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Great Christian Thinkers - 22 Aphraates, “The Sage”
Great Christian Thinkers - 22 Aphraates, “The Sage”
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Aphraates, “The Sage” In our excursion into the world of the Fathers of the Church, I guide you today to a little-known part of this universe of faith, in the territories where the Semitic-language churches flourished, still uninfluenced by Greek thought… Taken from Great Christi…
The Edge of Glory - 5 ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL PRAYERS
The Edge of Glory - 5 ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL PRAYERS
by SPCK - David Adam
ANCIENT AND TRADITIONAL PRAYERS For God’s Safe Keeping May the strength of God pilot us. May the power of God preserve us. May the wisdom of God instruct us. May the hand of God protect us. May the way of God direct us. May the shield of God defend us. May the host of God defend …
Psalms for Everyone - Remembering Makes All the Difference
Psalms for Everyone - Remembering Makes All the Difference
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Remembering Makes All the Difference Psalm 57 I’ve been thinking about memory. As a result of a comment by a student, I found myself reflecting on the fact that we don’t think much about the link between memory and our life with God—our ethics and our spirituality—though there ar…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - From Story to Question: the Implicit Phariasic Worldview
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - From Story to Question: the Implicit Phariasic Worldview
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter TWO LIKE BIRDS HOVERING OVERHEAD: THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL (vi) From Story to Question: the Implicit Pharisaic Worldview Praxis, symbol and story lead the eye to the implicit questions which, we have argued, can be raised within any worldview. Who are we, whe…
Moulin Rouge Bible Study Part 1
Moulin Rouge Bible Study Part 1
by Tim Marshall
A Bible Study which relies heavily on discussion rather than leading. Using the film 'Moulin Rouge' as a starting point and then looking at a variety of passages (which can be obtained from the web in a variety of different translations) There are questions to help start discussi…
Sixfold Kyries Version 2 - a prayer by David Adam
Sixfold Kyries Version 2 - a prayer by David Adam
by SPCK - David Adam/Andy Lindley
Sixfold Kyries is a celtic inspired prayer that prays through the cycle of life - the significant events, birth, death, marriage, baptism - and asks God's blessing on it. This version of the prayer is designed for personal use...the other version is coloured for projecting in…
Tomb Dwellers
Tomb Dwellers
by Joanna Bull
A rage against the established church from those on the margins - think of Jesus turning over tables in the temple! You will see Christ in us, we will show the way... Based on Matthew 25:31-4, John 11:1-15 Lectionary: 5th sunday in Lent A, sunday before advent A Tomb Dwellers …
How long, O Lord, until you hear
How long, O Lord, until you hear
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – How long, 0 Lord, until you hear How long, 0 Lord, until you hear the Church’s cry of pain? Our voices fail, our strength grows weak are all our dreams in vain? Yet still we search for shafts of hope for rumours of new birth, we strain for heaven’s answer to our anguish he…
Arthur's Call - Through the wilderness years
Arthur's Call - Through the wilderness years
by SPCK - Frances Young
2 Through the wilderness years In the Bible the wilderness is a place of testing and doubt, but also a privileged place where God confronts and calls his people. In this chapter I retell my own version of this paradoxical experience…
Lectio Divina - Series Foreword
Lectio Divina - Series Foreword
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
Series Foreword To read Enzo Bianchi’s work is, among other things, to be forcefully made aware that we have got used to a rather thin diet of resources to help us read the Bible. We have plenty of good scholarship and plenty of good popular summaries of that scholarship – but ve…
Echoing the Word - Epilogue