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glimpses of glory - The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C
glimpses of glory - The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins) Almighty god, we give thanks for your great love towards us and the whole world, love revealed in our Lord, Jesus Christ, who by his death destroyed death, and who for us has opened the gates of glory. We pray that, sharing in the fel…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday Before Advent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday Before Advent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Second Sunday Before Advent God of all power and might, give us grace to trust you in the darkness as well as in the light. In the face of danger and adversity be our strength and hope, that we may live and work to your praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is …
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Potential Disciple Lost
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Potential Disciple Lost
by BRF - Dick France
A POTENTIAL DISCIPLE LOST MARK 10: 17-22 The man who had everything From the disciples’ point of view this man must have seemed the ideal recruit. He was an earnest seeker for eternal life, with a good moral record (v. 20)…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - "Not So Among You"
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - "Not So Among You"
by BRF - Dick France
The two ‘Sons of Thunder’ (3:17) have appeared from time to time along with Peter as the small group with whom alone Jesus has shared and will share some of his most private moments (1:29; 5:37; 9:2; 14:33). The three of them with Andrew were the first disciples called to follow …
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (38) HARVEST
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (38) HARVEST
by SPCK - John Pritchard
Harvest presents particular problems and opportunities. The traditional harvest festival locks into our rural nostalgia but may leave us feeling strangely disconnected from everyday concerns rather than fundamentally integrated into earthy realities, as it would have done in prev…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - I HAVE SEEN THE LORD
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - I HAVE SEEN THE LORD
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
I HAVE SEEN THE LORD After Peter and other disciple have gone home, Mary stays outside the tomb, frozen in her grief (20:11). She has been through the desolation of watching Jesus die on the cross; at least she was there, unlike Peter (19:25). But now she suffers a second grief w…
GOD's rich Pattern - A trip that would make a difference
GOD's rich Pattern - A trip that would make a difference
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A trip that would make a difference Throughout all our struggle, the work of The Lin Berwick Trust continued. We had our first cottage in East Harling, Norfolk. We were then looking for a second site. Where it would come from, I had no idea. I knew we just had to go forward in fa…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 7 October 1930