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Four Gospels, One Jesus - The Powerful Ox
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The Powerful Ox
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The powerful ox Symbolism and meaning After the human face of God in Matthew’s Teacher of Israel and the bounding lion of Mark, the next symbol for Jesus might seem odd: to us, the ox seems somewhat slow and stupid – and, indeed, some commentators have been known to call Luke, wi…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 41 The Smaller Stories
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 41 The Smaller Stories
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Smaller Stories Within this tradition of telling the large story, letting it point forwards in various ways to its own conclusion, there was a rich Jewish tradition of sub-stories. These can be seen in two forms, which criss-cross and overlap. On the one hand, there are expli…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Remember You Are Going to Die, and it May Be Sooner than You Think
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Remember You Are Going to Die, and it May Be Sooner than You Think
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Remember You Are Going to Die, and it May Be Sooner than You Think I’d like to finish writing The Old Testament for Everyone, but I’m not taking for granted that I will. I need another year, and who knows whether I’ll get one?…
Drama/Dialogue: Prayer problems
Drama/Dialogue: Prayer problems
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Dialogue: Prayer problems 1 We will now pray the prayer that Jesus taught us, the modern version – ‘Our Father in heaven’ 2 Hang on a minute! You can’t go on calling God, ‘our father’, it’s not politically correct. 1 What do you mean? Political correctness hasn’t got anythi…
Poem: Older and wiser
Poem: Older and wiser
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Older and wiser A small child set to say a psalm, standing before proud parents, Sunday-best-dressed scholars, kind, caring teachers and a curious crowd of anniversary onlookers, rolls round the words, ‘Lift up your heads, O ye gates and be ye lifted up, you everlasting doo…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Gwaihir and farsight the Eagles
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Gwaihir and farsight the Eagles
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Gwaihir and Farsight the Eagles Symbolism and meaning If Mark’s Jesus can be seen in C. S. Lewis’ Aslan the lion, perhaps there is something of John’s Jesus in another Narnian character: Farsight the Eagle can fly so high and see so keenly that he can survey all Narnia as he whee…
52 Reflections on Faith - Faith and Doubt: seeking understanding
52 Reflections on Faith - Faith and Doubt: seeking understanding
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Faith and doubt: Seeking understanding: Richard Holloway’s autobiography Leaving Alexandria: A memoir of faith and doubt tells the story of the author’s life, from his birth and upbringing in Scotland, through his training for the priesthood at the Society of the Sacred Mission a…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The human face
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The human face
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The Teacher of Israel – Matthew’s Jesus ‘The human face Symbolism and meaning Our detailed consideration of Mark has demonstrated the person-centred reading of the gospels as biographies. About 90 per cent of Mark (around 600 verses) is repeated in Matthew, slightly abbreviated i…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 23 THEOLOGY, AUTHORITY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 23 THEOLOGY, AUTHORITY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
by SPCK - N T Wright
THEOLOGY, AUTHORITY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT It should be clear by now that the task of reading the New Testament can never be a matter of ‘purely literary’ or ‘purely historical’ study, as though either of these could be removed from wider considerations of culture, worldviews, and…
Great Christian Thinkers - 70 Julian of Norwich
Great Christian Thinkers - 70 Julian of Norwich
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Julian of Norwich I still remember with great joy the apostolic journey I made in the United Kingdom in 2009. England is a land that has given birth to a great many distinguished figures who enhanced Church history with their testimony and their teaching. One of them, venerated b…
The Living God - God and the darkness of faith