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Mark The People's Bible Commentary - The End?
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - The End?
by BRF - Dick France
The End? The death of Jesus Most victims of crucifixion lingered on in pain for many hours, and gradually lost consciousness. Jesus’ death is very different. Now that he has borne the ultimate horror of his Father’s withdrawal from him, his work is done, and his death comes sudde…
She's the one Christ should have hated
She's the one Christ should have hated
by Andrew Pratt
3rd Sunday in Lent Hymn: She’s the one Christ should have hated She’s the one Christ should have hated, every law set her apart, woman, foreign, faith betrayer, yet compassion warmed his heart. Was he thirsty? Human nature giving us a reason why... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Word…
When we're crushed and feel forsaken
When we're crushed and feel forsaken
by Andrew Pratt
When we're crushed and feel forsaken, broken on the wheel of life, know that God will re-awaken hope within the midst of strife. There is hope in desolation, barren land will be restored; love will be our vindication, faith in God will be assured. Verses 3-4 follow Metre: 8 7 8 7…
Times and Seasons - Who will sound the urgent message
Times and Seasons - Who will sound the urgent message
by Andrew Pratt
Who will sound the urgent message? Who can make the people hear? God is coming here in person, long expected, drawing near. Who will recognise the God-head? How are we to make him known? Will he have a throne of glory? Will he wear a royal crown? Verse 3 follows Tune CROSS OF JES…
Times and Seasons - Will this man bind up the broken
Times and Seasons - Will this man bind up the broken
by Andrew Pratt
Will this man bind up the broken, tend the fallen, lift the frail; man of miracle and wonder, man whose faith will never fail? See him waiting by the water, one of many in the throng, moving pushing, conversation, crowds who share a sense of wrong. Verses 3-5 follow Tune: STUTTGA…
Times and Seasons - Why go to the wilderness, seek out the God-head
Times and Seasons - Why go to the wilderness, seek out the God-head
by Andrew Pratt
Why go to the wilderness, seek out the God-head? What is this perception, this mystical force? The people were drawn to the bank of the Jordan, the river winds onward, still follows its course. No change of direction, the river flows onward, yet people were challenged to alter th…
52 Reflections on Faith - Seeing God: a way of life
52 Reflections on Faith - Seeing God: a way of life
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Seeing God: a way of life Where do you ‘see God’? Where do you experience God? Where is God most real to you? There are probably particular times in your life when you sense God’s presence more than you normally do—special places where you feel close to God. You might have had a …
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Dead and Buried
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Dead and Buried
by BRF - Dick France
DEAD & BURIED The sabbath The Jewish day began and ended at sunset. So the evening of that Friday would be the beginning of the sabbath. The desire to bury the body of Jesus before the sabbath began was partly due to the convention that it was not proper for the body to remain pu…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Enter Pontius Pilate
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Enter Pontius Pilate
by BRF - Dick France
ENTER PONTIUS PILATE It was one thing for a Jewish court to decide on the death penalty, but quite another to implement it. Under the direct Roman rule which had now been imposed in Judea the right to pronounce the death penalty was reserved to the Roman governor alone. So to ach…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - The Secret is Unveiled
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - The Secret is Unveiled
by BRF - Dick France
The SECRET is UNVEILED ‘Are you the Messiah?’ The high priest’s question is not so much a change of subject as it may seem. To claim, as Jesus is alleged to have claimed, the right to replace the temple was, in effect, to claim to be the Messiah, since the Messiah was expected to…
Jesus Takes up His Cross
Jesus Takes up His Cross
by Graeme Dutton
Image for Station 3 - Jesus takes up his cross Black and white graffiti image created using spray paint on canvas depicting Jesus carrying his Cross. See Station 3 text - Click Here Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- This image is full…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 23 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 23 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 23 Mark 10: 17-31 Gaze at the man kneeling before Jesus, with such an expression of expectation. He is devoted to this new, charismatic leader. He firmly believes he is already a disciple, and now he has asked for a special message for him, personally. He obviously has tre…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 7 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 7 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 7 Mark 4: 35-41 Gaze on the sea in stormy weather. Hear the roar of the gale crashing against the sails at full stretch and the creak of the feeble wooden hull. Watch the disciples, bailing out in vain. The rain is lashing their faces, soaking their clothes. Hear the fear …
Acts for Everyone part 1 - An Explanation is called for
Acts for Everyone part 1 - An Explanation is called for
by SPCK - N T Wright
An Explanation is Called for Acts 3.11-16 ‘How did you do that?’ I stood beside the car as it spluttered into life. I had fiddled and jiggled with everything I could, and hadn’t been able to make it start. (This, I should say, was a long time ago, in the days when you could poke …
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 21 Year A