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I don't get it. God has left me
I don't get it. God has left me
by Andrew Pratt
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany Year A Isaiah 49: 14 – 16 Hymn: I don't get it. God has left me ‘I don't get it. God has left me’ hear the peoples’ crude lament. Yet God pleads and makes a promise, I will hold and not relent. God will hear, God will know, God will always he…
With secrecy diplomacy
With secrecy diplomacy
by Andrew Pratt
Epiphany year A Matthew 2: 1 - 12 Hymn: With secrecy, diplomacy With secrecy, diplomacy, King Herod made his quest; the threat must, duly, be contained, till then he would not rest. We sing the song of every child who ever has been born; we sing our song for all the w…
Advent - connecting with the Advent Wreath
Advent - connecting with the Advent Wreath
by John Birch
"The circle of the wreath reminds us of God himself. The circle has no beginning or end, and God is eternal, and his love has no ending..." A series of information facts about Advent and the Advent wreath that can be used as a point of connection for a young people's talk in a se…
John The People's Commentary - Eat my Flesh and Drink my Blood
John The People's Commentary - Eat my Flesh and Drink my Blood
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Eat My Flesh and Drink My Blood The debate between Jesus and the crowd since the miraculous feeding and walking on water has been exploring the text, ‘he gave them bread from heaven to eat’ (6:31). Like a rabbi preaching on the text, Jesus has taken each word or phrase in turn. F…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - We Want To See Jesus
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - We Want To See Jesus
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
We want to see Jesus John’s account of Jesus welcomed into Jerusalem by the crowd showed how he rejected violent revolution for just one nation, responding with a humility which caused ‘all the world’ to go after him. Both universalism and humble suffering are developed further i…
Revelation bible study guide - The Lamb's Elite Warriors
Revelation bible study guide - The Lamb's Elite Warriors
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Lamb’s Elite Warriors Revelation 14: 1-13 On the hill in the distance I could see the little procession, tiny but silhouetted against the sky in the bright Middle-Eastern evening. In my country the sheep are brought from one field to another by people with sticks and dogs. In…
Revelation bible study guide - The Thousand Year Reign and the Final Judgment
Revelation bible study guide - The Thousand Year Reign and the Final Judgment
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Thousand Year Reign And The Final Judgment Revelation 20 After I published my book Surprised by Hope, I had a number of letters and emails from people telling me their experiences with thinking it through, leading study groups on it and in some cases preaching in the new way …
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Promises of the Spirit