Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Great Commission
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Great Commission
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Great Commission Matthew 28.16-20 You sometimes wonder, when listening to some of the great classical composers, whether they really know how to bring a piece to an end. One of the most notorious is Beethoven. There are times when, at the end of a symphony, you think you’re j…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Mountains around Jerusalem, Yahweh around His People
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Mountains around Jerusalem, Yahweh around His People
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Mountains around Jerusalem, Yahweh around His People Psalm 124-125 Last weekend we overheard a conversation on the San Francisco subway in which the father of two small children who was on his way to the airport with some people from different parts of the country was recounting …
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Sheep and the Goats
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Sheep and the Goats
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sheep and the Goats Matthew 25.31-46 One of the most remarkable things to happen in the whole twentieth century was the establishment of an International Court of Justice, located at The Hague in the Netherlands. Not everyone approves of such a thing, but whatever your opinio…
Drama: John the Baptist and the PR Consultant
Drama: John the Baptist and the PR Consultant
by Clare Truman
John the Baptist and the PR Consultant Matthew 3:1-12 – Year A: Advent 2 Narrator: In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, John: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Looking To Jesus
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Looking To Jesus
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE LOOKING TO JESUS Hebrews 12: 1-3 I went to a school that prided itself on its outdoor pursuits. Set high in the Yorkshire Dales in north-west England, it celebrated its location in several ways, the annual climax being a ten-mile cross-country race over…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Where Two Roads Lead
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Where Two Roads Lead
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE WHERE TWO ROADS LEAD Romans 6: 20-23 One of the things you have to learn when you move house is which roads lead where. I was Christmas shopping the other day in the new town where we have just settled, and as I drove out of a car park I saw a long queu…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Wise and Wicked Slaves
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Wise and Wicked Slaves
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE THE WISE AND WICKED SLAVES Matthew 24: 45-51 The managing director was returning from a meeting out of town, when he saw a familiar but unexpected sight. There, turning out of a street ahead of him, was one of his own company’s vans. What was it doing h…
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Wise And Foolish Girls
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Wise And Foolish Girls
by SPCK - N T Wright
4 THE PATH OF THE DISCIPLE THE WISE AND FOOLISH GIRLS Matthew 25: 1-13 The guests had all arrived and were seated. The organ was playing. The bridegroom and the best man had been there half an hour in advance. The photographers were waiting. The flowers had all been beautifully a…
The new wine? Oh Yes!
The new wine? Oh Yes!
by Meryl White
An interactive story based on John 2 v 1 - 11, the Wedding at Cana, or Jesus turns the water into wine. The new wine?! Oh Yes!!! Based on John 2 v 1-11 – Jesus changed the water into wine This is an interactive story to illustrate the story of the Wedding at Cana. It tries to cap…
Two men went to pray:Meditation
Two men went to pray:Meditation
by Phil Nevard
A meditation/prayer on the story of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector at prayer using the old song "One man went to mow" Can be used for two voices – or one voice. The refrain can be sung to the tune “one man went to mow” – by the leader or by the congregation or it can be spoke…
Gathering Prayers and Blessing based on Psalm 84:1-7