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Scripture and the Authority of God - How to Get Back on Track
Scripture and the Authority of God - How to Get Back on Track
by SPCK - N T Wright
How to Get Back on Track The Need for an Integrated View of Scripture’s Authority We urgently need an integrated view of the dense and complex phrase ‘the authority of scripture’. Such an integrated view needs to highlight the role of the Spirit as the powerful, transformative ag…
Dialogue: Weariness
Dialogue: Weariness
by Marjorie Dobson
Dialogue: Weariness The weary older one Oh dear, I am so tired. And so fed up. And life seems so pointless. And I don’t know why I bother. Do you know, I’ve been working with that church for fifty years or more and what do I have to show for it? Not a lot. I’m not saying I can’t …
Dramatic reading: What do you love?
Dramatic reading: What do you love?
by Marjorie Dobson
Dramatic reading: What do you love? (Two - or more - voices read the first six paragraphs alternately. The last paragraph is read by a third reader) I love chocolate. I could eat it for ever – a whole box at a time, when it’s available. But if I did eat as much as I want I’d be a…
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter I suppose no one knew quite what to say. Days had passed. At the height of the festival Jesus had been tried and executed. For the crowds that was becoming a memory. Many folk were returning home. Clouds of dust swirled around the…
The Triumphant Entry
The Triumphant Entry
by Dave Hopwood
Triumph, Tears and Talents Bible Ref: Matthew 21-26; Mark 11-14; Luke 19-22; John 11&12 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to re…
A Man at the Well at the Sheep Gate
A Man at the Well at the Sheep Gate
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of the healing of the man at the pool by the sheep gate from the point of view of that man. Should you like this and like to have more of …
A Tale from a Riverbank
A Tale from a Riverbank
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan by John from the point of view of a bystander waiting his turn to be baptised . A Tale From a Rive…
A Steward at a Wedding in Cana Finds Truth in a Jar of Wine
A Steward at a Wedding in Cana Finds Truth in a Jar of Wine
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events at the wedding feast in Cana from the point of view of the steward responsible for supplying the wine. A Steward at a Wedding in Cana Find…
Nicodemus Muses on Experiencing a Death and No Rebirth
Nicodemus Muses on Experiencing a Death and No Rebirth
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of Nicodemus's vist to Jesus where the concept of being born again is foirst mentioned from the point of view of Nicodemus. Nicodemus Muse…
The Old Inn in Bethlehem
The Old Inn in Bethlehem
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events at the Inn in Bethlehem at the time of the Nativity from the point of view of the Innkeeper's Wife. The Old Inn in Bethlehem Matthew 2: 1-…
Come and see this man!
Come and see this man!
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of the meeting of Jesus with the Samaritan women at the well from the point of view of the Samaritan woman. Come and See This Man! John 4:…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 9 ‘Is There Anybody There?’
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 9 ‘Is There Anybody There?’
by SPCK - N T Wright
‘Is There Anybody There?’ We have already seen that, while naïve realism imagines itself to have direct access to the event or object spoken of in the text, a more phenomenalist reading realizes that it can only be sure of the author’s viewpoint. This is a less ambitious claim. I…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 10 Reading and Critical Realism