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The Living God - A Personal God
The Living God - A Personal God
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
A personal God: love and faithfulness 2 A personal God All of us like to complain about our employers. I met up with someone I had known back in the days when I was a research student in Oxford. Over a cup of tea I asked him how he was getting on at the college where he now worke…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The Lion's Appearance
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The Lion's Appearance
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The lion’s appearance Symbolism and meaning The opening of any ancient biography usually tried to say something about who the subject was and where he came from. Often the first words included the subject’s name, and, perhaps, a brief comment about his family, ancestry or home to…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The ox, the herd, and the drivers
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The ox, the herd, and the drivers
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The ox, the herd, and the drivers Luke’s characterization The gospels’ stories involve three main protagonists – Jesus himself, his disciples and the religious leaders of his day, with three storylines developing en route to their shared climax at the death and resurrection. So l…
God’s messenger‚ in times long past
God’s messenger‚ in times long past
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
The final stanza of this hymn attempts to recapture something of the atmosphere of Candlemas as described by St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, c 560- 638: “Our bright shining candles are a sign of the divine splendour of the One who comes to expel the dark shadows of ev…
There Is Joy Coming On
There Is Joy Coming On
by Rothwell Baptist
Poem by Pat Wray based on Psalm 43:4 Extract: There's joy coming on - I can feel it in my bones. There's joy coming on, Playing pebbles with the stones. It isn't just excitement For the undertow is peace. See other Poems by Pat Wray - Click Here A selection of Pat's Poems in Powe…
Grief - the human touch
Grief - the human touch
by Joanna Bull
a sermon delivered in St Martin's church Bull ring Birmingham on march 8th 2008; the reading was the story of lazarus and jesus calling him out of the tomb. The poem Tomb dwellers also on here was developed from this two months later. Based on John 11:1-45 Lectionary: 5th in Len…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The Task of the Spirit
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The Task of the Spirit
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
The Task of the Spirit In this final farewell discourse, Jesus has described the two sides, those who are abiding in love with him and his Father and those who are opposed to them all. Although he is going away, this will enable the Holy Spirit to be ‘called alongside’, as the Pa…
Recovering from Depression - Sorrow and sighing
Recovering from Depression - Sorrow and sighing
by SPCK - Katharine Smith
Sorrow and sighing Two boys are running along the top of quite a high wall. Suddenly they both slip, lose their balance and fall. One boy suffers some nasty cuts and bruises and is clearly shaken up. The other boy hits his head when he lands and his leg is badly twisted under him…
Mark The People's Commentary - Panic on the Lake