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2 Corinthians - Glossary
2 Corinthians - Glossary
by SPCK - N T Wright
GLOSSARY accuser, see the satan age to come, see present age apostle, disciple, the Twelve ‘Apostle’ means ‘one who is sent’. It could be used of an ambassador or official delegate. In the New Testament it is sometimes used specifically of Jesus’ inner circle of twelve; but Paul …
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Glossary
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Glossary
by SPCK - N T Wright
GLOSSARY apostle, disciple ‘Apostle’ means ‘one who is sent’. It could be used of an ambassador or official delegate. In the New Testament it is sometimes used specifically of Jesus’ inner circle of twelve; but Paul sees not only himself but several others outside the Twelve as ‘…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Life Within Marriage
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Life Within Marriage
by SPCK - N T Wright
Life Within Marriage 1 Corinthians 7.1-7 I was staying for a week in the suburbs of an American city where I hadn’t been before. I had some free time lined up, and after a long flight and many hours at a desk I fancied going for a good walk. I asked my host where he would recomme…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Love: The Bridge to God's Future
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Love: The Bridge to God's Future
by SPCK - N T Wright
Love: The Bridge to God’s Future 1 Corinthians 14.1-5 One morning many centuries ago, two builders went off to work. The first walked through the twisting streets of the old town until he came to the little plot of land where he was labouring steadily day by day. He was building …
Luke for Everyone - Loving Your Enemies
Luke for Everyone - Loving Your Enemies
by SPCK - N T Wright
Loving Your Enemies Luke 6.27-38 One of the greatest Jewish scholars to write about Jesus in the modern age was David Flusser, who taught for many years at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. But not everyone approved of his scholarship; and one of his most brilliant students, vi…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Respecting Weak Consciences
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Respecting Weak Consciences
by SPCK - N T Wright
Respecting Weak Consciences 1 Corinthians 8.7-13 I never found out what had really been wrong, but it could have been serious. I was leading a party of walkers in the Scottish highlands, and we found ourselves high up among the crags when the mist came down. I got out the compass…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - The End is Where We Start From
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - The End is Where We Start From
by SPCK - N T Wright
The End is Where We Start FromActs 28.23-31 When I was an undergraduate, I played the trombone (badly) in various instant home-made orchestras. There were plenty of budding conductors around, eager to try out their skills, and they would organize concerts at a couple of weeks’ …
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Dying and the Rising with Christ
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Dying and the Rising with Christ
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Dying and the Rising with Christ Colossians 2.20-3.4 ‘I’ll just be two minutes,’ I said, leaving my friends on the street corner while I went to fetch the car. It was raining, and we’d just come out of the theatre. But I wasn’t two minutes. I took more like ten. They were sta…
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Introduction
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
INTRODUCTION On the very first occasion when someone stood up in public to tell people about Jesus, he made it very clear: this message is for everyone. It was a great day – sometimes called the birthday of the church. The great wind of God’s spirit had swept through Jesus’ follo…
Luke for Everyone - Peter Denies Jesus
Luke for Everyone - Peter Denies Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
Peter Denies Jesus Luke 22.54-71 I was fortunate enough to be involved in a service commemorating the life and witness of Wang Zhiming. He was a Chinese pastor who, after maintaining a clear Christian witness in the days of Mao’s cultural revolution, was executed in front of a la…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Praying with the Mind as Well as Spirit
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Praying with the Mind as Well as Spirit
by SPCK - N T Wright
Praying with Mind as Well as Spirit 1 Corinthians 14.13-19 Paul for Everyone When you look at another person, what do you see? I don’t mean what shape, what colour, what size of person are you looking at; I mean, how do you think about who they are? How do you observe them as a w…
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Dangers of Idleness
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Dangers of Idleness
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Dangers of Idleness 2 Thessalonians 3.6-13 The dancers swept on to the stage in perfect formation. It was breathtaking. Even I, who know almost nothing about ballet, found the whole performance enthralling. And part of the beauty of a well-performed ballet is the way in which…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Temple Tax
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Temple Tax
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Temple Tax Matthew 17.22-27 Jesus told them they were going to be fishers of men, not of money (4.19)! This is one of the most peculiar little stories in the whole New Testament. What on earth does it mean? One day the bishop parked his car, as usual, outside his house. He kn…
Hebrews for Everyone - Watch Out for Dangers!
Hebrews for Everyone - Watch Out for Dangers!
by SPCK - N T Wright
Watch Out for Dangers! Hebrews 12.12-17 ‘It was a moment of madness.’ The politician stood shamefully before the press. He had been caught out soliciting for sexual favours in a notorious part of town. His character was in ruins, his reputation in tatters. He would not now get th…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Get Rid of the "Leaven"!
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Get Rid of the "Leaven"!
by SPCK - N T Wright
Get Rid of the “Leaven”! 1 Corinthians 5.6-13 If you’ve ever been in a Jewish home at Passover-time, you’ll know what Paul is talking about in verses 7 and 8. It’s a tradition that’s been kept for more than three thousand years, ever since the Jewish people came out of Egypt at t…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - On Remaining Unmarried
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - On Remaining Unmarried
by SPCK - N T Wright
On Remaining Unmarried 1 Corinthians 7.25-31 I remember a cartoon from my childhood days. A young man sits in an office. He is talking on the telephone, but standing beside him is a huge figure with a bristling moustache, staring at him angrily: obviously the boss. The young man …
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Signs for Believers and Unbelievers
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Signs for Believers and Unbelievers
by SPCK - N T Wright
Signs for Believers and Unbelievers 1 Corinthians 14.20-25 ‘We need to take an adult attitude to this . . .’ ‘Of course, if we are to approach the problem as adults . . .’ ‘Since we’re all adults here, perhaps I could say . . . ’ What do you think these people are talking about? …
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Timothy and Apollos