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Exodus and Leviticus - Enjoying Fellowship and Gaining Cleansing
Exodus and Leviticus - Enjoying Fellowship and Gaining Cleansing
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Enjoying Fellowship and Gaining Cleansing LEVITICUS 3: 1- 4: 35 I just had an invitation to a Thanksgiving dinner and was in a quandary about how to respond. Our first one or two Thanksgivings were very meaningful because we were thankful for God’s goodness in connection with our…
Isaiah for Everyone - Egypt My People
Isaiah for Everyone - Egypt My People
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Egypt My People Yesterday I had dinner with two people home from working in the Middle East, one in a Christian university to the north of Israel, the other in a seminary to the south. In both countries the Christian community is a minority in a tough context where increasing num…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Far Be It from Me to Sin by Not Praying for You
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - Far Be It from Me to Sin by Not Praying for You
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Far Be it from Me to Sin by Not Praying for You 1 Samuel 11: 14- 12: 25 The day of my wife’s memorial service was also the day I received the page proofs for a writing project. Someone who was reading those proofs, when he heard that Ann had died after living with multiple sclero…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - False Prophets
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - False Prophets
by SPCK - John Goldingay
False Prophets Deuteronomy 13: 1- 18 I received an e-mail this morning from a friend troubled by the evil in the world, as we often are, and wondering why God bothered to create it “if he is all-knowing and so on, and knew that there would be evil, genocide, starvation, dictators…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How Naomi's Life Falls Apart
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How Naomi's Life Falls Apart
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How Naomi’s Life Falls Apart RUTH 1:1-9 One Sunday in the church to which we belonged in England that story was the set Old Testament passage on a day when I was due to preach. My default instinct is to look to the Old Testament passage as the one on which to preach (someone has …
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - How Do You Know?
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - How Do You Know?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How Do You Know? Genesis 15: 8-15 A friend of mine has been in the process of falling in love with someone he met through an online dating service. She lives in a city some way away, far enough to make driving there for the weekend possible but not much fun, so he often flies, bu…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - How Are The Mighty Fallen
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - How Are The Mighty Fallen
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How Are the Mighty Fallen 2 Samuel 1: 1- 2: 31 The day before yesterday was Education and Sharing Day in the United States, a day established in honor of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died in 1994. During his lifetime some of his followers believed him to be the messiah, …
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How David Got His Grandfather
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How David Got His Grandfather
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How David Got His Grandfather RUTH 4:11-22 I was talking to a friend yesterday who has long been interested in researching into her family history, and she told me how she had discovered some time ago that both her parents had been divorced twice before they married each other. A…
Psalms for Everyone - How to Learn from the Poor
Psalms for Everyone - How to Learn from the Poor
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Learn from the Poor Psalm 41: 1-12 As we arrived at church on Sunday, a homeless man named Alex who sometimes comes to church was sitting in the shade of the parish hall, drawing on a cigarette as he waited for the time of the service. During the service we read the story …
Exodus and Leviticus - How to get to the Promised Land
Exodus and Leviticus - How to get to the Promised Land
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Get to the Promised Land EXODUS 23: 20- 33 Modern people get concerned about the Israelites annihilating the Canaanites. As far as one can tell, it only became an issue in modern times. Although Christians explain their concern by referring to Jesus’ exhortation to love on…
Job for Everyone - I Know That My Restorer Lives
Job for Everyone - I Know That My Restorer Lives
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I Know That My Restorer Lives Job 19: 1- 29 In spring 1741 over a period of twenty-four days, George Frideric Handel set to music a compilation of scriptural texts, mostly from the Old Testament, that had been made by a landowner and patron of the arts called Charles Jennens. In …
Isaiah for Everyone - I'm Fed Up to the Teeth with Your Worship
Isaiah for Everyone - I'm Fed Up to the Teeth with Your Worship
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I’m fed up to the Teeth with Your Worship Isaiah 1: 1-20 We just came home from our Palm Sunday service at church, a great occasion. As usual we began by distributing palm crosses; I can never take for granted that in California we can make our palm crosses from palm branches on …
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - I Want to Know What Love Is
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - I Want to Know What Love Is
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I Want to Know What Love Is Genesis 29:32-30:3 I have just read a review of a TV program about polygamy in the United States. It incidentally notes how one motivation for polygamy is that it can be a route to more children and more money, which fits with the assumptions about pol…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Just One River to Cross
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Just One River to Cross
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Just One River to Cross JOSHUA 1: 1-18 As I write, I listen to CDs, or rather I half-listen. I do not pay too much attention to the words, though sometimes they catch me out. One day the title phrase of Jimmy Cliff ’s “Many Rivers to Cross” caught my attention, and I listened mor…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - On Following Up Your Good Ideas but Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - On Following Up Your Good Ideas but Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Following Up Your Good Ideas but Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously 2 Samuel 5: 1- 25 I am coming to the end of my fortieth year as a professor. On Sunday evening, the day before yet another new quarter started, a friend asked me a question that unintentionally made me feel rat…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - On Giving Up Your Son
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - On Giving Up Your Son
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Giving Up Your Son 1 Samuel 1: 25- 2: 10 As I write, two anniversaries have recently passed. Just over thirty years ago the Shah of Iran was ousted and the Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to become the “Leader” of Iran, a more powerful position than that of the presiden…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - On Dying outside the Promised Land
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - On Dying outside the Promised Land
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Dying outside the Promised Land Deuteronomy 32: 48- 34: 12 I just read the obituary of a fine trumpet player and singer and even lovelier flugelhorn player, Stacy Rowles, who died after a car accident. My personal memory is of the way she once came to give a CD to my wife, Ann…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - On Getting Your Feet Wet