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Looking Forward to the Future With the temple building having begun, chapter 2 turns to a series of promises for the community’s future, each punctuated by a date formula. In the first oracle (2:1–9), God tells leaders and people to take courage, because the newly founded temple …

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - Success Dependent on Building the Temple

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

Success Dependent on Building the Temple The all-male tone of Haggai is set by the book’s opening verse, which names six men: the Persian king, two Judean leaders, their fathers, and the prophet…

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Full Service - Proper 14 (19) - Year C

by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson

Proper 14 (19) - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Sing for God’s glory that colours the dawn of creation or Sing praise to God who reigns above or The dawn of a mystery, the presence of riches Prayer: Ever-present God Reading: Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 Poem: Forgetting God Hymn: Speak to…

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - “Why Do You Look On the Treacherous?”

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

“Why Do You Look On the Treacherous?” The prophet bemoans the failure of his expectations, namely, that the sins of the nation’s leaders would be met by appropriate judgment and that God would judge the iniquities of Judah’s enemies as well…

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - Destruction and Violence Are before Me

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

Destruction and Violence Are before Me The prophet’s initial complaint speaks of the corrosive impact of violence and injustice that he witnesses within the Judean community…

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - Greeting

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

Greeting The co-authors self-identify as Paul, Sylvanus (Silas), and Timothy. Co-authorship is typical of Pauline letters (1 Thess. 1:1; Phil. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1; Phlm. 1; cf. Col. 1:1), implying a collaborative ethos often overlooked by biblical scholarship with its emp…

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glimpses of glory - The Fourth Sunday Before Advent - Year A

by SPCK - David Adam

The Fourth Sunday before Advent Lord, open our eyes to your glory, that we may know your presence and power, and in knowing you, we may love and serve you and live in righteousness and peace…

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - The Apocalyptic Visions

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

The Apocalyptic Visions These chapters, which were written in the very different historical circumstances of the persecution of Jews by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 167–164 BCE, present a correspondingly different critique of power…

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glimpses of glory - All Saints’ Day - Year C

by SPCK - David Adam

All Saints’ Day Holy God, you call us to be holy; we give you thanks and praise for the sanctity of the saints, the virtue of virgins, the perception of the prophets, and the witness of martyrs…

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - David: The Begetter

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

David: The Begetter The second major portion of Chronicles is the story of David in 1 Chronicles 10–29…

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glimpses of glory - Dedication Festival - Year C

by SPCK - David Adam

Dedication Festival Eternal God, we give you thanks for this church: here we come to affirm your presence and declare your love; here we come for healing and renewal; here we adore you and dedicate ourselves to you…

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glimpses of glory - Bible Sunday - Year C

by SPCK - David Adam

Bible Sunday God of the living word, open our ears to your message, open our eyes to see your wonders, open our hearts to experience your love…

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glimpses of glory - Proper 25 - Year C

by SPCK - David Adam

Proper 25 Holy Father, you hear the prayers of the lowly, and forgive the sins of the penitent: grant us a glimpse of your glory…

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glimpses of glory - Proper 24 - Year C

by SPCK - David Adam

Proper 24 Loving God, you are always ready to love us and accept us, always more ready to hear than we to pray; teach us to abide in you and know you abide in us, to place ourselves in your presence…

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - Rachel, Mother of Israel

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

Rachel, Mother of Israel In another poem announcing the return, the comforting of Rachel, mother of Israel, symbolizes that new society (31:15–22)…

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glimpses of glory - Proper 23 - Year C

by SPCK - David Adam

Proper 23 Almighty God, whose power is revealed in our weakness, and whose grace meets our every need; we give you thanks for your healing and your love and pray you will guide us…

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The Womens' Bible Commentary - The Weeping Woman

by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley

The Weeping Woman The book’s opening verse captures the reader’s sympathies by comparing the devastated Jerusalem to a widow…

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glimpses of glory - Proper 22 - Year C

by SPCK - David Adam

Proper 22 O merciful God, by your grace you have called us, not as we deserve but in your goodness and generosity; guard and protect us in our calling…

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