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John The People's Commentary - Healing an Official's Son
John The People's Commentary - Healing an Official's Son
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Healing an Official's Son After all the excitement in Samaria, Jesus finally returns to Galilee (4:43). Although the Galileans welcomed him, it was only because they had seen what he had done at the festival in Jerusalem (4:45)…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 15 This Does Not Mean ‘No Facts’
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 15 This Does Not Mean ‘No Facts’
by SPCK - N T Wright
This Does Not Mean ‘No Facts’ (i) Critical Realism and the Threat of the Disappearing Object The sheer complexity of the historian’s task, and its manifest difference from ‘mere observation’, might lead, and has led some, to the conclusion that there are therefore no such things …
How God Became King - 1b The Empty Cloak: The Puzzle of a Lifetime
How God Became King - 1b The Empty Cloak: The Puzzle of a Lifetime
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Empty Cloak: The Puzzle of a Lifetime Come forward about fifteen years from that early experience. In my late twenties, out of the blue, I was asked to give a Bible exposition to the student Christian Union at Cambridge…
the historical character of Jesus - 1c Portraits of Jesus
the historical character of Jesus - 1c Portraits of Jesus
by SPCK - David Allen
Portraits of Jesus If, then, the non-Gospel material does have something useful to contribute to studies of Jesus, how might we go about using them? Our approach in this book will be to try and answer two distinct but related questions…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 12 The Empty Tomb
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 12 The Empty Tomb
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Empty Tomb None of the four evangelists describes Jesus’ actual resurrection, but they all report the discovery of the empty tomb, and all except Mark recount appearances of the risen Jesus to his followers. The resurrection accounts of the four Gospels are notoriously diffic…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 13 Essay 2 Sex
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 13 Essay 2 Sex
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Essay 2 Sex Paul is now ready to begin his second essay, which focuses on sexual practice and its theological foundation. The essay comprises four sections and one extended aside. The outline of the overall essay is as follows: 2.1. Immorality and the Church (4:17–6:8) 2.2. (Thre…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 14 Essay 2 Sex (cntd)
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 14 Essay 2 Sex (cntd)
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Essay 2 Sex The structure of this apostolic homily is similar to the homily that precedes it in 4:8-16. The one structural difference is that in the previous homily the stand-alone cameo is at the end. Here it is in the beginning. Otherwise the two homilies have the same structur…
Great Christian Thinkers - 51 Hugh and Richard of Saint-Victor
Great Christian Thinkers - 51 Hugh and Richard of Saint-Victor
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Hugh and Richard of Saint-Victor I have been presenting exemplary figures of believers dedicated to showing the harmony between reason and faith and to witnessing with their lives to the proclamation of the gospel… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
Great Christian Thinkers - 60 St. Bonaventure