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Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayers - Government and Politics
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayers - Government and Politics
by SPCK - Ian Black
Three prayers covering government and politics: Before an election Integrity in politics Government God of justice and compassion, leaders and outcasts came to your Son and were received with the same love: for those easily brushed aside he made space; of those with much, much …
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - When You Need an Expert
Genesis for Everyone Part 2 - When You Need an Expert
by SPCK - John Goldingay
When You Need an Expert Genesis 40:9-41:24 Three months ago, I had a routine medical procedure (I will spare you the clinical details). A few weeks before it was due, I happened to read a report of research on this particular procedure that suggested it might not be as useful as …
The Chat Show
The Chat Show
by Graeme Dutton
A short 'Sunday morning political style' chat show script for use at carol services/in all age worship/high school assemblies. The host of a political chat show talks farming and environment issues with a shepherd and astrologer but ends up hearing an unexpected story about the l…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - The Divine Purpose, and Limited Role, of Ruling Authorities
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - The Divine Purpose, and Limited Role, of Ruling Authorities
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Divine Purpose, and Limited Role, of Ruling Authorities ROMANS 13.1-7 When you hear the word ‘policeman’, what is your instant reaction? For many people growing up in Britain when I was young, the policeman was a friendly and familiar figure. (There weren’t many policewomen a…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Palm Sunday The Liturgy of the Palms Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Palm Sunday The Liturgy of the Palms Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Palm Sunday The Liturgy of the Palms Luke 19.28-40 Gaze on that onlooker at the back, peering over the taller people at the front of the crowds. It could be you or me. Your heart is thumping, you are so exhilarated. For once, feel ready to come out of your safe corner and move to…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 28 THE SETTING AND THE STORY
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 28 THE SETTING AND THE STORY
by SPCK - N T Wright
THE SETTING AND THE STORY We have no reason to think that Middle Eastern politics were any less complicated in the first century than in the twenty-first. On the contrary, there is every reason to suppose that there were just as many tensions, problems, anomalies and puzzles then…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Who Were the Pharisees?
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Who Were the Pharisees?
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter TWO LIKE BIRDS HOVERING OVERHEAD: THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL 2 Who Were the Pharisees? Twenty years ago or so there took place a massive debate about who exactly the Pharisees were.11 The debaters included heavyweights like Ed Sanders and Jacob Neusner, with th…
Hymn - What was the weather like that day
Hymn - What was the weather like that day
by Andrew Pratt
What was the weather like that day? Cold, wet and overcast with rain, or bright and warm with sun and clouds? What formed the back cloth to this pain? What motivated those who came, to watch this scene, to play this game? There is so much we do not know, save tortured death withi…
When blood is poured like water
When blood is poured like water
by Andrew Pratt
When blood is poured like water, humanity destroyed, in denigrating neighbours, your grace seems null and void. Our politics seem barren as this hot desert floor, while all around seems hopeless and life, a firm closed door. Verses 2-3 follow Metre: 7 6 7 6 D Tune: PASSION CHORAL…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 29 The Sources
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 29 The Sources
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sources The sources which are particularly relevant for our purposes are those which reflect the situation in Palestine before the two great rebellions of ad 66–70 and 132–5, and particularly before the first of these…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7e Competing public issues
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7e Competing public issues
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Competing public issues The discussion on voice is linked into maintaining a profile for the issue at stake. What sets this particular discourse on climate change and the common good apart from those other issues and global flows is the extent to which it calls into question our …
Scripture and the Authority of God - Scripture within Contemporary Culture