Search Results
Tesimony - A Liturgy
Tesimony - A Liturgy
by John Birch
"Father God, when we consider our lives and the compare them to the depth of your love shown to the whole of mankind, we stand in awe. We have this Good News to proclaim not just within the walls of this building but in the world outside..." A prayerful liturgy for church or smal…
Meditation: In a court some people's testimony is stronger than others
Meditation: In a court some people's testimony is stronger than others
by Andrew Pratt
Meditation: In a court some people's testimony is stronger than others. In a court some people's testimony is stronger than others. Not that one is more true than another. It's all to do with authority. God has that in spades! What God says goes. So if we can get down to God's te…
Arthur's Call - Preface
Arthur's Call - Preface
by SPCK - Frances Young
Preface My purpose in this book is to give testimony to a journey of faith inspired by caring for a profoundly disabled son for 45 years, while also being theologian, university teacher and Methodist minister. It takes up, yet significantly modifies, the earlier account written w…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Reason to Believe
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Reason to Believe
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Reason to Believe Psalm 116 Last night I had dinner with a young man who is a faithful church worshiper. He has been so for most of his life, but he isn’t sure whether the worship in which he takes part is real in the sense of corresponding to the truth. As he put it, he isn’t su…
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/ poem: God’s testimony It’s not always easy to keep on believing in God. It may be possible to say that we believe, but in our heart of hearts to know that there is doubt and uncertainty. We are rational beings, or we arrogantly proclaim we are. And in that arrogance l…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Before the Sanhedrin
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Before the Sanhedrin
by BRF - Dick France
BEFORE the SANHEDRIN Mark carefully sets the scene at the high priest’s house on a double stage: Jesus before the full council of the Sanhedrin (v. 53; note again the full listing of the dignitaries) and Peter out in the courtyard among the servants (v. 54). As the spotlight fall…
52 Reflections on Faith - John the Baptist: pointing to Jesus
52 Reflections on Faith - John the Baptist: pointing to Jesus
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
John the Baptist: pointing to Jesus The bones of John the Baptist have been discovered in Bulgaria, or so some newspapers have implied. A number of remains, including a knuckle bone, have been found in a sarcophagus in the grounds of a monastery on an island called Sveti Ivan, of…
Revelation bible study guide - Jesus Revealed
Revelation bible study guide - Jesus Revealed
by SPCK - N T Wright
JESUS REVEALED Revelation 1 Some years ago there was an eclipse of the sun. These things happen rarely enough, and to witness it is a great experience. But staring at the sun, as it slips behind the moon and then emerges the other side, is dangerous. If you look through binocular…
Revelation for Everyone - The Monster and the Whore
Revelation for Everyone - The Monster and the Whore
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Monster and the Whore Revelation 18.9-18 I remember my excitement when, as a boy, I learned to read a map. Someone had given me a ‘maps made easy’ sort of book, which explained how all the symbols worked. I remember being especially fascinated by the contour lines. Growing up…
Psalms for Everyone - How to Learn from the Poor
Psalms for Everyone - How to Learn from the Poor
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Learn from the Poor Psalm 41: 1-12 As we arrived at church on Sunday, a homeless man named Alex who sometimes comes to church was sitting in the shade of the parish hall, drawing on a cigarette as he waited for the time of the service. During the service we read the story …
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How Not to Save the Situation
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - How Not to Save the Situation
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How Not to Save the Situation JUDGES 21:1-25 The story goes that in 1941, on the eve of the U.S. entry into the 1939–1945 war, two teenage ham radio operators who had joined the U.S. National Guard were enrolled into the army and were trained in “scrambling” messages to try to av…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - The End?