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Telling the Christmas story
Telling the Christmas story
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
A Christmas carol, encouraging to tell abroad the good news of the Saviour's birth. TELLING THE CHRISTMAS STORY (Luke 2: 8-20) The wakeful shepherds hear and see a wondrous sound and sight: angelic choirs in harmony add splendour to the night. “No longer fear; let sorrows cease…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 29. Telling it how it is
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 29. Telling it how it is
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 29. Telling it how it is Luke 10.16 Most people, when they stop to ask how things are, usually ask how your loved one is. They seldom ask how you are. But when they do, what do you say? If you’re like most of us, you mutter, ‘I’m okay.’ …
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 26 Worldviews, Theology and Biblical Studies
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 26 Worldviews, Theology and Biblical Studies
by SPCK - N T Wright
Worldviews, Theology and Biblical Studies It will by now be clear that all study, all reading of texts, all attempts to reconstruct history, take place within particular worldviews. This could appear to force interpreters into a difficult choice, between (shall we say) a post- En…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Genocide and More Rape in Times of War
The Women's Bible Commentary - Genocide and More Rape in Times of War
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Genocide and More Rape in Times of War When the other tribes realize what happened in Gibeah, they gather in Mizpah and ask the Levite: “Tell us, how did this criminal act come about?” (20:3). Identified as “the husband of the woman,” the Levite gives an answer that crucially mod…
How God Became King - Preface (part 1)
How God Became King - Preface (part 1)
by SPCK - N T Wright
Preface (part 1) It has been slowly dawning on me over many years that there is a fundamental problem deep at the heart of Christian faith and practice as I have known them. This problem can be summarized quite easily: we have all forgotten what the four gospels are about…
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 13 THE SACRED STORIES OF OUR LIVES
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 13 THE SACRED STORIES OF OUR LIVES
by Christine Valters Painter
THE SACRED STORIES OF OUR LIVES Like the Hebrew alphabet, the alphabet of grace has no vowels, and in that sense [God’s] words to us are always veiled, subtle, cryptic, so that it is left to us to delve their meaning, to fill in the vowels, for ourselves by means of all the faith…
The Living God - The God of Jesus of Nazareth
The Living God - The God of Jesus of Nazareth
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Which God Are We Talking About? 1 The God of Jesus of Nazareth Don’t tell them – show them! That was the advice I was given when trying to improve my preaching more than 30 years ago. My early attempts were not particularly successful. I remember two people coming up to me after …
Psalms for Everyone - On Facing Two Sets of Facts
Psalms for Everyone - On Facing Two Sets of Facts
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Facing Two Sets of Facts Psalm 22: 19-31 Two friends of ours were giving us an amusing account of a difference they had discerned between the way they approach problems in their relationship and in other aspects of life. It was amusing yet also serious and profound. When there…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 7 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 7 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 7 Jeremiah 20.7–13 Romans 6.1b–11 Matthew 10.24–39 The prophet Jeremiah lived through times of enormous political upheaval. His long career, lasting about 40 years, saw a good king, a couple of bad kings, a weak king and the fo…
Numbers in the Bible Assembly Collection - The 10 Commandments Assembly
Numbers in the Bible Assembly Collection - The 10 Commandments Assembly
by Christian Assembly Team
The Ten Commandments (10) Bible ref: Exodus 20:1-17 and Exodus 32:7-8 Story One day a young boy asked his father to take him to the after school football game. When they arrived at the pitch they found it was just a field with no markings. The teacher had not yet arrived and so t…
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