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Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 9 March 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 9 March 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 9 MARCH 1930 For the first time in my life I know what I must do off in lonesome Lanao. I know why God left this aching void, for Himself to fill. Off on this mountain I must do three things: 1. I must pursue this voyage of discovery in quest of God’s will. I must bec…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 10 February 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 10 February 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 10 February 1931 If there is any contribution that I have to make to the world that will live, surely it must be my experience of God on Signal Hill. This afternoon I climbed my way to the top, weighted with a sense of remorse. Everything wrong that I have done in twe…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Second Sunday of Christmas Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Second Sunday of Christmas Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday of Christmas Jeremiah 31.7–14 Ephesians 1.3–14 John 1.1–18 Take a deep breath, and try reading Ephesians 1.3–14 all in one go. It is, after all, a single sentence in the Greek, a Christian version of the Jewish-style prayer, ‘Blessed be the God who . . .’. Only …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Ezekiel 43.27—44.4 1 Corinthians 13.1–13 Luke 2.22–40 Ezekiel had seen the glory of the Lord abandoning Jerusalem and the Temple to their fate (chs 10—11). Fittingly, it is he who describes, in the strange visions of chapters 43—44, the return of tha…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Words of Blessing
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Words of Blessing
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF PAUL WORDS OF BLESSING Thessalonians 3: 11-13 When children begin to learn a musical instrument, or to sing, the teacher often plays alongside them. The children hear the music from the teacher mixed in with the sounds they are makin…
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Thursday Evening Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Thursday Evening Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
ORDINARY TIME - Thursday Evening Prayer Blessed are you, O God: you open your hands, and fill all things with plenteousness. We bless you, generous God: you show us how to give and to receive. Jesus our brother, you make your presence known among us in the breaking of the bread,.…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 28 SEPTEMBER 1931 The fashion today is to place God in court and give Him a trial. We have had such a lust for “debunking” every good and useful man in history that even God cannot escape. It is one of the unfortunate by-products of the quest for truth, plus an unlove…
The Living God - I believe in God the Father
The Living God - I believe in God the Father
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
A personal God: love and faithfulness 2 I believe in God the Father As we saw in the last chapter, the creeds help us put into words our trust in ‘the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation’ (2 Corinthians 1.3). One reason wh…
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - St Valentine's Day
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - St Valentine's Day
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Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book THROUGH THE YEAR ST VALENTINE’S DAY By Stuart Kerner Suitable for Whole School Aim To consider what love really means. Preparation and materials • Prepare a large photocopy, OHP transparency or PowerPoint slide of the statue of Eros: som…
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Jesus Prays for the Church
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Jesus Prays for the Church
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Jesus Prays for the Church ‘Jesus has prayed to return to the glory he shared with God his Father before the creation (17:1–5). He has also prayed for his disciples whom he will leave behind in the world, although they are not of the world; the key to this balancing act is found …
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - LAZARUS, COME OUT!