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St Michael & the Devil
St Michael & the Devil
by Rose humphrey
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in
My practical theology DJW - God and humankind - are they compatible?
My practical theology DJW - God and humankind - are they compatible?
by David John Woodman
This practical theology has developed over many years and discusses some of the seemingly incompatible aspects of God and humankind, good and evil and in relation to some scientific theories that I believe has an impact on these questions. I see no impossibility between the quest
Open with God Book - Good Friday Prayer
Open with God Book - Good Friday Prayer
by Christine Odell
Good Friday Reading: Mark 15.20b-39 or Mark 15.6-39 Place a cross somewhere prominent and ask those present to reflect on it and the feelings of the first disciples on Good Friday. Nothing can prepare us, loving God, for the reality of this day. We, Christ’s disciples, had not wa
Job's Story: Dramatic Reading/Monologue
Job's Story: Dramatic Reading/Monologue
by Andrew Pratt
THIS ITEM PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK OF JOB AND COULD BE NOTED ON EACH SUNDAY THROUGH OCTOBER ON WHICH THE BOOK OF JOB PROVIDES A KEY READING. Dramatic Reading/Monologue This item covers four weeks of the Lectionary readings from the Book of Job. It could be used over the f
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 22ndSunday in Ordinary Time Year A Romans 12: 9-21 In our passage from Romans, this week, Paul is continuing his discourse on putting righteousness into practice within the Church and the wider world. He makes three further main points: Love Bear up under persecution
Eco Lectionary notes year A Lent 1-3
Eco Lectionary notes year A Lent 1-3
by Keynsham Methodist Church Eco Group
Keynsham Methodist Church ECO-HINTS FROM THE LECTIONARY Lent 1 to Lent 3 Year A First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2: 15-17, 3: 1-7 Psalm 32 (H&P 845) Romans 5: 12-19 Matthew 4: 1-11 You could spend some time unpacking the Genesis mythology of ’the tree of knowledge’. This reading para
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 109:21
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 109:21
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 109:21 A spiritual battle rages around us. It breaks through into the material world. It is impossible not to be caught up in it and, from time to time, to be wounded. Of course, many today dismiss this as medieval theology, but read the opening stanzas of this psalm and it
The Womens' Bible Commentary - Familial Imagery
The Womens' Bible Commentary - Familial Imagery
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Familial Imagery Isaiah’s first chapter, which previews many of the major themes to follow, illustrates the issues highlighted above. The topic is Israel’s rebellion against God, which has already resulted in divine violence, violence through which the prophet hopes Jerusalem wil
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - In the WILDERNESS
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - In the WILDERNESS
by BRF - Dick France
In the WILDERNESS MARK 1: 12-13 At this point in the story both Matthew and Luke offer us a blow-by-blow account of Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness, with the familiar threefold question and answer between Satan and Jesus…
Meditation - 1st Sunday of Christmas Year A
Meditation - 1st Sunday of Christmas Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 1st Sunday of Christmas Year A Another Joseph goes to Egypt Matthew 2: 13-23 Joseph reeled in agony at the news. He had just heard that back home, many infant lives had been lost at the hands of Herod, who, frightened that a newborn baby would take his throne, had mu
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 17 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 17 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 17 Exodus 3.1–15 Romans 12.9–21 Matthew 16.21–28 Peter, like Moses, hid his face, afraid to look upon God. He wanted to see God’s messianic movement launched, but not like this; Moses had wanted to see Israel liberated, and h
Mere Apologetics - 8b Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Mere Apologetics - 8b Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering? Our first case study is an issue that is regularly raised both in public debates and private conversations. If God is good, why is there suffering in the world? Why do bad things happen in a universe created by a supposedly loving God?
The Monastery Of The Heart - 24 Good Zeal