Lectionary 31/12/2023
- First Sunday after Christmas - Year B
Galatians 4:4-7
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Christmas Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Christmas Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The First Sunday of Christmas Isaiah 61.10—62.3 Galatians 4.4 –7 Luke 2.15–21 Galatians is one of the most moving of all Paul’s epistles. Paul is fighting for his calling in this epistle. The fight is partly for himself, because if he is wrong, and God has not called him to be an…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Christmas Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Christmas Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Christmas Isaiah 61.10—62.3 Galatians 4.4–7 Luke 2.15–21 God sent the Son...and God sent the Spirit of the Son. St Paul brings together Christmas and Pentecost – as unlikely a pair, to our culture-conditioned minds, as plum pudding and a May Bank Holiday. So…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Social Meaning of Sonship
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Social Meaning of Sonship
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Social Meaning of Sonship (Galatians 3: 23-26; 4: 4-7) In chapter 3, Paul has ingeniously used examples from Scripture and from life to illustrate his argument that observance of the law of Moses is no longer necessary for Gentile converts to Jesus. He maintains that his argu…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - God as "Father"
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - God as "Father"
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
God as “Father” (Galatians 4: 4-7) In addition to bringing about people’s transformation from the status of minor children under guardianship of the law to that of mature heirs able to enjoy their inheritance (see above on 3:23–26), the coming of Christ has other consequences as …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Christmas - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Christmas - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday after Christmas Year B Service Contents: Call to worship: for the ‘in between’ Sunday Hymn: Angels from the realms of glory or Christmas is real when the cost that we measure Prayer: In the reality of this moment Reading: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Hymn: See amid the winter’s…
The Act of Prayer Year B - First Sunday of Christmas Year B
The Act of Prayer Year B - First Sunday of Christmas Year B
by BRF - John Birch
First Sunday of Christmas Year B Opening prayer We join with creation and the angels above in praising our maker and redeemer for the wonders around us, the glory of his grace, and the Christ-child, born in a stable who is salvation for all people upon earth…
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