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52 Reflections on Faith - Justification by faith: Computer studies
52 Reflections on Faith - Justification by faith: Computer studies
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
Justification by faith: Computer studies Sometime back in the late 1980s, I took an adventurous step and bought an Amstrad computer. Thinking of it now, it feels like a computer dinosaur. Actually, mine was only a word processor and I bought it partly, at least, under the sad ill…
Monologue/reflection: Who do people say that I am?’
Monologue/reflection: Who do people say that I am?’
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Reflection: Who do people say that I am?’ If I wanted to make an impact I'd get an agent, a publicity agent - big campaign, peak time adverts on the TV, sponsorship, all that money could muster. So what was Jesus about, 'Don't tell 'em, Pike!' like that character on '…
Mark The People's Commentary - The Dance of Death
Mark The People's Commentary - The Dance of Death
by BRF - Dick France
The Dance of Death Mark 6: 17-29 Mark The People’s Bible Commentary In the previous study we thought about why this story is here, and why Mark may have felt it appropriate to insert it into the story of Jesus. But now we shall look at the story of the death of John in its own ri…
Poem-On that day
Poem-On that day
by Marjorie Dobson
On that day, between death and the dawn of new hope, there was despair and dread from those who had heard his predictions, but discarded them as doom-laden prophecies not to be fulfilled in their time. On that day, between victory and defeat, there was triumph and rejoicing from …
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Apostles on Display
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - Apostles on Display
by SPCK - N T Wright
Apostles on Display 1 Corinthians 4.6-13 We walked down the hill in the bright sunshine. This, our guide explained, is where the Roman generals would come when they returned to the city after winning a great victory. They built massive ‘triumphal arches’, some of which are still …
Meeting God in MARK - The beginning of the Gospel -2
Meeting God in MARK - The beginning of the Gospel -2
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
The beginning of the Gospel The Gospel according to St Mark can seem like something of a Cinderella among the Gospels. For many hundreds of years it was used in public worship far less than any other of the Gospels. It never attracted the great – indeed the encyclopaedic – commen…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Groaning in Labor Pains
The Women's Bible Commentary - Groaning in Labor Pains
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Re-creation of Land and People In chapters 36 and 37 God acts not just to renew Israel and the land, but to re-create them entirely. Chapter 36 has the re-creation of both people (36:26–27) and land (36:1–15, 35) in view, whereas 37:1–14 famously focuses on the rebirth of the peo…
Hymn: This is for keeps, not just a moment's glory
Hymn: This is for keeps, not just a moment's glory
by Andrew Pratt
This is for keeps, not just a moment's glory, this is for life, as long as we will live, to write our part within creation's story, not just a chapter; all that we can give. This is the challenge: always fight for justice, well armed with Jesus' gracious, patient power; to stand …
Hymn: Into darkness and disaster
Hymn: Into darkness and disaster
by Andrew Pratt
Into darkness and disaster, swept along by what we’ve done, making choices that determined things we’ve lost and things we’ve won, sometimes we reflect and wonder at the people we’ve become. Sometimes lost, sometimes despairing, feeling there is no way back to the way we wish we’…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Monday: Week 1 in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Monday: Week 1 in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 1: MONDAY Matthew 5; focused on 5.1–12 The worst mistake we can make about this famous and stunning passage is to see it as a list of rules (you’ve got to try hard to be poor in spirit, to mourn, to be meek, and so on). It isn’t. It’s a royal announcement that God is turning…
Straining human understanding
Straining human understanding
by Andrew Pratt
Straining human understanding, grace is greater than our flaws, love will reach beyond our folly, breach our hatred, counter wars. Some ignore the call to caring, selfish impulse drives them on, yet our human love in action could avert a greater wrong. Verses 3 follow Tune: MERTO…
Barefoot Prayers - When the silence stops
Barefoot Prayers - When the silence stops
by SPCK - Stephen Cherry
An introduction in three parts When the silence stops Let me come clean. This collection of prayers, some of which are more poetic than others, was not written for Lent. It was not written for publication. It was not even written as a collection. And yet there is a common theme..…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins) Lord Jesus Christ, you were lifted up on the cross for us and for our salvation; Help us to triumph over evil and to do good, To give ourselves to you as you give yourself for us, And to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Mary's Song of Praise