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Body - Chapter 5 - The life-giving spirit
Body - Chapter 5 - The life-giving spirit
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
The life-giving Spirit By now it should be clear that, for Paul, the Spirit/spirit plays a vital role in his positive understanding of bodies. This may cause you to wonder whether we have come a very long way only to arrive back where we began…
The Women's Bible Commentary - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife
The Women's Bible Commentary - God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
God as Faithful Husband, Israel as Faithful and Fruitful Wife In the third and final section, chapters 12–14, the prophet takes up the marital metaphor of chapters 1–3 once again. In the first section of the book, the punishment of the wife sparked her repentance and return to he…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3 Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3 Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet ‘Consider the lilies….’ (Luke 12.22–31); the flowers in the grounds of Tantur Ecumenical Institute, outside Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem checkpoint, are thought to be the biblical lilies. Whether they …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 24 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 24 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Ordinary Time - Proper 24 Exodus 33.12–23 1 Thessalonians 1.1–10 Matthew 22.15–22 The multiple echoes of Exodus 33 bounce around the New Testament. The first letter to the Thessalonians, held by many to be the first surviving Christian writing, offers another reminder that the go…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B