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Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Glossary
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Glossary
by SPCK - N T Wright
GLOSSARY MATTHEW FOR EVERYONE PART 2 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…
Revelation for Everyone - Introduction
Revelation for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
INTRODUCTION Revelation for Everyone 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 sw…
Far from the earth
Far from the earth
by Michael Docker
Far from the earth, in a galaxy's reaches, Light from a star makes a mark in the sky; Ancients interpret, discern what it teaches; Go to the where and rejoice at the why. There in a place far from wealth and from power, Answers are found to the sign in the sky; Little to mark the…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Unexpected Coming
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Unexpected Coming
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Unexpected Coming Matthew 24.36-44 It was a fine Saturday afternoon in the heat of summer. The family, some on holiday from work, were relaxing in the house and the garden. Books and magazines were lying around the place, along with coffee mugs, newspapers and packets of bisc…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Wise and Wicked Slaves
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Wise and Wicked Slaves
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Wise and Wicked Slaves Matthew 24.45-51 The managing director was returning from a meeting out of town, when he saw a familiar but unexpected sight. There, turning out of a street ahead of him, was one of his own company’s vans. What was it doing here? The company didn’t do b…
Advent prayers
Advent prayers
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent ADORATION God of majesty and power, who spoke and this world was, who breathed and this world lived, who counts the hairs upon our head, who sees our thoughts and reads our hearts, who loves us more than we deserve, Con…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem Matthew 21.1-11 There is a famous story of Sir Walter Raleigh, one of the great explorers and travellers during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. On one occasion he was with the queen when she was walking through London, and c…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Question about John
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Question about John
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Question about John Matthew 21.23-32 When the police finally caught up with the man, they took him off to a police station and sat him down. They let him get his breath back, and then the questions began. ‘What were you doing in that street at that time of night? What right d…
Monologue/Reflection: A tribute to David
Monologue/Reflection: A tribute to David
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/Reflection: A tribute to David (We are used to hearing funeral tributes. This is an imagined one from the past.) He was a good king! Not necessarily a perfect man, but he was a good king. He tried to be wise in his judgements and to be fair to everyone. He believed in w…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Workers in the Vineyard
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Workers in the Vineyard
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Workers in the Vineyard Matthew 20.1-16 One of the great inventions of modern Western society is the trade union. For far too long those with money, land and privilege shamelessly exploited those who had none. When, after a long struggle, workers with no power except their ow…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Parable of the Weeds