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Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Double "Law" and the Miserable "I"
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - The Double "Law" and the Miserable "I"
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Double “Law” and the Miserable “I” ROMANS 7.21-25 When you do a complicated mathematical sum, you end up by drawing a line across the page and displaying the result, or, if you like, your ‘findings’. The same thing happens after a lengthy judicial review of some complex quest…
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica Thessalonians 1.1-5 I hesitated long over the decision. I had to make up my mind whether to admit to the university a student whose grades were not quite as high as we would normally require. She was clearly intelligent, and capable of hard work, …
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Gospel in Public
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Gospel in Public
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Gospel in Public Philippians 1.27-30 ‘Don’t let him see you’re afraid.’ My aunt hissed the words into my ear as the big dog came bounding up the street towards us. It seemed silly advice at the time. I was afraid. I was only seven years old and the previous year a small dog h…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Question about Divorce
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Question about Divorce
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Question about Divorce Matthew 19.1-9 Last time we bought a car I was startled to notice, in the book of instructions, a list of things to do if you were involved in an accident. Call the police. Make a note of exactly what happened, where and how. Write down the registration…
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Woman of Samaria
John for Everyone Part 1 - The Woman of Samaria
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Woman of Samaria John 4.1-15 ‘Have you heard about Simon?’ a friend asked me. ‘He’s become a Samaritan!’ I knew what he meant. I did not think for a minute that our mutual friend had gone off to the Middle East to join the tiny sect who still live in the middle of ancient Sam…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Beautiful Tents, Jacob
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Beautiful Tents, Jacob
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Beautiful Tents, Jacob NUMBERS 23: 25 24: 25 As a boy I sang in a cathedral choir. One of my favorite anthems was “How Goodly Are Thy Tents, O Jacob,” composed by a Victorian composer called Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, a professor of music at Oxford, a prolific composer …
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – First Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Isaiah 43:1-7 Psalm 29 Acts 8:14-17 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 When the Holy Spirit descended on the Lord Jesus, something new began. Worshippers of Almighty God already knew about his Spirit. It was the Spirit who had hovered over the w…
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 1st Kings 2: 10-12 and 3 v 3-14 Psalm 111 Ephesians 5: 15-20 John 6: 51-58 It was almost like a fairy story; God told Solomon to ask for whatever he wanted (1st Kings 3 v 5) but, contrary to most fairy stories, it didn’t go wrong.…
clouds and glory - Proper 20 - Year A
clouds and glory - Proper 20 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 20 Year A Lord, teach us to live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, Let us not be intimidated by opposition or criticism. Keep us firm in the faith you have set before us; Through Christ who has triumphed and reigns with you in your Holy Spirit for ever and ever A…
God's way is just the way of love
God's way is just the way of love
by Andrew Pratt
God's way is just the way of love, the way that we should tread, to follow in the way of Christ, the way the Spirit led. It seems to be a simple task set out upon the page: to love our neighbours as ourselves, this runs from age to age. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: WILTSHIRE; RICHMOND…
How easy to distort the Jesus Spirit
How easy to distort the Jesus Spirit
by Andrew Pratt
How easy to distort the Jesus Spirit, to lose his ways in empty, so called, praise. We brush aside his life of liberation, commitment, just a hollow passing phase. Astonishment might greet the face we offer, purporting to portray the grace of Christ, our frowns sometimes betray t…
How can we live at one with God
How can we live at one with God
by Andrew Pratt
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Year A Education Sunday Hymn: How can we live at one with God How can we live at one with God, inspired by Christ the living Word, infused with all the Spirit’s power when life is twisted and absurd... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bel…
Hymn: Beginning with blessing
Hymn: Beginning with blessing
by Andrew Pratt
Beginning with blessing and bounded with praise where earth touches heaven, the birth of new days. A waiting would follow, the Spirit would come, and those who still followed were acting as one. Verse 2 follows Tune: PADERBORN Metre: 11.11.11.11 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words ©…
Hymn: Strange magic? No, the grace of God
Hymn: Strange magic? No, the grace of God
by Andrew Pratt
Strange magic? No, the grace of God. A healing signified the facts: that in the Spirit's way and style, disciples mirrored saving acts. The steps of Jesus led the way, this carpenter, once nailed to wood, and though the crowds rejected him, now Peter stands where he once stood. V…
LWPT Meditations - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
LWPT Meditations - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C 2nd Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 It is not often that we consider the “hard sayings” of Christ, but in our gospel reading we come face to face with some of the harshest words that Jesus spok…
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 1st Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Genesis 1: 1-5 Psalm 29 Acts 19: 1-7 Mark 1: 4-11 There is no getting away from the Holy Spirit in the readings for today. He is there at the beginning of the creation, brooding over the waters, bringing light from darkness, day from …
LWPT Meditations - Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 1st Kings 18:20-21, 30-39 Psalm 96 Galatians 1:1-12 Luke 7:1-10 The story of the centurion’s servant is a well-known account of faith. The centurion must have been a remarkable man to be so concerned for his servant. At a time when …
LWPT Meditations - The Trinity