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A Bit Like Jesus - Compassion and God
A Bit Like Jesus - Compassion and God
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 3 Compassion Compassion and God If God is seen as wholly compassionate, we in turn should have compassion for each other and for the world that God has entrusted to us. Compassion should be central for us as human beings because God is already compassionate towards us. This …
The Power of the Parable - The Lure of Parabolic History
The Power of the Parable - The Lure of Parabolic History
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
The Lure of Parabolic History Caesar At The Rubicon We no longer know the exact course of the ancient Rubicon, let alone the exact spot where Julius Caesar crossed it. Yet, from then to now, “crossing the Rubicon” has been a cliché for passing the point of no return in an endeavo…
Hymn: Now with laser-like precision
Hymn: Now with laser-like precision
by Andrew Pratt
Now with laser-like precision surgeons slice through flesh and bone; sharper yet in moral focus, is the Spirit God will own. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CROSS OF JESUS Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 12/9/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. …
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What sorts of material do the gospels contain?
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What sorts of material do the gospels contain?
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
What sorts of material do the gospels contain? Forms David Watson was a very eloquent and talented speaker who would illustrate his addresses with stories, anecdotes and jokes, using the same material also in his books. I remember listening to him and reading his work when I was …
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Questions in Context: History, Exegesis, "Application"
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Questions in Context: History, Exegesis, "Application"
by SPCK - N T Wright
Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD Chapter One RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY? 2 Philemon and the Study of Paul (iv) Questions in context: History, Exegesis, “Application” The two questions we have now sketched – Paul’s worldview and his theology – have an unequal pedigree in scholarship. Paul’s …
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Moral World of Biblical Patriarchy and the Problem of Solidarity
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Moral World of Biblical Patriarchy and the Problem of Solidarity
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Moral World of Biblical Patriarchy and the Problem of Solidarity For the author’s purposes it was necessary that the hero of the book be a character at the top of the social order. The hero must be one who quite literally has everything to lose…
Great Christian Thinkers - 9 Eusebius of Caesarea
Great Christian Thinkers - 9 Eusebius of Caesarea
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Eusebius of Caesarea In the history of early Christianity, there is a fundamental distinction between the first three centuries and those that followed the Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Ecumenical Council… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
Great Christian Thinkers - 1 St Clement, Bishop of Rome
Great Christian Thinkers - 1 St Clement, Bishop of Rome
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St Clement, Bishop of Rome After the first witnesses of the Christian faith, mentioned in the New Testament writings, we find the Apostolic Fathers, that is, to the first and second generations in the Church subsequent to the Apostles. And thus, we can see where the Church’s jour…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8 Apocalypse now: Global equity and sustainable living – the preconditions for human survival
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8 Apocalypse now: Global equity and sustainable living – the preconditions for human survival
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Apocalypse now: Global equity and sustainable living – the preconditions for human survival I have taken the theme of apocalypse quite deliberately. People accuse those who are worried about the state of our world of talking apocalyptically and spreading gloom and doom, and I thi…
Great Christian Thinkers - 11 St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Great Christian Thinkers - 11 St. Cyril of Jerusalem
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Our attention is focused now on St. Cyril of Jerusalem. His life is woven of two dimensions: on the one hand, pastoral care, and on the other, his involvement, in spite of himself, in the heated controversies that were then tormenting the Church of the East…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Where Two Roads Lead
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Where Two Roads Lead
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE WHERE TWO ROADS LEAD Romans 6: 20-23 One of the things you have to learn when you move house is which roads lead where. I was Christmas shopping the other day in the new town where we have just settled, and as I drove out of a car park I saw a long queu…
The Power of the Parable - Example Parables
The Power of the Parable - Example Parables
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
chapter 2 Example Parables Go and Do – or Don’t Do- Likewise Once upon a time, long, long ago, theologians used to debate whether God was all- present, all- knowing, and all- powerful. That, of course, is not God, but Google. If you look up “parable” in that ethereal omniscience,…
The Living God - God and the darkness of faith
The Living God - God and the darkness of faith
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
An almighty God: power, compassion and suffering 3 God and the darkness of faith When I was young my family took vacations in County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland. We loved its beautiful beaches and rugged countryside. However, Atlantic rainstorms, sweeping in from the wes…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 19 Conversion of Heart
The Monastery Of The Heart - 19 Conversion of Heart
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Conversion of Heart “It is high time for us to arise from sleep.” Every life is one long list of defining moments: At one moment, we discover that what we have done with our lives to this point is not really what we are meant to do… Taken from The Monastery Of The Heart by Joan C…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8c Local and global initiatives
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8c Local and global initiatives
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Local and global initiatives But like all apocalyptic visions, painting this picture, which depicts a real threat, undermines the need to create a different future. There are new technologies that can help to make that different future possible. Denmark already gets 20 per cent o…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7c Reading the signs of the times