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Acts for Everyone part 1 - Back to Peter
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Back to Peter
by SPCK - N T Wright
Back to Peter Acts 9.32-42 ‘When I look out of the window from where I am sitting, I have two quite different types of view. If I stretch my eyes and look through the trees (it is still spring, and the leaves have not yet blocked the view) I can see the ruined castle, standing on…
Hebrews for Everyone - Better Ministry, Better Covenant
Hebrews for Everyone - Better Ministry, Better Covenant
by SPCK - N T Wright
Better Ministry, Better Covenant Hebrews 8.1-6 When my sons were little, we gave them a game they could play at home. It was a type of football; except that you played it on a table top, with plastic figures an inch or two high. You had to flick them with your finger, so that the…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Adultery and Hypocrisy
John for Everyone Part 1 - Adultery and Hypocrisy
by SPCK - N T Wright
Adultery and Hypocrisy John 7.53-8.11 Two women were brought before the young king. They were prostitutes, and shared a house. Both had given birth, but the son of one of them had died. Now both were claiming the living son as their own. How could anyone tell (in the days before …
Revelation for Everyone - God and the Lamb Are There
Revelation for Everyone - God and the Lamb Are There
by SPCK - N T Wright
God and the Lamb Are There Revelation 21.22-22.7 Earlier today, I came upon some workmen who were putting scaffolding up around an old stone building. Scaffolding is normally extremely functional: it’s made to do a job, not to look pretty. But supposing a builder decided to const…
Luke for Everyone - Jesus and John the Baptist
Luke for Everyone - Jesus and John the Baptist
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus and John the Baptist Luke 7.18-35 Pull a coin out of your pocket and look at it. What does it tell you? I don’t mean, how rich does it say you are. Nor am I thinking about the actual words that are engraved on it. I’m referring to the pictures, the symbols. The last two cou…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Jesus Mocked and Crucified
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - Jesus Mocked and Crucified
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Mocked and Crucified Matthew 27.27-38 Almost the whole world is now a tourist trap. Countries compete with each other to attract visitors, particularly from the richer parts of the world, and to give them a memorable vacation while drawing money into the local economy. The …
Luke for Everyone - Judging Others and True Obedience
Luke for Everyone - Judging Others and True Obedience
by SPCK - N T Wright
Judging Others and True Obedience Luke 6.39-49 One picture is worth a thousand words. Here, in quick succession, are four of Jesus’ most vivid word-sketches. They are meant to be funny. Try reading them like that, and you’ll see a dry, perhaps typically Jewish, humour coming thro…
Revelation for Everyone - New Jerusalem
Revelation for Everyone - New Jerusalem
by SPCK - N T Wright
New Jerusalem Revelation 21.6-21 When people decide they are going to read the Bible, they often begin, naturally enough, with the book of Genesis. Encouraged by the fast-paced story with its drama, incident and passion, they often move on to the book of Exodus, expecting more of…
Revelation for Everyone - New Heaven. New Earth
Revelation for Everyone - New Heaven. New Earth
by SPCK - N T Wright
New Heaven, New Earth Revelation 21.1-5 When has there been a moment in your life when you have said to yourself, ‘This is new’? I don’t just mean a car with a few new gadgets, or a meal with a different combination of sauces and seasonings – though these, too, may point in the r…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Paul's Reasons for Thanks
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Paul's Reasons for Thanks
by SPCK - N T Wright
Paul’s Reasons for Thanks Philippians 1.1-11 . There is a wonderful old prayer attributed to the sixteenth century sailor Sir Francis Drake (1540–96).He prays that when God leads us to undertake any great piece of work, he will also remind us ‘that it is not the beginning, but th…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Riot in the Temple
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Riot in the Temple
by SPCK - N T Wright
Riot in the Temple Acts 21.27-36 On the news every day, as I write this, there is footage of American and British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Like many others, I was of the opinion that we were wrong to start what we did in that part of the world, and I haven’t changed that…
Luke for Everyone - Simeon and Anna
Luke for Everyone - Simeon and Anna
by SPCK - N T Wright
Simeon and Anna Luke 2.21-40 I watched as the craftsman went about his task. He carefully set the lead into the window to be the framework for the beautiful glass he had been staining. Now came the moment: where before was a plain window, now there was a riot of colour and shape,…
Hebrews for Everyone - The Stopping of the Sacrifices
Hebrews for Everyone - The Stopping of the Sacrifices
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Stopping of the Sacrifices Hebrews 10.1-10 Last year we had one vacation inside another one. We had gone off for three weeks to a quiet, peaceful spot to recover after several months of hectic and unrelenting work and activity. But while we were there the opportunity came for…
John for Everyone part 2 - The Way, the Truth, the Life
John for Everyone part 2 - The Way, the Truth, the Life
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Way, the Truth, the Life John 14.1-11 ‘Are you sure there’ll be room for us all?’ We were on our way back to a friend’s house. There were two carloads of us, relaxed and happy after a football match which we’d won. The match had been at another school several miles away, and …
A little child shall lead the nations
A little child shall lead the nations
by Andrew Pratt
A little child shall lead the nations, the light of hope came in that hour, the grace of God, a present promise, had dawned with light and love and power. Verse 2 follows Tune: ST CLEMENT Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 19/1/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.…
Monologue: Jesus and the temple
Monologue: Jesus and the temple
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: Jesus and the temple Massive! Who knows how heavy those stones would be. Piled one on top of another, towering over our heads. I tried to imagine what Goliath could have built this temple. It really was a feat of engineering. And then he stops, a boulder twice his heig…
Luke for Everyone - David's Son and the Widow's Mite