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Poem: Asking questions
Poem: Asking questions
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Asking questions When the crowd of followers asked John, ‘what should we do?’ they knew the answer before he gave it. ‘Caring means sharing, not keeping everything as personal property. Give some of it away.’ When the tax collectors asked John, ‘what should we do?’ they als…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayers for the Armed Forces
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayers for the Armed Forces
by SPCK - Ian Black
Two prayers - "Armed Forces" and "Facing the battle/deployment". Michael, Archangel, your sword blazes with terror scattering the forces of evil and bringing them to tremble beneath you. Inspire the armed forces with this passion for what is right... Taken from Prayers for All Oc…
When innocence is fractured
When innocence is fractured
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – When innocence is fractured When innocence is fractured by nature’s shifting force, and paradise is ruptured as life is swept off course. We come to pray our questions, we come to share our grief; in this, our act of worship, to say that we believe. As headlines overwhelm …
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) …
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together (part 2)
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together (part 2)
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
Keeping body and soul together (part 2) Death and the soul in the Old Testament A fascinating illustration of the importance of the body to the nephesh is the use of the word to refer to someone who has died recently. Numbers 6.6 forbids a Nazirite from going near a nephesh met (…
The Living God - How do We Know About God?
The Living God - How do We Know About God?
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Which God Are We Talking About? 1 How do we know about God? The God the creeds are speaking about is not some abstract entity but a living reality who engages, calls and loves us and whom we are invited to know and trust. As C. S. Lewis pointed out, God is not just some impersona…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Rhetoric of Empire
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Rhetoric of Empire
by SPCK - N T Wright
2. The Rhetoric of Empire (I) Introduction It was not by military force alone that Augustus consolidated his power, or that his successors maintained it. It has been shown in great detail that from the beginning the empire used every available means in art, architecture, literatu…
Poem: If he had come …
Poem: If he had come …
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: If he had come … If he had come as a king with a robe and jewels and a crown of gold, he would have been impressive. But there would have been those who envied him his wealth, tried to steal his jewels, or attempted to rob him of his crown. If he had come with a sword and s…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Third Sunday Before Advent Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Third Sunday Before Advent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Third Sunday Before Advent Wisdom of Solomon 6.12–16 1 Thessalonians 4.13–18 Matthew 25.1–13 You should only treat yourself to Wisdom of Solomon ch. 6 if you are prepared to live with the rest. The righteous and wise are persecuted and killed by the wicked and foolish; but Go…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Money, Shame and Authority
The Women's Bible Commentary - Money, Shame and Authority
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Money, Shame and Authority Because of subtle differences between chapters 8 and 9, many scholars regard them as two separate letters, even though they concern the same topic: instructions regarding a collection of money in Paul’s Gentile congregations to be sent as a gift to the …
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
Keeping body and soul together We are now in a position to turn our attention to Paul and to his view of the body and soul. As we observed in the previous chapter, different understandings of the soul make it hard for us to work out what we mean when we use the word ‘soul’, let a…
Meeting God in Paul - 2c A different kind of community
Meeting God in Paul - 2c A different kind of community
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
A different kind of community ‘Freedom’ and ‘slavery’ are words that Paul weaves into ever more complex patterns. But behind it all is this conviction that there is a space where we can ‘look each other in the eye’ with both boldness and reverence, knowing that what we see in the…
Mere Apologetics - 5b Why Does the Reasonableness of Christianity Matter?