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Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 1 June 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 1 June 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 1 JUNE 1930 Inwardly this has been a very uneven week. As a whole, my end of the experiment has been failure for most of the week. My physical condition and too many distractions have proven too much for me, and God has not been in the center of my mind for one-fifth …
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - I AM THE RESURRECTION & THE LIFE
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - I AM THE RESURRECTION & THE LIFE
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
I AM THE RESURRECTION & THE LIFE Martha expresses her belief in the conventional view, that her brother ‘will rise again in the resurrection on the last day’ (11:24). According to this, everything to do with eschatology—judgment, death, life—all are in the future at the End of ti…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Even in Laughter a Heart May Hurt
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Even in Laughter a Heart May Hurt
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Even in Laughter a Heart May Hurt A friend of mine told me last week about a dinner he and his wife had had with another couple. The other wife was my friend’s ex, but both couples are happily married so it seemed that this piece of history would not be a problem, and the couples…
Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B
Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B
by Digistry
Four Mini Movies for Ordinary 1 and 2 Year B Holy Spirit - Call to Worship Based on Mark 1:4-11 Lectionary: Ordinary 1 B Creation - Reflection Based on Genesis 1:1-15 Lectionary: Ordinary 1 B Search for Me - Praise - Prayer Based on Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18 Lectionary: Ordinary 2 B…
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 1)
The Power of the Parable - A Hymn for the Nameless (Part 1)
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
7 A Hymn for the Nameless By the late afternoon of September 2, 31 BCE, Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt had escaped the surrounding squadrons of Octavian and Agrippa, picked up Mark Antony from his abandoned flagship, and fled with him to Alexandria and double suicide…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - The Mission Begins in Galilee
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - The Mission Begins in Galilee
by BRF - Dick France
The Mission Begins in Galilee The prologue is over. We are no longer ‘in the wilderness’, but in the real world of ordinary men and women in the villages of Galilee. This is Jesus’ home province, though the focus of his mission will prove to be not in the hills around Nazareth bu…
THE AWESOME JOURNEY - 1 Where are you?
THE AWESOME JOURNEY - 1 Where are you?
by SPCK - David Adam
1 Where are you? THE AWESOME JOURNEY Life’s Pilgrimage Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of gl…
The Act of Prayer Year C - Day of Pentecost - Year C
The Act of Prayer Year C - Day of Pentecost - Year C
by BRF - John Birch
Day of Pentecost Year C Opening prayer Sovereign Lord, we meet together to celebrate the gift of your Holy Spirit to the church. Bless us as we seek to serve you today. Fill us with your Spirit, as you filled your followers early one morning in Jerusalem over 2000 years ago, that…
How God Became King - 4e John: Creation and New Creation
How God Became King - 4e John: Creation and New Creation
by SPCK - N T Wright
John: Creation and New Creation The paradox we saw in Matthew, Mark and Luke – that the events involving Jesus are to be seen as the fulfilment of the story of Israel, but that this ‘fulfilment’ is not what Israel was expecting or wanting – is stated sharply right at the start of…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - SPELLING IT OUT