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CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8b Changing contexts
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8b Changing contexts
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Changing contexts Now, a little bit of autobiography. I am a child of the 1960s, a baby boomer, and therefore I am part of the luckiest generation that has ever grown up in this country, and probably in any of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and …
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The hour of glory
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The hour of glory
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The hour of glory The Passion, John 18—19 The sight of an eagle climbing up into the sky is glorious. So, too, for John, the death of Jesus sets him free of the earth to return to his Father on high; the hour of his Passion is also the hour of glory. This is the supreme irony. As…
Ascension Day
Ascension Day
by liane Kensett
A short video that highlights the mystery of Easter. The lighting of the Christ candle represents that God raised Jesus. Christ has died, Christ is risen, Jesus is alive. Extinguishing the candle signifies the darkness of Christ's death and the mystery of Easter as Jesus goes awa…
Letters to London - 13 “Your faith today is a beginning, not a conclusion”-don’t shout about faith, just live it!
Letters to London - 13 “Your faith today is a beginning, not a conclusion”-don’t shout about faith, just live it!
by SPCK - Stephen J.Plant and Toni Burrowes-Cromwell
13 “Your faith today is a beginning, not a conclusion”-don’t shout about faith, just live it! Ernst’s confirmation in the Lutheran Church provided the original context for these letters and there are interesting questions about this important religious rite…
Meeting God in Paul - 2c A different kind of community
Meeting God in Paul - 2c A different kind of community
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
A different kind of community ‘Freedom’ and ‘slavery’ are words that Paul weaves into ever more complex patterns. But behind it all is this conviction that there is a space where we can ‘look each other in the eye’ with both boldness and reverence, knowing that what we see in the…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4b The effect of climate change in Antarctica
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4b The effect of climate change in Antarctica
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The effect of climate change in Antarctica All the climate models show quite clearly that regions warm at different rates. Polar regions show the greatest rises and the biggest consequences. And the changes are not all in the future. During my five-week voyage along the Antarctic…
Mere Apologetics - 5 The Reasonableness of the Christian Faith
Mere Apologetics - 5 The Reasonableness of the Christian Faith
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
The Reasonableness of the Christian Faith Apologetics is about persuading people that Christianity makes sense. C. S. Lewis, perhaps the greatest Christian apologist of the twentieth century, describes the capacity the Christian faith has to make sense of things with characterist…
Mere Apologetics - 6b Clue 3: Order—The Structure of the Physical World
Mere Apologetics - 6b Clue 3: Order—The Structure of the Physical World
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Clue 3: Order—The Structure of the Physical World Our instinct to discern order within the world is expressed clearly in the wisdom literature of the Old Testament. The natural sciences are also based on the idea of the regularity of the universe. Without an ordered cosmos, the s…
Mere Apologetics - 6c Clue 5: Desire— Homing Instinct for God
Mere Apologetics - 6c Clue 5: Desire— Homing Instinct for God
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Clue 5: Desire— Homing Instinct for God Many arguments for the existence of God involve an appeal primarily to reason. Others involve an appeal to experience, finding their plausibility within the human heart as much as in human reason…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 6 The Gospel according to John