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Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 21 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 21 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 21 Jeremiah 32.1–15 1 Timothy 6.6–19 Luke 16.19–end Among the many symbolic actions Jeremiah was commanded to perform, this one stands out as a sign, not of judgement, but of hope: hope for God’s restoration the other side of judgement. Resurrection hope, if you like. He i…
52 Reflections on Faith - Jesus the teacher: words and deeds
52 Reflections on Faith - Jesus the teacher: words and deeds
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Jesus the teacher: words and deeds We can probably all remember particular teachers we had at school. Some stick in the mind as ‘good teachers’, but we probably remember others because we didn’t like them, got on the wrong side of them or were hopeless at their subjects…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fourth Sunday of Lent- Year A 1 Samuel 16.1–13 Ephesians 5.8–14 John 9.1–41 Don’t miss the sinister moment towards the end of John’s great story. We were told from the beginning that the blind man’s condition from birth had nothing to do with previous sins, whether his own or…
Revelation bible study guide - Reaping the Harvest and Preparing the Plagues
Revelation bible study guide - Reaping the Harvest and Preparing the Plagues
by SPCK - N T Wright
Reaping the Harvest and Preparing the Plagues Revelation 14: 14-15: 8 Imagine a village in the outlying countryside of ancient Judaea. It’s a long way from the city, and even traders don’t come there that often, far less government officials. A circuit judge comes to the neighbor…
Revelation bible study guide - Two Witnesses and a Song of Triumph
Revelation bible study guide - Two Witnesses and a Song of Triumph
by SPCK - N T Wright
Two Witnesses and a Song of Triumph Revelation 11 People find many books puzzling, but the Bible is often the most puzzling of all. People find many parts of the Bible puzzling, but Revelation is often seen as the most puzzling book of all. And people find Revelation puzzling, bu…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Wednesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 4: WEDNESDAY Matthew 21.1–22; focused on 21.1–17 We reach Palm Sunday in Matthew’s story ten days before we get there in our own Lenten journey. It’s just as well. There is so much packed between Palm Sunday and Good Friday that it’s important to get advance notice of what’s…
The Post Evangelical - 8 Is the Bible the word of God?
The Post Evangelical - 8 Is the Bible the word of God?
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
8 Is the Bible the word of God? Our purpose here is straightforward: what is a post-evangelical view of the Bible? I think it is fair to say that post-evangelicals have mixed feelings on the subject. They have an underlying respect for the Bible, and in my experience they are kee…
the historical character of Jesus - 8 “The apocalyptic Son of Man”: Jesus in the Johannine letters and Revelation
the historical character of Jesus - 8 “The apocalyptic Son of Man”: Jesus in the Johannine letters and Revelation
by SPCK - David Allen
“The apocalyptic Son of Man”: Jesus in the Johannine letters and Revelation Perhaps more than any of our texts under discussion, the Johannine corpus poses the most significant questions regarding the identity of the historical Jesus. The texts themselves – the three epistles att…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities It is in this situation that the warning is sounded. Revelation is not astrology: it is not foretelling particular events, the catastrophes which might attend climate change. What it does do, however, is prompt us to thought…
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