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My Big Issue vs My Big God
My Big Issue vs My Big God
by Katherine Monds
Can't face life without God, he is our strength My Big Issue vs My Big God Who walks through life without problems? If you do, you don’t need to hearthe rest! I know I certainly have problems, but I have a God, Remembering He willtakethem away, makes me feel blessed. We all have …
Drama - Resolution
Drama - Resolution
by Kit Walkham
Looks at how the early Church resolved the questions raised by the conversion of Gentiles at Antioch. Illustrates a positive outcome to a deeply felt dispute through listening, prayer and a focus on mission. Cast - 2 male, 2 female. Staging requires the 2 couples to be in differe…
All the skill and art, each problem
All the skill and art, each problem
by Andrew Pratt
All the skill and art, each problem, that the human heart can bear we can bring before the God-head through our thought and in our prayer. Those who suffer seek God's comfort, those whose lives are seared with pain, bring your anguish in this moment, let God share your stress and…
Drama: Be dressed, ready …
Drama: Be dressed, ready …
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama: Be dressed, ready … (Six people hear those words, but only one of them seems to fully understand their meaning.) Narrator: “Be dressed, ready for service …” said Jesus. But sometimes those words can be misunderstood. Car repair man: I will, but I’ll need to know what job i…
Prayer: God of challenge
Prayer: God of challenge
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God of challenge. God of challenge. we live in a world which appears to be full of corruption, dishonesty, disloyalty, greed, selfishness, prejudice and self-seeking. Many people call it a God-forsaken world. But you have not forsaken us, we have forgotten you. Forgotten …
Revelation bible study guide - The Day Is Coming
Revelation bible study guide - The Day Is Coming
by SPCK - N T Wright
THE DAY IS COMING Revelation 6 All doctors, and all pastors, know that when someone comes to them with a problem, the problem they talk about may not be the only problem they have. The pain that gets someone into the doctor’s office may well be only a symptom of much deeper ills,…
Job for Everyone - Skin for Skin
Job for Everyone - Skin for Skin
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Skin for Skin Job 2: 1-8 My first wife lived with multiple sclerosis for forty-three years. It was after about the first third of this period that the illness started having a lasting effect on her. She found it harder to walk, and she had a tough time working things out and reme…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Sources
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - Sources
by SPCK - N T Wright
Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD Chapter One RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY? 2 Philemon and the Study of Paul (v) Sources The first question most historians ask has to do with sources. Here we face a problem as much of scholarly fashion as of historical substance. Since the present volume is de…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 16 The Causes of the Misconception
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 16 The Causes of the Misconception
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Causes of the Misconception Why then the problem? In particular, why have so many scholars been coy, to say the least, about ‘events’ in the gospels being actual events, rather than simply fictions in the minds of the evangelists?…
How God Became King - Preface (part 1)
How God Became King - Preface (part 1)
by SPCK - N T Wright
Preface (part 1) It has been slowly dawning on me over many years that there is a fundamental problem deep at the heart of Christian faith and practice as I have known them. This problem can be summarized quite easily: we have all forgotten what the four gospels are about…
Mere Apologetics - 8b Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Mere Apologetics - 8b Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Case Study 1: Why Does God Allow Suffering? Our first case study is an issue that is regularly raised both in public debates and private conversations. If God is good, why is there suffering in the world? Why do bad things happen in a universe created by a supposedly loving God? …
Mere Apologetics - 8d Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies