Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Enough Punishment Already!
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Enough Punishment Already!
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Enough Punishment Already! Psalm 74 This evening, as I write, will be the beginning of the Jewish year 5772; in other words, on this reckoning the New Year will be the 5772nd year since creation. It will be followed by the Day of Atonement and the Festival of Sukkot. Thinking abo…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - The Promise of a Poisoned Chalice
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - The Promise of a Poisoned Chalice
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Promise of a Poisoned Chalice Psalm 75 The news today tells of two men called Abu Elias and Robert who were interviewed as they sat at the bottom of the stairs of the Convent of Our Lady of Saydnaya, a city high in the mountains north of Damascus. It is one of the few communi…
Be strong and very courageous
Be strong and very courageous
by Sally Coleman
A poem reflecting on our need for God's strength. Be strong and very courageous Be strong and very courageous you say… …some mornings it takes all my strength Just to get out of bed! Be strong and very courageous …. …is it courageous just to place one Foot in front of the other, …
Pentecost questions
Pentecost questions
by Sally Coleman
Pondering the confusions that might be surrounding Pentecost. Pentecost Questions What did you feel When he told you To return to Jerusalem, To wait, And to pray? And how did you pray? Were there words to express Your longings, Your confusions, Did ou hurl questions at heaven Dem…
The Living God - Creation as a process: God’s ongoing involvement with the world
The Living God - Creation as a process: God’s ongoing involvement with the world
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Creator of heaven and earth 4 Creation as a process: God’s ongoing involvement with the world Like many, I enjoy the famous story that lies behind the creation of the great statue of David by the artist Michelangelo (1475 –1564). In the late fifteenth century, the Florentine scul…
The Living God - The Trinity and the enrichment of the Christian life
The Living God - The Trinity and the enrichment of the Christian life
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Mystery or muddle? The Trinity 5 The Trinity and the enrichment of the Christian life I was invited to give a lecture at Aberystwyth University in north Wales a few years back. How best to get there from Oxford, I wondered? Travelling by train turned out to be a bad idea as I wou…
The Living God - Introduction
The Living God - Introduction
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Introduction Faith and the Creeds, the first volume in the Christian Belief for Everyone series, explored why we need creeds and how they enrich our vision of the Christian faith and life. In this second volume we move on to consider what Christians mean when they speak about God…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Religion of Empire
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Religion of Empire
by SPCK - N T Wright
4. The Religion of Empire (i) Introduction Scholarship wobbles from one thing to another. The fortunes of ‘emperor-worship’ in recent study are typical of what happens in many areas. Faced with a rich density of material, scholars can easily lose sight of one entire segment of th…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Introduction