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Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C
Meditation - 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 3rd Sunday of Easter Year C Is it you Lord? John 21: 1-19 How could they not recognise him? They had been with him for three years. Day and night he had been the centre of their lives. He was their best friend and their teacher... Created by David Middleton on behalf
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A)
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A) Reflection accompanying image “an unappealing prospect” or "same image in colour" "Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it's not possible to see what I'm pointing to—to God's kingdom." (John 3:3) T
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
Job for Everyone - The Way We Were and the Way I Thought We Would Be
Job for Everyone - The Way We Were and the Way I Thought We Would Be
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Way We Were and the Way I Thought We Would Be Job 29: 1-25 They say that if your spouse dies after a time of illness and/or gradual decline, initially your memories are dominated by the nature of those last months, but that eventually older memories come to reassert themselve
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - The Veil Is Drawn Aside
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - The Veil Is Drawn Aside
by BRF - Dick France
The VEIL is DRAWN ASIDE There is a further possible meaning of Jesus’ puzzling saying in verse 1 about seeing that the kingdom of God has come with power. For ‘some’ (only three) of those who heard it would indeed have a more immediate vision of power and glory, a foretaste of wh
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - TWELVE GOOD MEN & TRUE
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - TWELVE GOOD MEN & TRUE
by BRF - Dick France
TWELVE GOOD MEN & TRUE MARK 3: 13-19 This was an important moment, the selection, from among the many people who were following Jesus, of the task force on whom the extension of his mission would depend, not only while he himself was still there to supervise them (6:7–13, 30–31)
John The People's Commentary - Jesus' Authority & Identity
John The People's Commentary - Jesus' Authority & Identity
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Jesus' Authority & Identity Having answered the question about why he does not quote other authorities for his teaching, Jesus goes on the offensive by directing his hearers’ attention back to the ultimate authority—Moses himself (7:19)…
How God Became King - 9e Kingdom, Cross and Church
How God Became King - 9e Kingdom, Cross and Church
by SPCK - N T Wright
Kingdom, Cross and Church The third speaker invites us to listen to one particular dimension of the music of the gospels. This dimension, we recall, highlights the story of Jesus heard as the story of the launching of God’s renewed people…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - How to Live as Exiles in the Empire
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - How to Live as Exiles in the Empire
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
How to Live as Exiles in the Empire Having asserted the identity of the community with images that distinguish Israel from other nations, the author recalls that identity with the phrase “aliens and exiles,”…
Jeremiah for everyone - More a Summons than a Vocation