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Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 13 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 13 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 13 Traces of Glory Year B O Lord our God, you give us the true bread that comes down from heaven, even your son Jesus Christ our Lord; grant that as they receive him into your life we may be filled with the fullness of his love and abide in him as he abides in us; through …
Great Christian Thinkers - 26 St. Leo The Great
Great Christian Thinkers - 26 St. Leo The Great
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Leo The Great Continuing our journey through the Fathers of the Church, true stars that shine in the distance, we next encounter a pope who, in 1754, Benedict XIV proclaimed a Doctor of the Church: St. Leo the Great. As the nickname soon attributed to him by tradition suggest…
Simply Good News - A Different Kind of King
Simply Good News - A Different Kind of King
by SPCK - N T Wright
A Different Kind of King That is why, throughout Jesus’s public career, he talked about the good news of God’s kingdom, redefining the idea of God’s kingdom as he went along. God was coming back to take charge, he said. But it didn’t look like what people had imagined…
Simply Good News - The Power of Love
Simply Good News - The Power of Love
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Power of Love The clash between Jesus and the powers of the world – between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of humans – was never about God simply having a bit more power than humans, so that he could manage to beat them at their own game. It isn’t that God has stronger ta…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - WHAT SORT of KING?
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - WHAT SORT of KING?
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
WHAT SORT of KING Although Mary’s anointing Jesus’ feet hinted at a burial, rather than anointing the head as for a king, the next scene looks like a coronation. Once again, John tells it differently from the other gospels with a particular focus on what it means to call Jesus ki…
Echoing the Word - Breaking the bread
Echoing the Word - Breaking the bread
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
17 Breaking the bread The breaking of the bread is the third of the four actions of Jesus at the last supper: taking, giving thanks, breaking, giving. At a certain level it is a purely utilitarian action: bread needs to be broken if it is to be shared. But the ‘fraction’, as it i…
Watching the sun set
Watching the sun set
by Helen Bee
Silhouette of adult watching the sun set over a calm ocean. 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.…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Four Gospels,... Four Portraits
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Four Gospels,... Four Portraits
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Four Gospels,… Four portraits Deep in the heart of the Kent countryside, perched on the side of a gentle hill sloping from the Downs to the flat plain of the Kentish Weald, is a large country house. Chartwell, as it is known, was the country home of Sir Winston Churchill from 192…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Material Culture
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Material Culture
by SPCK - N T Wright
2. The Rhetoric of Empire (II) Material Culture Augustus claimed – it has since become a cliché – that he found Rome brick and left it marble. As Galinsky points out, this was more than simply a metaphor.44 New shiny buildings dominated the centre of the city, with new temples in…
Mary's travelling to Bethlehem town
Mary's travelling to Bethlehem town
by Avis Palmer
Mary's travelling to Bethlehem town, Christmas hope, rejoicing and peace. Requiring rest, she's tired and worn, Finds a barn where her son is born. Christ is cradled in Bethlehem town, Christmas hope, rejoicing and peace. Receiving his first kiss and caress, Heaven is held and wo…
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