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Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Calls the Disciples
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Calls the Disciples
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Calls the Disciples Matthew 4.18-25 If you go to Galilee today they will show you a boat that might have belonged to Andrew and Peter, or perhaps the Zebedee family. In one of the most remarkable archaeological finds anywhere in the Holy Land (which is full of them), a boat…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Condemns the Cities
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Condemns the Cities
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Condemns the Cities Matthew 11.16-24 A bright red sports car swept by me in the street, with a roar of exhaust and a swish of tyres. As it slowed momentarily to take the corner, I caught a glimpse of the young man driving it: dark glasses, long hair, the hint of a beard. Ro…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Causes Division
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Causes Division
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Causes Division Matthew 10.32-42 I was once asked to go and preach at the school which I had attended as a boy. It was one of those annual events that many schools have where we were supposed to remember the great pioneers who had founded the school, developed it, and given…
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 …
The Pastoral Letters - Judgment is Coming- So Get On With Your WorK
The Pastoral Letters - Judgment is Coming- So Get On With Your WorK
by SPCK - N T Wright
Judgment Is Coming – So Get On with Your Work 2Timothy 4.1-5 I was invigilating an exam on a hot summer day. The undergraduates were tired; it was the fourth or fifth exam they had sat already that week, and there were more to come. The sun beat down outside where their friends w…
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…
John for Everyone part 2 - Judas Goes Out
John for Everyone part 2 - Judas Goes Out
by SPCK - N T Wright
Judas Goes Out John 13.21-30 A priest working in the villages outside Cambridge reports that when sheep are taken off to be killed, they know instinctively that the slaughterhouse is a bad place. They can smell or sense something which warns of danger. The lorry carrying them wil…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Jews as well as Gentiles Are Guilty of Sin
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Jews as well as Gentiles Are Guilty of Sin
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jews as well as Gentiles Are Guilty of Sin ROMANS 3.9-20 Only twice in my life have I been in a court of law. Neither time was pleasant. Once I was up against a gardening contractor who had ruined my garden and then demanded payment. When I refused, he sued. The proceedings were …
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Light and Darkness
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Light and Darkness
by SPCK - N T Wright
Light and Darkness Ephesians 5.11-20 When I was studying for my undergraduate degree, which was in Classics, I had an idea for a special project. Keen as I was on music, I wanted to find out what sort of music people played and sang in the first century. I became quite excited ab…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Living Alongside the World
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Living Alongside the World
by SPCK - N T Wright
Living Alongside the World ROMANS 12.14-21 The headline said one word, in thick black letters right across the top of the front page: REVENGE. The story was a classic tale of spurned love. A woman whose husband had cheated her and gone off with her best friend had bided her time,…
John for Everyone part 2 - Like Master, Like Servant
John for Everyone part 2 - Like Master, Like Servant
by SPCK - N T Wright
Like Master, Like Servant John 13.12-20 I was given a beautiful present this week. To celebrate a special anniversary, someone close to me spent hours and hours weaving a careful tapestry, a needlepoint work of art. The theme comes from one of the early Celtic gospels, and is a p…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Loving Your Enemies
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Loving Your Enemies
by SPCK - N T Wright
Loving Your Enemies Matthew 5.38-48 There was once a father who had to go away from his young family for three or four days on business. Anxious that his wife should be properly looked after in his absence, he had a word with the oldest son, who was nine at the time. ‘When I’m aw…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Male and Female in the Worshipping Church
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Male and Female in the Worshipping Church
by SPCK - N T Wright
Male and Female in the Worshipping Church 1 Corinthians 11.2-16 Many years ago I was lecturing as a guest in a college in the United States. After my lecture I was told that several of the students had been studying St Paul; would I be happy to answer questions about particular p…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Looking Back on Life under the Law
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Looking Back on Life under the Law
by SPCK - N T Wright
Looking Back on Life under the Law ROMANS 7.13-20 Try reading this passage out loud, quickly. Unless you have a very smooth tongue I can guarantee you’ll trip up at some point. I remember this being given to a choirboy to read out in church, in an Advent carol service in fact. Po…
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…
John for Everyone part 2 - My Peace I Give to You
John for Everyone part 2 - My Peace I Give to You
by SPCK - N T Wright
My Peace I Give to You John 14.22-31 ‘I’m going to tell the whole world about it!’ She had just got engaged. This was the moment she’d dreamed about. The happiest day of her life. She wanted everyone to know. But what did she mean by ‘the world’? We found out quite quickly. It me…
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…
John for Everyone Part 1 - Moses and the Messiah