 Psalm 84 Ephesians 6: 10-20 John 6: 56-69 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6 v 68). Those words, spoken almost in desperation by the apostle Peter, are just as relevant f…
Another mountain on the road
Another mountain on the road
by Andrew Pratt
Another mountain on the road that led them to Jerusalem, a rising path, a stony way, the climb towards a brighter day. They broke through mist, looked down on clouds, the earth below now veiled to sight. Above, the summit, time to rest, a place of blessing for the blessed. Verses…
Hymn: He speaks of peace while all inside
Hymn: He speaks of peace while all inside
by Andrew Pratt
He speaks of peace while all inside disciples’ minds are churned about; their memories haunt their waking time, while day and night are fused by doubt. He speaks of peace while all the world will clamour at our open door, while shards of music sing and break with light in discord…
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter I suppose no one knew quite what to say. Days had passed. At the height of the festival Jesus had been tried and executed. For the crowds that was becoming a memory. Many folk were returning home. Clouds of dust swirled around the…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Faith Wins the Victory
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Faith Wins the Victory
by SPCK - N T Wright
Faith Wins the Victory 1 John 5.1-12 The first time I went snorkelling on a tropical reef, I was overwhelmed by the sight. Face down in the water by the Great Barrier Reef, off the north-east coast of Australia, I knew at once that this was a totally new experience. All around me…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Feeding the Five Thousand
John for Everyone Part 1 - Feeding the Five Thousand
by SPCK - N T Wright
Feeding the Five Thousand John 6.1-15 When you read detective stories, you quickly learn that what may look like an irrelevant little detail may actually be the clue to discovering who the murderer really is. A good writer will put in all kinds of detail, designed to lead the eye…
John for Everyone part 2 - Jesus and the Disciples
John for Everyone part 2 - Jesus and the Disciples
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus and the Disciples John 20.19-23 ‘I couldn’t possibly do that!’ He stood staring at the committee. They had just offered him, not the job he had applied for, but the one above it. The senior position in the whole division. He would be running an entire department. A huge bud…
John for Everyone part 2 - Jesus Goes to the Tomb
John for Everyone part 2 - Jesus Goes to the Tomb
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Goes to the Tomb John 11.28-37 John for Everyone Part 2 28With these words, Martha went back and called her sister Mary. ‘The teacher has come,’ she said to her privately, ‘and he’s asking for you.’ 29When she heard that, she got up quickly and went to him. 30Jesus hadn’t y…
Mark for Everyone - Jesus Is Arrested
Mark for Everyone - Jesus Is Arrested
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 14.26–52 Jesus Is Arrested... ...What do you do when the strong person in your life suddenly becomes weak? Children face this when the parent on whom they have relied for everything is suddenly struck down with illness or grief. Colleagues working on a proj…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus' Fame Increases
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus' Fame Increases
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus’ Fame Increases Matthew 9.27-37 For many years now, one of the regular themes of fiction-writers has been the spy story. During the Cold War years in particular, when East and West were deeply suspicious of each other (normally this meant Russia and America, but their respe…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus' True Family
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus' True Family
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus’ True Family Matthew 12.43-50 One of the saddest moments in my pastoral ministry came some years ago when I was contacted by a man in prison. He was coming towards the end of his sentence, having served some years for serious business fraud. During his time in jail he had t…
Luke for Everyone - Peter's Declaration of Jesus' Messiahship