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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Anxiety and a Good Word
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Anxiety and a Good Word
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Anxiety and a Good Word As usual, I got to sleep fine last night, but awoke after a couple of hours as I sometimes do, and I stayed awake for about three. I had an ache in my arm that wouldn’t worry me if I was fully awake…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's A couple of years ago, when we were planning to get married in the month of December, I initially assumed we would honeymoon somewhere tropical like Bali…
Jeremiah for everyone - Wounds Too Severe for Treatment
Jeremiah for everyone - Wounds Too Severe for Treatment
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Wounds Too Severe for Treatment Days after the publication of his memoir, the writer Christopher Hitchens was struck down by cancer. He died eighteen months later, but through his illness he kept writing because that’s what writers do…
Jeremiah for everyone - If Someone Disciplines You, It Implies Loving You
Jeremiah for everyone - If Someone Disciplines You, It Implies Loving You
by SPCK - John Goldingay
If Someone Disciplines You, It Implies Loving You In a television interview, the great tennis player Serena Williams was talking about an outburst she’d had at a lineswoman who claimed Serena had foot-faulted; Serena had been convinced she was wrong…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 22 Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 22 Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Old Covenant Sacraments and Idolatry Partial Identification In the previous homily he affirmed the need for Christians to identify fully with the world around them. They were to be “all things to all people,” and through the use of metaphors from the world of sports Paul challeng
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 36 Resurrection, Victory
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 36 Resurrection, Victory
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Resurrection Victory The text of Paul’s final homily, “Resurrection: Victory,” is displayed in figure 5.5(1). N. T.Wright appropriately refers to this final paragraph as having “the sustained excitement of a celebration.”1 It can also be called “A Hymn of Victory.” Having opened
God's Wondrous Love (Orchardknowes)
God's Wondrous Love (Orchardknowes)
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn is based on words of St. Hippolytus of Rome (c170-c236): "This tree, wide as the heavens itself, has grown up into heaven from the earth. It is an immortal growth and towers between heaven and earth. It is the fulcrum of all things...the centre of the cosmos." Here the
Fed And Nourished By The Word (Erpingham Gate)
Fed And Nourished By The Word (Erpingham Gate)
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn, with music by Madeline Maguire, is suitable for the end of worship, when the Gospel has been read and the people are sustained by bread and wine. The Saviour's face has been revealed and they are free to go in peace and serve.
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