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Paul's Missionary Journeys
Paul's Missionary Journeys
by Rev David East
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Missionary Collection Box. Primitive Methodists
Missionary Collection Box. Primitive Methodists
by Rev David East
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The Road Ahead
The Road Ahead
by Rose humphrey
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Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - A son introducing his father
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - A son introducing his father
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
A son introducing his father Why read a diary kept by a man who lived three-quarters of a century ago? Because it is a diary of a man’s walk with God. That man—Frank C. Laubach, my father— kept this diary at a time when his life was at its most discouraging depth...
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Epiphany Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Epiphany Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year A Isaiah 9.1–4 1 Corinthians 1.10–18 Matthew 4.12–23 Corinth in the first century was a busy, loud, exciting place. It had been a reasonably wealthy trading centre for a couple of centuries at least, and that had attracted people of many religi…
the historical character of Jesus - 1b Sources for the study of Jesus
the historical character of Jesus - 1b Sources for the study of Jesus
by SPCK - David Allen
Sources for the study of Jesus At the outset of our discussion, though, it is probably worth establishing the purpose or value of an exercise such as this. After all, books on Jesus abound, not perhaps to the scale alluded to in John 21.25, but to a significant extent nonetheless…
the historical character of Jesus - 4b Jesus in Ephesians
the historical character of Jesus - 4b Jesus in Ephesians
by SPCK - David Allen
Jesus in Ephesians The close similarity between Ephesians and Colossians is a well-established datum of NT scholarship. Ephesians shares, exceeds even, the emphasis on the exaltedness of Christ in Colossians and his supremacy over rulers, powers and authorities (Eph. 1.20 –23).15…
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
Great Christian Thinkers - 58 St. Dominic De Guzman
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Dominic De Guzman Having presented the luminous figure of Francis of Assisi and also Clare of Assisi, I talk now about another saint of the same period who made a fundamental contribution to the renewal of the Church of his time: St. Dominic, the Founder of the Order of Preac…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Aims of a Zealous Pharisee
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Aims of a Zealous Pharisee
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter TWO LIKE BIRDS HOVERING OVERHEAD: THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL The Aims of a Zealous Pharisee Part of the answer to this question is easy; part is more controversial. The two outer limits are easy. First, personal purity. This has been sufficiently explored in ma…
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - What Do You Need to Know?
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - What Do You Need to Know?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
What Do You Need to Know? Genesis 14: 14-18 If you are Abraham, what do you assume about the religious insight of a person like Melchizedek, who is “priest of God Most High” but doesn’t know what you know about God? I have friends who have moved to Turkey, and to Central Asia, an…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Who Are the Real Canaanites?
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Who Are the Real Canaanites?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Who Are the Real Canaanites JOSHUA 6: 22- 7: 15 I have tried being confrontational with God, but it doesn’t work very well because God is capable of being confrontational back (as Job found). Once when I was fretting over my wife’s illness, I said to God, “I don’t really trust yo…
Great Christian Thinkers - 62 St. Gertrude the Great
Great Christian Thinkers - 62 St. Gertrude the Great
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Gertrude the Great St. Gertrude the Great brings us once again to the monastery of Helfta, where several of the Latin-German masterpieces of religious literature were written by women. Gertrude belonged to this world. She is one of the most famous mystics, the only German wom…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 21 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 21 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 21 Ezekiel 18.1–4, 25–32 Philippians 2.1–13 Matthew 21.23–32 ‘Don’t forget the bring-and-buy sale next week; the ladies’ group will meet on Thursday to continue their excellent work on the worn-out hassocks; and by the way, don…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 15 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 15 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 15 Isaiah 56.1, 6–8 Romans 11.1–2a, 29–32 Matthew 15.10–28 This strange story of the Canaanite woman clearly scratches an itch for Matthew’s readers. If you put this version and Mark’s version side by side (Mark 7.24–30), you w…
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