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Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 1 March 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 1 March 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 1 MARCH 1930 The sense of being led by an unseen hand which takes mine while another hand reaches ahead and prepares the way, grows upon me daily. I do not need to strain at all to find opportunity. It plies in upon me as the waves roll over the beach, and yet there i…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 28:8
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 28:8
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 28:8 Through all his trials and tribulations St Paul urged others to discover with him that God’s strength is made perfect in human weakness, and that his grace is always sufficient. These are discoveries we do not always wish to make! They involve us in situations where we…
Mark for Everyone - Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand
Mark for Everyone - Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 3.1–6 Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand... ...It’s difficult for me to remember what life was like when I was a boy. It’s even harder for young people today to imagine what it was like in their own country 50 years ago. Almost every- where has chang…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - In at the kill
Four Gospels, One Jesus - In at the kill
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
In at the kill The Passion, Mark 14—15 At last we come to the ending – the Markan Passion, a dark scene to which the whole gospel has been leading. Jesus has made his way to Jerusalem, and this geographical concentration has brought the conflict into focus: a lion’s story should …
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Homage to the King
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Homage to the King
by BRF - Dick France
HOMAGE to the “KING” In the hands of the Romans Even among the Jewish people Jesus has been subjected to cruelty and abuse both from the members of the Sanhedrin and from their (Jewish) guards (14:65). But now he is in the hands of the Romans, and they too will have their turn. F…
Still Caring - Mrs Fix-it gives up
Still Caring - Mrs Fix-it gives up
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
35 Mrs Fixit gives up Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? (Luke 12.25 –26) Are your shoulders, like mine, bent with the burden you are carrying? There is another way, and last week…
Still Caring - Time to let go
Still Caring - Time to let go
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
14 Time to let go There is a time . . . a time to embrace and a time to refrain. (Ecclesiastes 3.1, 5b) It was probably guilt that had me running backwards and forwards from our house to the residential home. If he’d lost something, needed anything, I’d drop everything and rush d…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 216