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Boiled cabbage and chips (Broken promises)
Boiled cabbage and chips (Broken promises)
by Colin Smith
An injured father is unable to support his family. His children offer to help out, but one breaks the promise. This sketch is based on the parable of the two sons (Matthew 21:28-32) but with the context shifted to present day Britain. It was written to support an all age worship …
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Babylon Becomes Babble-on
Genesis for Everyone Part 1 - Babylon Becomes Babble-on
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Babylon Becomes Babble-on Genesis 11: 8- 30 In England I had an Egyptian colleague whose first language was Arabic. When we were going to Morocco for a holiday, I asked him to teach me a few phrases of Arabic so I could at least say, “Good morning” and “Thank you” to people, but …
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…
Body - Chapter 7 - Beautiful Bodies (part 2)
Body - Chapter 7 - Beautiful Bodies (part 2)
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
Beautiful bodies? (part 2) Two knotty issues Before we return in the next chapter to look in more detail at what Paul had to say about the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12, there are two issues that we need to pause over briefly. One is sex; the other is the mortification of th…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - I Belong to My Love, and His Desire Is toward Me
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - I Belong to My Love, and His Desire Is toward Me
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I Belong to My Love, and His Desire Is toward Me I once had to review a commentary on the Song for a journal. The author assumed that the Song is about the relationship between a man and a woman and dismissed the idea that under the surface it’s about the relationship between Chr…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Blind Man Cured—by Stages
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - A Blind Man Cured—by Stages
by BRF - Dick France
A BLIND MAN CURED—by STAGES MARK 8: 14-21 Another healing outside Galilee Bethsaida was across the Jordan at the north end of the lake, not in Galilee but in the neighbouring territory ruled by Herod Philip, adjoining the Decapolis…
Imagining the Lectionary: It's your soul, stupid
Imagining the Lectionary: It's your soul, stupid
by David Perry
Reflection accompanying images “Beware dangerous cliffs", "Which direction" and "Well worn cobbled path” “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” …
Simply Jesus - The Perfect Storm