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Parallel Lives of Jesus - 7 Selected Parallel Episodes
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 7 Selected Parallel Episodes
by SPCK - Edward Adams
Selected Parallel Episodes Having considered each Gospel separately, we now bring the “parallel lives” of Jesus into contact with each other as we look at selected common episodes. The exercise will allow us to explore the unity and plurality of the Gospels in a more focused way,…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - Christian Unity Paul, Apollos and Cephas as One (2) cntd.
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - Christian Unity Paul, Apollos and Cephas as One (2) cntd.
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Christian Unity Paul, Apollos and Cephas as One Paul now describes himself as a “master builder.” A good master builder can exercise his or her authority by becoming a servant. In fact, that authority, when exercised through servanthood, is in a marvellous way profoundly attracti…
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 4 The Minister as Entrepreneur
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 4 The Minister as Entrepreneur
by SPCK - Michael Volland
The warping power of Loadsamoney In The Enterprise Culture, Peter Sedgwick acknowledges that ‘There has been a suspicion of the market, wealth-creation and enterprise in the churches for a long time.’4 This suspicion can be shaped by a number of factors, including gender, persona…
How God Became King - 10f Kingdom and Cross in Mutual Interpretation
How God Became King - 10f Kingdom and Cross in Mutual Interpretation
by SPCK - N T Wright
Kingdom and Cross in Mutual Interpretation What then can we say, in summary, about the evangelists’ portrayal of kingdom and cross, and what we ourselves can learn about each from that explosive, and usually ignored, combination?…
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 4 Creation (Chapter 1)
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 4 Creation (Chapter 1)
by Skylight- Mary C.Earle
1 Creation The Celtic Christian tradition distinctively regards the creation as intimately related to humankind. We all come from the same Source, and therefore have a shared origin in God, who speaks all that exists into being. This sense of the natural world being full of kith …
The Edge of Glory - 4 For Group Worship
The Edge of Glory - 4 For Group Worship
by SPCK - David Adam
FOR GROUP WORSHIP Many of the prayers in this book began in a small room in a moorland village in 1984. They were part of our Lent learning: for six weeks we met once a week to discover new and exciting ways to pray together. As we live in an area famous for its Celtic saints and…
journeying with John - Introduction Getting to know the Gospel of John
journeying with John - Introduction Getting to know the Gospel of John
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Introduction Getting to know the Gospel of John Of all the Gospels, John’s probably receives the most mixed response. For many Christians John contains some of the most iconic and well-loved stories in all the Gospels: stories like that of the woman at the well or Mary’s recognit…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 17 Wanted: New Categories
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 17 Wanted: New Categories
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Four HISTORY AND THE FIRST CENTURY THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD (iii) Wanted: New Categories What we find, in short, is that the epistemological tools of our age seem inadequate for the data before us. One of the present ironies, typical of movements within the…
Applecartlive's New School Shorts - 3. The Children - Applecartlive
Applecartlive's New School Shorts - 3. The Children - Applecartlive
by Applecartlive Ltd
Massive Sale - up to 50% off a teacher's dozen Resources Applecartlive's New School Shorts is a series of short films produced for children of primary school age. A Bible story is retold in each film using everyday language and creative locations. In The Children the storyteller …
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 10 The Transfiguration
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 10 The Transfiguration
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Transfiguration The transfiguration is one of the key episodes in the Synoptic Gospels, occurring in all three. Like the baptism with which it connects, the transfiguration is a onetime event in the pre-passion ministry of Jesus. It is sometimes classed as an epiphany story, …
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 14 Essay 2 Sex (cntd)
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 14 Essay 2 Sex (cntd)
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Essay 2 Sex The structure of this apostolic homily is similar to the homily that precedes it in 4:8-16. The one structural difference is that in the previous homily the stand-alone cameo is at the end. Here it is in the beginning. Otherwise the two homilies have the same structur…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 8 The Feeding of the Five Thousand