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MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The DEATH MARCH
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The DEATH MARCH
by BRF - Dick France
The DEATH MARCH MARK 10: 32-34 ‘Were you there…?’ Verse 32 is one of the most vivid pieces of descriptive writing in Mark’s Gospel, and seems to preserve the impression of someone who was there at the time, who was himself part of the tableau this verse presents…
Deep Church Rising - 2: Modernity and Postmodernity
Deep Church Rising - 2: Modernity and Postmodernity
by SPCK - Andrew Walker and Robin Parry
2 Modernity and Postmodernity The Rise of the Secular World Philosopher Charles Taylor put the question like this: “Why was it virtually impossible not to believe in God in, say, 1500 in our Western society, while in [the twenty-first century] many of us find this not only easy, …
Deep Church Rising - 2 (part 2) The Scientific Revolution
Deep Church Rising - 2 (part 2) The Scientific Revolution
by SPCK - Andrew Walker and Robin Parry
The Scientific Revolution Recovering the Roots of Christian Orthodoxy The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed significant changes in the way in which nature and humanity’s relation to it was rethought in dialogue with important scientific breakthroughs, associated with …
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 35 The arrival of Roman rule in 63 bc
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 35 The arrival of Roman rule in 63 bc
by SPCK - N T Wright
The arrival of Roman rule in 63 bc and the rise of Herod in the late 40s and early 30s, curtailed the possibilities of the Pharisees exerting actual power either in any official capacity or through exerting influence on those with de jure power…
When The Temple Veil Was Rent (For Christchurch at Easter)
When The Temple Veil Was Rent (For Christchurch at Easter)
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn reflects the trauma caused by the devastating earthquake at Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010 and points to the Easter promise of new life and new opportunities. When the Temple veil was rent and the earth shook violently, people questioned what it meant: Where was the…
friends, FOES and families - Brothers reunited: Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers
friends, FOES and families - Brothers reunited: Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Brothers reunited: Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers Genesis 32-33, 42-45 Risen Jesus, shine your resurrection light into the darkness of lives burdened by sin and overtaken by tragedy...
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Personified Daughter Zion
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Personified Daughter Zion
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Personified Daughter Zion (Isaiah 47: 1-15; 49: 14 – 50: 3; 51: 17 – 52: 12; 54: 1-17) Babylon’s fall is imagined throughout Isaiah 41–48, climaxing in chapter 47, where Daughter Babylon herself is taunted. Once tender and delicate, she will now sit throneless in the dust. She wi…
Hymn: Remember all those times of sadness
Hymn: Remember all those times of sadness
by Andrew Pratt
Remember all those times of sadness when friends and hope seemed far away; those times of loneliness and heartache when every day seemed bleak and grey? And even when our God seemed absent we found the means carry on. Amid the hopelessness God found us, then raised us up to make …
The End of The World