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2 Corinthians - Don't Be Mis-Matched
2 Corinthians - Don't Be Mis-Matched
by SPCK - N T Wright
Don’t Be Mis-Matched 2 CORINTHIANS 6.14-7.1 Every time a new Bible translation comes out, it seems, one of the questions people ask about it is whether the language is ‘inclusive’. When it mentions men, does it mention women as well? Does it imply that all Christians are basicall…
The Pastoral Letters - Human Families and God's Family
The Pastoral Letters - Human Families and God's Family
by SPCK - N T Wright
Human Families and God’s Family 1Timothy 5.1-8 I know a wonderful couple who have 11 children. Mind you, they didn’t have 11 together. His first wife died; her first husband died; they then met and married; and when they put his six and her five together, lo and behold, they had …
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Instructions on Holy Living
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Instructions on Holy Living
by SPCK - N T Wright
Instructions on Holy Living Thessalonians 4.1-8 St Francis, famously, referred to his own body as ‘brother donkey’. It was a beloved part of himself, and yet it often seemed to have a mind of its own. It needed taming, bringing into obedience, as one would teach a large and heads…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Living Together in the Messiah
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Living Together in the Messiah
by SPCK - N T Wright
Living Together in the Messiah ROMANS 12.6-13 The seven friends met, as they had arranged, at ten o’clock the next morning. It had been a late night. They had all been excited. Now they were a little apprehensive at how they were going to take the project forward. They had discov…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Newborn Babies
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Newborn Babies
by SPCK - N T Wright
Newborn Babies 1 Peter 1.22-2.3 I was in the car the other day when a programme came on the radio which won my admiration – for sheer daring. An interviewer had gone to a farm where they were raising different kinds of deer, whose meat they were selling as venison to smart restau…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Off with the Old, On with the New
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Off with the Old, On with the New
by SPCK - N T Wright
Off with the Old, On with the New Ephesians 4.17-24 We couldn’t understand why the agency was being so unhelpful. We had answered the advertisement and were eager to rent the apartment that we had been offered. There were some minor problems, but nothing too difficult to sort out…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Patience and Trust
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Patience and Trust
by SPCK - N T Wright
Patience and Trust James 5.7-12 When my sister and I were reckoned to be old enough not to need a babysitter any more, my parents occasionally went out for the evening, leaving us on our own. Normally this worked fine. We could see to ourselves, the front door was locked, and in …
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Peter's Vision
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Peter's Vision
by SPCK - N T Wright
Peter’s Vision Acts 10.1-16 When I went off to university it was much more of an awesome experience than it is for many today. I had scraped into Oxford by the skin of my teeth, having spent too much of my teenage years doing everything else, particularly sport and music, rather …
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Peter's Rescue and Rhoda's Mistake
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Peter's Rescue and Rhoda's Mistake
by SPCK - N T Wright
Peter’s Rescue and Rhoda’s Mistake Acts 12.6-19 One of the sure touches of a master writer is knowing how to create a seriously funny scene in the middle of an extremely serious one. Think of Shakespeare’s subplots, with the gravedigger scene in Hamlet providing dark humour when …
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Stephen Becomes a Target
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Stephen Becomes a Target
by SPCK - N T Wright
Stephen Becomes a Target Acts 6.8-15 Without in any way wishing to complain, I do have a fellow feeling with Stephen in this passage. He has only just been appointed a ‘deacon’, with particular responsibility for helping organize the daily distribution of food to the community …
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Speaking Clearly in Church
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Speaking Clearly in Church
by SPCK - N T Wright
Speaking Clearly in Church 1 Corinthians 14.6-12 Two days ago I went to a meeting where seven or eight different languages were used in quick succession. There was a large crowd being addressed, including people from many parts of the world. One by one the speakers got up and spo…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Taking Root- and a Name!- in Antioch
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Taking Root- and a Name!- in Antioch
by SPCK - N T Wright
Taking Root - and a Name! - in Antioch Acts 1.19-30 The other day I had to go to Cambridge once more, just for a few hours. Looking for a particular shop, I walked up King’s Parade, and was reminded of someone once saying that if there’s anybody in the world you want to meet, you…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Taming the Tongue
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Taming the Tongue
by SPCK - N T Wright
Taming the Tongue James 3.1-12 Some while ago I was asked to give a talk about my early life and why I had chosen the path I did. I was surprised, when preparing the talk, to discover how many of the key moments in my first fifteen years were to do with my teachers. Like many oth…
2 Corinthians - Super Apostles?
2 Corinthians - Super Apostles?
by SPCK - N T Wright
Super-Apostles 2 CORINTHIANS 11.1-6 Many movies have as a stock theme the marriage service that goes wrong at the last minute. The famous 1960s movie, The Graduate, ended up with the hero dashing into the church where his true love was about to marry someone else, and snatching h…
John for Everyone part 2 - The Beloved Disciple
John for Everyone part 2 - The Beloved Disciple
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Beloved Disciple John 21.20-25 They came back almost in despair from the dress rehearsal. The costumes were ridiculous. The set was bizarre. The director seemed to have no real idea of how the action would work on stage. Even with an opera, where the music is what really matt…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - The Living Sacrifice
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - The Living Sacrifice
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Living Sacrifice ROMANS 12.1-5 William was coming to the end of his first year as chairman of the company when I met him at a lunch. ‘How’s it been going?’ I asked. ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘it’s been wonderful in several ways. The company is doing well and I’m proud to be part of it.’…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - The Need for Love and the Character of Love
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - The Need for Love and the Character of Love
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Need for Love and the Character of Love 1 Corinthians 12.31b-13.7 When people say, as they sometimes do, that Paul must have been a very difficult person to have around – that he seems to have been awkward, cantankerous, argumentative, and generally an unpleasant character – …
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - The Mystery and the Victory