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The Power of the Parable - Riddle Parables
The Power of the Parable - Riddle Parables
by SPCK - John Dominic Crossan
chapter 1 Riddle Parables So That They May Not Understand Nessun dorma— “Nobody sleeps tonight”— proclaims the Princess Turandot in Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, unfinished at his death in 1924. Nobody can sleep because a riddle must be solved before the dawn. Here is …
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - But Samson's Hair Began to Grow Again
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - But Samson's Hair Began to Grow Again
by SPCK - John Goldingay
But Samson’s Hair Began to Grow Again JUDGES 16:22-31 The first time I went to Israel, I took part in an exciting archaeological dig. Just next to a tennis club in the big modern city of Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean, where people started playing at 6:00 a.m. because it would be …
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Love Actually
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Love Actually
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Love Actually JUDGES 16:1-21 After the incident a few weeks ago when a man on a plane bound for Detroit tried to blow up himself and the plane as an act of terrorism against the United States and the Western world in general, an extraordinary piece of background to the event emer…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Honey, We Solved the Riddle
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - Honey, We Solved the Riddle
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Honey, We Solved the Riddle JUDGES 14:1- 15:20 Only trivial things went wrong at our wedding. Admittedly, for Ann and me it was a narrow escape. At one stage her father said he would not come; that was the degree to which he disapproved of me. I had long hair, like Samson (being …
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Discipline Your Teenagers If You Can
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Discipline Your Teenagers If You Can
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Discipline Your Teenagers If You Can A mother recently told me how Christian parenting experts had urged her to start spanking her children; some said to continue only until the children become verbal, others at any sign of willful rebellion regardless of age…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Trickery as Vengeance in Men’s Literature
The Women's Bible Commentary - Trickery as Vengeance in Men’s Literature
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Trickery as Vengeance in Men’s Literature Genesis 34 is a tale of trickery involving female sexuality. Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, is raped by Shechem, the son of Hamor. The question of status that is addressed through trickery is not her status, however, but that of her b…
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