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How God Became King - 5d Matthew and Luke: Seeing Jesus, Thinking God
How God Became King - 5d Matthew and Luke: Seeing Jesus, Thinking God
by SPCK - N T Wright
Matthew and Luke: Seeing Jesus, Thinking God Once we learn, from Mark, how we might read the story of Jesus as the story of Israel’s God returning at last, we may find it easier to recognize the ways in which Matthew and Luke are doing something very similar…
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 9 Mary
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 9 Mary
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Chapter 9 Mary In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with…
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Christmas - Year C
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Christmas - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 1st Sun of Christmas Year C 1st Samuel 2 v 18-20, 26 Psalm 26 Colossians 3 v 12-17 Luke 2 v 41-52 When we celebrate the birth of our Messiah at Christmas, we speak of him as the saviour (Luke 2 v 11), the one who takes away our sins and makes us whole. Salvation is…
Great Christian Thinkers - 25 St. Augustine of Hippo
Great Christian Thinkers - 25 St. Augustine of Hippo
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Augustine of Hippo His Life We speak now of the greatest Father of the Latin Church, St. Augustine. This man of passion and faith, of the highest intelligence and tireless in his pastoral care, a great saint and Doctor of the Church, is often known, at least by hearsay, even …
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 24 Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 24 Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 24 Isaiah 53.4-12 Hebrews 5.1-10 Mark 10.35-45 There is an extraordinary consistency in what the New Testament tells us about the mission of Jesus Christ. At the heart of all the great biblical accounts of why the Son comes and how he saves us is the cross. No New Testamen…
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