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Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 24 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 24 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 24 Mark 10: 35-45 Gaze on our great High Priest – the most unassuming priest you’ll ever see for he isn’t dressed in robes or cassock or cape. He isn’t resplendent as a bishop in shimmering satin or shot silk embroidered with care and craft. He has no mitre on his head. Th…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - Returning to the Father
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - Returning to the Father
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Returning to the Father Throughout these farewell discourses, Jesus has been preparing the disciples for his departure. He has made it increasingly clear that there will be a major division after he has gone. On his side there will be those who remain in his love and in the Fathe…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The KING is CRUCIFIED
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - The KING is CRUCIFIED
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
The KING is CRUCIFIED Through these seven balanced trial scenes, Pilate moved from mocking Jesus to a grudging respect for his kingship while “the Jews” rejected the rule of God, preferring Caesar. Now Pilate ‘hands him over to them’, using the word for ‘betray’, after the action…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - NO KING BUT CAESAR
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - NO KING BUT CAESAR
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
NO KING BUT CAESAR Pilate had thought it was all over; Jesus had been whipped and the idea that he was a king duly mocked, so everything was all set for his release, when those wretched religious leaders brought the gods and their offspring into it! Unsettled by this mention of s…
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - LIFTING UP the SON of MAN
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - LIFTING UP the SON of MAN
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
LIFTING UP the SON of MAN The coming of the Greeks to see Jesus meant that the ‘hour for the Son of Man to be glorified’ had finally arrived. Jesus is clear that the way to glory lies only through his self-sacrificial death. No one can face imminent death without some pause. Jesu…
Woodland Pathway
Woodland Pathway
by Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
Simply Good News - The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism
Simply Good News - The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism The second problem has infected both the church and the world for the last two or three hundred years at least. Again, this is not the place to explain how all the complicated ideas in modern European and American thought came …
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - BETRAYED in a GARDEN
JOHN: The people's bible commentary - BETRAYED in a GARDEN
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
BETRAYED in a GARDEN Jesus has finally finished ‘speaking these words’ of the Farewell Discourses and his Prayer, and so now he takes his disciples out across the Kidron valley to a garden (18:1). We notice immediately that John’s account of the passion is both similar to the oth…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (21) A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (21) A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(21) A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE One experience common to our globalized culture is that of diversity. This is sometimes perceived as threat and sometimes as opportunity. But the theme is important for prayer because we need to foster the conviction that life is not monochrome and we n…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (9) KEEP THE PEACE
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (9) KEEP THE PEACE
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(9) KEEP THE PEACE Intercessions often benefit from focusing on one important theme which runs through the whole, rather than four or five diverse themes which try to cover everything we can think of! The theme of peace is one which concerns us all. As ever, current events and lo…
Recovering from Depression - Days of resurrection
Recovering from Depression - Days of resurrection
by SPCK - Katharine Smith
Days of resurrection - Part 1 Introduction Easter Day begins in darkness. It begins with the grief and fear, loneliness and despair of two women, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James. They think they have lost everything that gave their lives meaning and direction. They f…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (7) SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (7) SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(7) SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT Images from the natural world evoke a response in most of us. It can be helpful therefore to use one of nature’s patterns as the pattern of our prayer. The seasons of the year are full of resonances which make them especially useful as a vehicle for our …
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (4) AN ORDINARY SUNDAY
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (4) AN ORDINARY SUNDAY
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(4) AN ORDINARY SUNDAY Many Sundays are simply ordinary Sundays – no special name, no special focus. But one of the essential Christian insights is that nothing is ever really ordinary since everything is charged with the glory of God. Our intercessions may contribute to the open…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness