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Luke for Everyone - Reading the Signs of the Times
Luke for Everyone - Reading the Signs of the Times
by SPCK - N T Wright
Reading the Signs of the Times Luke 12.49-59 The great composer Ludwig van Beethoven used sometimes to play a trick on polite salon audiences, especially when he guessed that they weren’t really interested in serious music. He would perform a piece on the piano, one of his own sl…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Rescued by God's Power
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Rescued by God's Power
by SPCK - N T Wright
Rescued by God’s Power Judah 17-25 Sometimes a quick burst of biblical dialogue catches a truth in sharp relief. After many generations in which the people of Israel had gone from bad to worse, led by a succession of wicked kings, God finally sends the prophet Elijah to sort it a…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Sharing the Messiah's Suffering
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - Sharing the Messiah's Suffering
by SPCK - N T Wright
Sharing the Messiah’s Sufferings 1 Peter 4.12-19 Early Christian Letters for Everyone 12Beloved, don’t be surprised at the fiery ordeal which is coming upon you to test you, as though this were some strange thing that was happening to you. 13Rather, celebrate! You are sharing the…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A (Sunday after Ascension Day) Acts 1.6–14 1 Peter 4.12–14; 5.6–11 John 17.1–11 ‘When his glory is revealed.’ The ascension gives us a glimpse in advance of the great truth which will one day be unveiled – or rather, the glorious Person who wil…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Temptation in the Wilderness
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Temptation in the Wilderness
by SPCK - N T Wright
Temptation in the Wilderness Matthew 4.1-11 Jennifer went for a long walk in the woods. It had been an exhausting six months, and she needed time to think. She had concentrated on the campaign. Ever since her local party had told her, to her surprise, that they wanted her to be t…
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Thankful for God's Grace
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Thankful for God's Grace
by SPCK - N T Wright
Thankful for God’s Grace 1 Corinthians 1.1-9 It wasn’t long into the phone call before I noticed something different. It was the first time I’d spoken to this friend for some weeks, and whichever way the conversation turned, one name kept coming back. She and James had been talki…
2 Corinthians - Test Yourselves!
2 Corinthians - Test Yourselves!
by SPCK - N T Wright
Test Yourselves! 2 CORINTHIANS 13.5-10 These days all sorts of machines come with their own inbuilt self-test system. My computer printer will run a self-test automatically if there has been some malfunction or error. Some modern cars have components that will check, all by thems…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Challenge of Faith
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Challenge of Faith
by SPCK - N T Wright
1 THE WISDOM OF THE SPIRIT THE CHALLENGE OF FAITH James 1: 2-8 I used to think the waves had come from far away. Standing by the sea and watching the grey-green monsters roll in, it was easy to imagine that this wave, and then this one, and then the one after that, had made the j…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The First and the Last
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The First and the Last
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First and the Last Matthew 19.23-30 ‘I’m telling you the truth,’ Jesus replied. ‘In God’s great new world, when the son of man sits on his glorious throne, all of you who have followed me will sit on twelve thrones – yes, you! – and rule over the twelve tribes of Israel. 29An…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11.1–18 Revelation 21.1–6 John 13.31–35 You only discover the flavour of today’s Gospel if you remember that it comes immediately after Judas’s departure, and immediately before Peter’s rash promise to lay down his life for Jesus – and Jesus’ sorro…
John for Everyone part 2 - The Final Challenge
John for Everyone part 2 - The Final Challenge
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Final Challenge John 12.44-50 One of the oldest clichés in the movie business is the final showdown between the arch-opponents. The hero and the villain have been plotting against one another all through the story. Their allies and helpers have struggled and fought. There hav…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Healing of the Leper and the Centurion's Servant
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Healing of the Leper and the Centurion's Servant
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Healing of the Leper and the Centurion’s Servant Matthew 8.1-13 ‘Who’s in charge here?’ The policeman suddenly appeared in the doorway. Everyone stood still. It had been a wonderful party up to that point; a bit riotous, perhaps, but great fun. Now, we guessed, one of the nei…
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Healing of the Cripple
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Healing of the Cripple
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Healing of the Cripple John 5.1-9a There were two small boys playing in the overgrown garden. The old man who lived in the big house had been ill for many weeks, and though nurses and doctors came and went to the house nobody seemed to bother about what happened in the garden…
Simply Jesus - The Kingdom Present and Future
Simply Jesus - The Kingdom Present and Future
by SPCK - N T Wright
The kingdom present and future When Jesus healed people, when he celebrated parties with all and sundry, when he offered forgiveness freely to people as if he were replacing the Temple itself with his own work – in all these ways it was clear, and he intended it to be clear, th…
Luke for Everyone - The Last Supper
Luke for Everyone - The Last Supper
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Last Supper Luke 22.1-23 When Jesus wanted to give his followers – then and now – a way of understanding what was about to happen to him, he didn’t teach them a theory. Theories about how Jesus’ death dealt with our sins have come and gone throughout church history. Many of t…
Revelation for Everyone - The Lamb's Elite Warrior
Revelation for Everyone - The Lamb's Elite Warrior
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Lamb’s Elite Warriors Revelation 14.1-5 Jesus himself, of course, used this image of the shepherd in the tenth chapter of John’s gospel. And his call to people to ‘follow him’ is one of the most persistent commands he ever issued. One might almost say that, in the gospels, ‘f…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Lord's Prayer
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Lord's Prayer
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Lord’s Prayer Matthew 6.7-15 I was talking to a friend who had the reputation of being one of the finest preachers in the area. How did he go about it, I asked. He had no particular technique, he said; he just puzzled over the biblical readings that were set for that day unti…
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Messiah and the Father