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Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Seventh Sunday of Easter John 17:6-19 Gaze on the face of Jesus, rapt with attention. At this point, he is so deep in prayer that the disciples dare not fidget or interrupt such a holy moment. They do not cough or break the stillness of Jesus, who is directing his entire ener…
Lectio Divina - Is a spiritual approach to the Bible relevant today?
Lectio Divina - Is a spiritual approach to the Bible relevant today?
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
Is a spiritual approach to the Bible relevant today? I have spoken about Origen at some length because he is the classic representative of a tradition of interpretation that ‘was the formula for Christian biblical exegesis as it was practised without interruption until the sixtee…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - Jesus Prays for His Disciples
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - Jesus Prays for His Disciples
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Jesus Prays for His Disciples Having prayed to be with God in glory, Jesus turns to pray for his disciples who will be left behind. They are only a small frightened group, who still do not really understand what he is saying. At one level, it is not much to show for the fruits of…
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - Table manners and table matters - 15
The Meal Jesus Gave Us - Table manners and table matters - 15
by SPCK - Tom Wright
15 Table manners and table matters THE THANK-YOU PARTY There is much more that could be said. This little book is only a short introduction to a huge subject. But I want, in concluding, to look at six obvious questions…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Living Diversity
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Living Diversity
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
6 Living with diversity 1 Corinthians 12.12–26; Romans 12.3 – 6 Purpose: to think about how to recognize and release the gifting of disabled people as a contribution to the unity and wholeness of the body of Christ…
Lectio Divina - Series Foreword
Lectio Divina - Series Foreword
by SPCK - Enzo Bianchi
Series Foreword To read Enzo Bianchi’s work is, among other things, to be forcefully made aware that we have got used to a rather thin diet of resources to help us read the Bible. We have plenty of good scholarship and plenty of good popular summaries of that scholarship – but ve…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Philemon and the Study of Paul
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Philemon and the Study of Paul
by SPCK - N T Wright
Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD Chapter One RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY? 2 Philemon and the Study of Paul (i) Introduction This brief study of the small masterpiece we call the letter to Philemon has introduced us, in an actual example, to most of the topics we face as we move towards a ful…
Hymn:The wisdom of women: discernment of thought