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PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Worldview, Theology and History
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Worldview, Theology and History
by SPCK - N T Wright
Part 1: PAUL AND HIS WORLD Chapter One RETURN OF THE RUNAWAY? 2 Philemon and the Study of Paul (iii) From Worldview to Theology and History We have, then, a set of questions about Paul (history, theology, exegesis and ‘application’, each with considerable subdivisions), and a set…
Psalms for Everyone - You Are Not Alone
Psalms for Everyone - You Are Not Alone
by SPCK - John Goldingay
You Are Not Alone Psalm 3 When I watch a thriller such as one from The Bourne Identity trilogy, I wonder what it would be like to have everyone against me and not be able to trust anyone. Then I come out of the story at the end and realize that it’s just a story. But last night w…
Prayers for Advent 1 - Year A
Prayers for Advent 1 - Year A
by John Birch
Prayers of adoration, confession and thanksgiving for Advent: ADORATION The Advent story of hope and mystery, anticipation, preparation. A kingdom of this world and the next and a king appearing when we least expect. Heaven touching earth... CONFESSION Forgive your people who slu…
Prayers for Advent 3 - Year A
Prayers for Advent 3 - Year A
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent 3 ADORATION We are blessed if, knowing you as Lord we are obedient to your Word. We are blessed if in our journeying we respond to your call to follow... CONFESSION God of wholeness, healing and power, f orgive our relu…
Prayers for Advent 4 - Year A
Prayers for Advent 4 - Year A
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent ADORATION We are called, set apart, servants of our heavenly King. We are loved as we are, by grace, a love so amazing... CONFESSION Restore us, O Lord, we pray, bring us back to that place where we first met, as shephe…
Prayers for Advent 2 - Year A
Prayers for Advent 2 - Year A
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent 2 ADORATION Spirit of wisdom rest upon us, grant us understanding and an increase in our faith. Spirit of knowledge rest upon us, grant us discernment in decisions we must make... CONFESSION Advent God, we journey with …
Prayers for Christmas Day - Year A
Prayers for Christmas Day - Year A
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Christmas Day ADORATION From the very beginning was Your Word which spoke this world into being, Your Word which thunders from the skies, Your Word... CONFESSION You gave your all to the world in the bleakness of that stable. …
Prayers for Stir up Sunday
Prayers for Stir up Sunday
by Christine Dutton
Prayers for Stir up Sunday as we begin our advent preparations. Loving Jesus, Thank you for the coming of advent, for the time to prepare, for the time to receive others as the host or be the guest in the home of family or friends. As we stir our Christmas puddings, as we mix our…
Journeying with Matthew Lectionary Year A - Further reading and resources
Journeying with Matthew Lectionary Year A - Further reading and resources
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Further reading and resources There are many good commentaries on Matthew’s Gospel. The one you choose will be down to your own personal taste. The list below is not exhaustive but gives you a sense of some of the most important works...
Gathering Prayers and Blessing based on Psalm 98
Gathering Prayers and Blessing based on Psalm 98
by Christine Dutton
Hopefully these are gathering prayers which bring us together to worship and sing a new song, recognising that the week that has past may have brought us joy or pain, celebration or struggle. The blessing continues the theme of singing. Gathering Prayers based on Psalm 98 O Sing…
Psalms for Everyone - Bless Us, and Enable Other People to see for Themselves
Psalms for Everyone - Bless Us, and Enable Other People to see for Themselves
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Bless Us, and Enable Other Peoples to See for Themselves Psalm 67 “God bless America.” The fact that this weekend has been characterized by commemorations of September 11 has made that plea once more resound. Now, the Old Testament is inclined to make a distinction between blessi…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Don’t Trust in Leaders
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Don’t Trust in Leaders
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Don’t Trust in Leaders Psalm 146 I remember the winter’s day when I announced to the students at the theological college in England where I used to be the principal that I would be leaving the coming summer. To my surprise, it aroused a feeling of anxiety among a number of studen…
Psalms for Everyone - On Pleading with the King
Psalms for Everyone - On Pleading with the King
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Pleading with the King Psalm 5 Tomorrow, South Sudan becomes a separate country, independent of northern Sudan. No one knows what the future will bring for it, but if you belong to South Sudan, you hope that it means an end to the conflict between the south and the north and t…
Recovering from Depression - Where is God?
Recovering from Depression - Where is God?
by SPCK - Katharine Smith
Where is God? Saying ‘yes’ to God So far we’ve been thinking about recovery from clinical depression and the healing of the wounds that might lie behind the depression. With the right medical treatment and therapeutic support we are setting out on the road of recovery. But before…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Reality of Empire
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Reality of Empire
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Five THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: ROME AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMPIRE 2. The Reality of Empire (I) Introduction By the time Paul was born, the empire of Augustus Caesar stretched from one sea to another – the Black Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean to the English Channel…
Salt
Salt
by Paul Glass
A meditation on Matthew 5:13-20 Salt Salt – being salty. The problem is, dear friend, that when I think about myself – the words that I say, the things that I do – it is not the word ‘salty’ that comes into my mind. I worry, Lord, that my Christian life is just a little bit bland…
Turning Around