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PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Praxis and Symbol: Torag and Temple
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Praxis and Symbol: Torag and Temple
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter TWO LIKE BIRDS HOVERING OVERHEAD: THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL 3. Praxis and Symbol: Torah and Temple In worldview terms, ancient Jewish praxis and symbol ran closely together, precisely because the symbols were what they were. I was going to write that the Torah…
How God Became King - 6 The Launching of God’s Renewed People
How God Became King - 6 The Launching of God’s Renewed People
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Launching of God’s Renewed People This brings us nicely to the third speaker in our sound system. Like the second one, this third one has often been turned up far too loud. This has meant both that the music it is quite properly trying to play has itself been distorted and th…
Mere Apologetics - 4c Apologetics to the Romans: Paul’s Legal Speeches (Acts 24-26)
Mere Apologetics - 4c Apologetics to the Romans: Paul’s Legal Speeches (Acts 24-26)
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Apologetics to the Romans: Paul’s Legal Speeches (Acts 24-26) The third audience early Christianity encountered was the Romans. At that time, Rome was the imperial force dominating the Mediterranean world. It is clear that the imperial Roman authorities regarded the emergence of …
Moulin Rouge Bible Study part 6
Moulin Rouge Bible Study part 6
by Tim Marshall
A Bible Study which relies heavily on discussion rather than leading. Using the film 'Moulin Rouge' as a starting point and then looking at a variety of passages (which can be obtained from the web in a variety of different translations) There are questions to help start discussi…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Where Two Roads Lead
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Where Two Roads Lead
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE WHERE TWO ROADS LEAD Romans 6: 20-23 One of the things you have to learn when you move house is which roads lead where. I was Christmas shopping the other day in the new town where we have just settled, and as I drove out of a car park I saw a long queu…
The Power of the Parable - Rome as the New Jerusalem
The Power of the Parable - Rome as the New Jerusalem
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
chapter 9 Rome as the New Jerusalem The Parable Gospel According To Luke-Acts “Aphrodisias,” said Octavian, when not yet Caesar Augustus, “is the one city from all of Asia I have selected to be my own,” and its citizens carved that accolade on the archive wall of their theater. S…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Holy Week and Easter Prayers
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Holy Week and Easter Prayers
by SPCK - Ian Black
A selection of prayers for Holy Week Including Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Day Easter Prayer Risen Lord, in bursting from the tomb you have broken the power of death and we see there is no darkness... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B WEEK 4 TUESDAY... ...The building inspector hurried across the road to where the workmen had already got the wall a few feet up from the ground. ‘What are you doing?’ he asked, in some agitation. ‘We’re building this house!’ they replied. ‘Do you hav…
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Monday: Week 3 in Lent Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Monday: Week 3 in Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B WEEK 3: MONDAY... ...We were staying in a remote part of Scotland for a holiday. Our hosts, welcoming us, pointed out that we didn’t need a key for the door. They never locked it. The risk of intruders or burglars in that part of the world was more o…
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Sunday: Week 5 in Lent Year B
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B - Sunday: Week 5 in Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent for Everyone Mark Year B WEEK 5 SUNDAY... ...‘Sticks and stones may break my bones,’ goes the old jingle, ‘but words will never hurt me.’ It’s a lie. Don’t believe it. Words are far, far more powerful than anything else. A sword can maim or kill, but only in the crudest of f…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Third Sunday before Advent Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Third Sunday before Advent Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Third Sunday before Advent Mark 1: 14-20 Gaze on the Sea of Galilee. No one who comes here remains unmoved. What is it about particular places that give them a holiness at their very core? Why does this place emanate such undisputed beauty? It is referred to in the Jewish Tal…
Numbers in the Bible Assembly Collection - The 10 Commandments Assembly