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Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Tenants
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Tenants
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Tenants Luke 20.9-19 One of the most dramatic scenes ever to take place in the British House of Commons occurred in January 1642. King Charles I went in person to the House to try to arrest five Members of Parliament who had opposed him. The Speaker of the Hous…
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke for Everyone - The Parable of the Good Samaritan
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Parable of the Good Samaritan Luke 10.25-37 The best-known stories are sometimes the hardest to understand. ‘The good Samaritan’ has passed into folklore, and has succeeded, confusingly, in changing the meaning of the word ‘Samaritan’ itself in modern English. There is now a …
Luke for Everyone - The Lord's Prayer
Luke for Everyone - The Lord's Prayer
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Lord’s Prayer Luke 11.1-13 The telephone rang. It was a message that my younger son, a singer, was about to get on an aeroplane to go with his choir to the other side of the world. If I was quick, I might just be able to catch him with a call to wish him well. I phoned, caugh…
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Shepherd and the Sheep
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Shepherd and the Sheep
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Shepherd and the Sheep John 10.11-18 I was talking to a friend who had been in business most of his life. ‘The trouble with so many business leaders today’, he said, ‘is that they’re only in it for their own quick profit. Once people were really concerned about making somethi…
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Greetings from Others
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - Greetings from Others
by SPCK - N T Wright
Greetings from Others Colossians 4.10-18 As a typical young man growing up in England after the Second World War, I was never taught to sew. I can hardly manage to replace a button on a shirt, let alone do anything more complicated with needle and thread. But I have sometimes bee…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 15 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 15 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 15 Isaiah 5.1–7 Hebrews 11.29—12.2 Luke 12.49–56 This Lukan passage is high on the list of Things We Would Rather Jesus Hadn’t Said. It’s not gentle, it’s not meek and mild; it’s not even nice. Parents and children at loggerheads, in-laws getting across one another – what …
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Challenge of Forgiveness
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Challenge of Forgiveness
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Challenge of Forgiveness Matthew 18.21-35 Many years ago I was working in a student community. I sometimes assisted in leading worship or preaching for one particular group of students. They were theological students, training for ministry, but shared their accommodation with…
The Lord and His Prayer - Prologue
The Lord and His Prayer - Prologue
by SPCK - N T Wright
PROLOGUE The Lord and His Prayer (i) This book began life as a series of sermons preached in Lichfield Cathedral in Advent 1995. That explains some of its particular emphases, though I hope it will be found equally relevant wherever and whenever it is read. A few more words about…
John for Everyone part 2 - That They May Be One
John for Everyone part 2 - That They May Be One
by SPCK - N T Wright
That They May Be One John 17.20-26 This afternoon I looked on the Internet for a website about an electric appliance that’s gone wrong. I’ve lost the instruction booklet and was hoping to find relevant information through the Web. I found the website of the company that makes the…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Timothy- and New Developments
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Timothy- and New Developments
by SPCK - N T Wright
Timothy – and New Developments Acts 16. 1-10 A few weeks ago I had to choose a new close colleague to work with. It was difficult. There were some splendid people to choose from. Together with trusted friends and wise advisors, I prayed for God’s guidance, I did as much homework …
Mark for Everyone - Glossary
Mark for Everyone - Glossary
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone GLOSSARY accuser, see the satan age to come, see present age apostle, disciple, the Twelve ‘Apostle’ means ‘one who is sent’. It could be used of an ambassador or official delegate. In the New Testament it is sometimes used specifically of Jesus’ inner circle of…
Revelation for Everyone - Babylon's Judgement
Revelation for Everyone - Babylon's Judgement
by SPCK - N T Wright
Babylon’s Judgement Revelation 18.9-24 We smelt it before we saw it: a sour, bitter stench which seemed to cling to the nostrils. We looked at one another and ran outside. There, about a mile away, but with a gentle wind carrying it in our direction, was a cloud of thick, grey-bl…
Revelation for Everyone - Babylon's Plagues
Revelation for Everyone - Babylon's Plagues
by SPCK - N T Wright
Babylon’s Plagues Revelation 18.1-8 One of the constant problems in a small country like mine is the challenge of where everyone is going to live. Despite government regulations which, in theory, protect what is called ‘green belt’, one hears almost every day of this developer, t…
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…
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Bearing One Another's Burdens
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Bearing One Another's Burdens
by SPCK - N T Wright
Bearing One Another’s Burdens Galatians 6.1-5 I was reading the autobiography of a world-famous cricketer. He described how for his first ten years in the game the team he played for never succeeded in winning a major trophy. They had star players, many of them of much better qua…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - A Huge Row
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - A Huge Row
by SPCK - N T Wright
A Huge Row Acts 15.36-41 There is no point beating about the bush with this one. There are times in church work when leaders, including bishops, really want to knock two people’s heads together and tell them not to be so pig-brained (though actually most pigs wouldn’t dream of be…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - A Year in Corinth