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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
The crowds came out
by David Perry
Image accompanying reflection Imagining the Lectionary: the crowds came out (Advent 3C) Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- This image is full size which is 4054 x 2872 pixels and 426KB The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduc…
Imagining the Lectionary: Kairos Moments (Advent 1C)
Imagining the Lectionary: Kairos Moments (Advent 1C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Kairos Moments (Advent 1C) Reflection accompanying image “Advent Kairos Moments” As the sky lightens at daybreak this is the moment in which the sun penetrates the chilly shroud of mist and bathes the landscape in milky light. Chronological time become…
Imagining the Lectionary: I will gather you together and bring you home again (Advent 3C)