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Opening Prayer - John the Baptist
Opening Prayer - John the Baptist
by Richard Steel
An opening Prayer based on Benedictus and John the Baptist’s ministry John the Baptist (24th June) Opening Prayer (Based on Benedictus and John the Baptist’s ministry) As people who know we have received mercy We come to you As those who share your new Covenant We come to you As …
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Annunciation: a poem
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Annunciation: a poem
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Annunciation: a poem There is only one thing that prevents The gentle movement, heaven into earth: Not the fear which godly greeting brings, Nor cold presumption (God could never speak), Nor empty tomb, nor barren heart,…
Beginning of Local Preaching
Beginning of Local Preaching
by David John Woodman
A 4 part dialogue of the beginnings of Methodist local preaching with John Wesley's and his mothers thoughts. LOCAL PREACHER ROOTS (A four speaker Dialogue) NARRATOR: WOMAN: LAY-PREACHER: JOHN WESLEY: (Based upon events in John Wesley’s diaries and also recorded in other books on…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Acknowledgments
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Acknowledgments
by SPCK - John Goldingay
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The translation at the beginning of each chapter of this book (and in other biblical quotations) is my own. I have stuck closer to the Hebrew than modern translations often do when they are designed for reading in church so that you can see more precisely what the…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Introduction
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Introduction
by SPCK - John Goldingay
INTRODUCTION As far as Jesus and the New Testament writers were concerned, the Jewish Scriptures that Christians call the “Old Testament” were the Scriptures. In saying that, I cut corners a bit, as the New Testament never gives us a list of these Scriptures, but the body of Scri…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Introduction
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - John Goldingay
INTRODUCTION As far as Jesus and the New Testament writers were concerned, the Jewish Scriptures that Christians call the “Old Testament” were the Scriptures. In saying that, I cut corners a bit, as the New Testament never gives us a list of these Scriptures, but the body of writ…
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Introduction
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - John Goldingay
INTRODUCTION As far as Jesus and the New Testament writers were concerned, the Jewish Scriptures that Christians call the “Old Testament” were the Scriptures. In saying that, I cut corners a bit, as the New Testament never gives us a list of these Scriptures, but the body of writ…
Exodus and Leviticus - GLOSSARY
Exodus and Leviticus - GLOSSARY
by SPCK - John Goldingay
GLOSSARY aide A supernatural agent through whom God appears and works in the world. Standard English translations refer to them as “angels,” but this rather suggests ethereal figures with wings, wearing diaphanous white dresses. Aides are humanlike figures; hence it is possible t…
Exodus and Leviticus - Introduction
Exodus and Leviticus - Introduction
by SPCK - John Goldingay
INTRODUCTION As far as Jesus and the New Testament writers were concerned, the Jewish Scriptures that Christians call the “Old Testament” were the Scriptures. In saying that, I cut corners a bit, as the New Testament never gives us a list of these Scriptures, but the body of writ…
Imagining the Lectionary: Bear fruits worthy of repentance (Advent 3C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Bear fruits worthy of repentance (Advent 3C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Bear fruits worthy of repentance (Advent 3C) Reflection accompanying image “Bear fruits worthy of repentance ” Bear fruits worthy of repentance. (Luke 3:8) Winter strips everything back and we are left to focus on what really matters. The hedgerows are d…
Imagining the Lectionary: The crowds came out (Advent 3C)
Imagining the Lectionary: The crowds came out (Advent 3C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: The crowds came out (Advent 3C) Reflection accompanying image “The crowds came out ” How are we to picture the crowds of people who left their homes and made their way out to the Jordan to be baptised by John the Baptist? One striking piece that I saw in…
The crowds came out