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Mark The People's Commentary - Old and New in Religion
Mark The People's Commentary - Old and New in Religion
by BRF - Dick France
DISREPUTABLE COMPANY Tax collectors are probably never popular, but in Roman Palestine their reputation stood at an all-time low. In Galilee they represented Herod Antipas, the unpopular half-Jewish ruler, who in turn represented Roman occupation. So a tax collector was a collabo…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The New Way Of Life
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The New Way Of Life
by SPCK - N T Wright
2 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF THE NEW WAY OF LIFE 1 Peter 3: 8-16 Most of us know the feeling of getting into a car we haven’t driven before. You have a look round, see where the switch for the lights is, check the angle of the mirrors, and so on. It may take a moment to figur…
Journeying with Luke - Advent
Journeying with Luke - Advent
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
1 Advent Exploring the text Waiting for salvation Advent encourages us to turn our attention to waiting for the birth (and second coming) of Christ. Unlike Mark’s Gospel, the Gospel of Luke introduces us, his readers, to the theme of waiting through the various characters who the…
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Water into Wine
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Water into Wine
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
WATER into WINE John describes the events at Cana as the first of Jesus’ ‘signs’ and thus it stands at the start of his ministry as a foretaste of what is to come and an introduction to the rest. So what is the meaning of this miracle, apart from merely saving the blushes of the …
The Wine Jar
The Wine Jar
by Joy Sykes
The wedding at Cana TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by …
Imagining the Lectionary: The hiddenness of God's ceaseless Kingdom activity is a sight for sore eyes (Proper 6B)