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Acts for Everyone Part 2 - The Oath and the Plot
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - The Oath and the Plot
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Oath and the Plot Acts 23. 12-22 Today in the newspapers there was a story about a woman who had a ridiculously narrow escape. She had stepped out of her office for just a moment of fresh air, when a car, whose driver had suddenly fallen ill, came crashing through the window …
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?'
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?'
by Andrew Pratt
Reflection/Meditation: 'What are you doing this afternoon?' 'What are you doing this afternoon?' I'd been referred to an ophthalmologist. He thought I might lose my sight. There was a possibility of chronic glaucoma. This was 11 o'clock. By 3 that afternoon I'd had laser treatmen…
Reflection/Dialogue on 1 Corinthians 12:12–31a
Reflection/Dialogue on 1 Corinthians 12:12–31a
by Andrew Pratt
Reflection/Dialogue on 1 Corinthians 12: 12–31a Notes: A reflection on 1 Corinthians 12:12–31a as a conversation between a person and God on the phone or the internet without a video link. First speaker: A committee of one, me, is so much easier to handle don't you think? Well, a…
Shepherd
Shepherd
by Sue Brown
Shepherd (Luke 2:8–20) It’s dark: the darkness of outdoors on a moonless night. The stars are bright but so small; they seem so far away. It’s funny how the open spaces around you seem emptier at night you feel small and lonely. It’s not really cold, but after the warmth of the d…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - SOMETHING NEW in the SYNAGOGUE
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - SOMETHING NEW in the SYNAGOGUE
by BRF - Dick France
SOMETHING NEW in the SYNAGOGUE MARK 1: 21-28 Simon and Andrew lived in Capernaum (1:29), and their home now became Jesus’ base for much of his time in Galilee. In 1:21–38 Mark tells us of twenty-four hours in Capernaum, beginning with the sabbath service in the synagogue, and goi…
Body - Chapter 3 - The resurrection body
Body - Chapter 3 - The resurrection body
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
The resurrection body So what does happen when we die? Our reflections on the question of who we are as people and on the place of the soul in our identity leads naturally to the question of life after death. For some people the word ‘soul’ has dual purpose: it describes both who…
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
Keeping body and soul together We are now in a position to turn our attention to Paul and to his view of the body and soul. As we observed in the previous chapter, different understandings of the soul make it hard for us to work out what we mean when we use the word ‘soul’, let a…
Body - Chapter 3 - The resurrection body (part 2)
Body - Chapter 3 - The resurrection body (part 2)
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
The resurrection body (part 2) What kind of resurrection bodies? But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?’ Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a ba…
Body - Chapter 4 - A spiritual body?
Body - Chapter 4 - A spiritual body?
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
A spiritual body? The climax of Paul’s reflection on resurrection bodies comes in 1 Corinthians 15.42–46. Having set up the analogy of resurrection bodies being like a seed that is planted in the ground which needs to be transformed, Paul then laid down parameters which shape how…
Body - Chapter 5 - The life-giving spirit
Body - Chapter 5 - The life-giving spirit
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
The life-giving Spirit By now it should be clear that, for Paul, the Spirit/spirit plays a vital role in his positive understanding of bodies. This may cause you to wonder whether we have come a very long way only to arrive back where we began…
Body - Chapter 4 - A spiritual body? (part 2)
Body - Chapter 4 - A spiritual body? (part 2)
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
A spiritual body? (part 2) Mortal bodies Where Paul’s language about bodies overlaps with his language of flesh is precisely when he is talking about bodies of the old creation. One of the important features of Paul’s theology is that he appears to be attempting to make a new and…
Body - Chapter 5 - The life giving Spirit (part 2)
Body - Chapter 5 - The life giving Spirit (part 2)
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
The life giving Spirit (part 2) The difference between psuch? and pneuma As we saw above, in the Old Testament there is a considerable overlap between nephesh and rua.: both brought life to the body; both came from God; both could be described, in differing ways, as being the lif…
Body - Chapter 6 - The "me" that is "me"