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MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - WHAT about ELIJAH?
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - WHAT about ELIJAH?
by BRF - Dick France
WHAT about ELIJAH? MARK 9: 9-13 There is something bizarre and yet reassuring in the picture of Jesus walking down the mountain in earnest conversation with Peter, James and John, so soon after they have seen him bathed in dazzling light and talking with men long dead…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Poll Tax
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Poll Tax
by BRF - Dick France
The POLL TAX MARK 12: 13-17 A loaded question When the Romans deposed Archelaus, the son of Herod, from his kingship in Judea and imposed direct rule from Rome, one of the most resented by-products was the imposition of a poll tax on all adult Jewish males, to be paid to the Roma…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The DEATH MARCH
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The DEATH MARCH
by BRF - Dick France
The DEATH MARCH MARK 10: 32-34 ‘Were you there…?’ Verse 32 is one of the most vivid pieces of descriptive writing in Mark’s Gospel, and seems to preserve the impression of someone who was there at the time, who was himself part of the tableau this verse presents…
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The CHALLENGE from OFFICIALDOM
MARK THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The CHALLENGE from OFFICIALDOM
by BRF - Dick France
The CHALLENGE from OFFICIALDOM MARK 11: 27-33 Jesus is back in the Court of the Gentiles, the ideal place for gathering a crowd for teaching, but a place on which he has already stamped his authority in a different way when he drove out the traders…
Jeremiah for everyone - Spiritual Warfare and Shocking Sovereignty
Jeremiah for everyone - Spiritual Warfare and Shocking Sovereignty
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Spiritual Warfare and Shocking Sovereignty There’s one more aspect of the comments about warfare in Ephesians 6 that links with these chapters in Jeremiah. One big reason that Paul wants the church to take its fight seriously is that it’s not fighting mere flesh and blood…
Deep Church Rising - Introduction
Deep Church Rising - Introduction
by SPCK - Andrew Walker and Robin Parry
Introduction Recovering the Roots of Christian Orthodoxy Christianity is now on sale in multiform shapes and sizes. Competing in the open market with other religions, there is a bewildering yet broad choice of “real” and “best” Christianities for anyone who wants to buy…
the second intercessions handbook - PRAYING FOR THOSE YOU FORGET
the second intercessions handbook - PRAYING FOR THOSE YOU FORGET
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(75) PRAYING FOR THOSE YOU FORGET One of the things that can make Christians feel most guilty is not praying for people for whom we have promised to pray. I’ve felt worst of all when someone has come up and thanked me for my prayers (which have apparently been wonderfully effecti…
Deep Church Rising - Introduction Part 2: Deep Church
Deep Church Rising - Introduction Part 2: Deep Church
by SPCK - Andrew Walker and Robin Parry
Introduction Part 2: Deep Church Deep Church Rising Recovering the Roots of Christian Orthodoxy On 8 February 1952, C. S. Lewis wrote a letter to the Church Times defending the supernatural basis of the gospel, which he strongly felt was being undermined by modernism…
Deep Church Rising - 2: Modernity and Postmodernity