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With My WholeHeart - Psalm 73:1, 20, 25
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 73:1, 20, 25
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 73:1, 20, 25 The fact that this psalm continues to agonize over the success of the ungodly reflects how we ourselves struggle continuously to square the problem of evil with our faith in a loving God. ‘Then thought I to understand this: but it was too hard for me’ (v. 15). …
Prayer: Thank you, loving God
Prayer: Thank you, loving God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Thank you, loving God Thank you, loving God, for all those who have walked with us on the way of faith and who have encouraged and strengthened us in the work we do together. Some of those people have made a real and lasting impact on our lives. Others have only been with…
My practical theology DJW - God and humankind - are they compatible?
My practical theology DJW - God and humankind - are they compatible?
by David John Woodman
This practical theology has developed over many years and discusses some of the seemingly incompatible aspects of God and humankind, good and evil and in relation to some scientific theories that I believe has an impact on these questions. I see no impossibility between the quest…
Open with God Book - March - Refugee Week (week 11)
Open with God Book - March - Refugee Week (week 11)
by Christine Odell
MARCH – Refugee Week (week 11) Matthew 25.31-46 Display suitable pictures and newspaper clippings. There will be a time of silence during this prayer, as we imagine what it is like to be a refugee. Shelter, food and drink,safety, community and care: these are things we need, our …
The Act of Prayer Year B - Proper 22 - Year B
The Act of Prayer Year B - Proper 22 - Year B
by BRF - John Birch
Proper 22 Year B Opening prayer In your house and in the presence of your people, we declare that you are the one who made us, the one who loves us, the one who saved us and the one who brings us here to worship in humble gratitude and praise…
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Thursday Evening Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Thursday Evening Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
CHRISTMAS - Thursday Evening Prayer Arise, shine, for your light is come! God all-bounteous, all-creative, whom no ills from good dissuade, is incarnate, and a native of the very world he made. Christopher Smart...
Mere Apologetics - 8b Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Mere Apologetics - 8b Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering? Our first case study is an issue that is regularly raised both in public debates and private conversations. If God is good, why is there suffering in the world? Why do bad things happen in a universe created by a supposedly loving God? …
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fourth Sunday Before Advent Deuteronomy 6.1-9 Hebrews 9.11-14 Mark 12. 28-34 Person A: Do I love God? Well, why should I? What’s God ever done for me? I’ve worked hard all my life and nobody’s ever given me a thing. There are people out there born with everything they’ll ever…
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…
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