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Mark The People's Commentary - Storm at Sea
Mark The People's Commentary - Storm at Sea
by BRF - Dick France
Storm at Sea In 1986 the complete hull of a cedar-wood fishing boat from about the first century ad was discovered buried in the mud by the shore of the Lake of Galilee. It is probably typical of the boats in use in Jesus’ time. It is just over 8 metres long by 2.35 metres wide a…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Community in Formation
The Women's Bible Commentary - Community in Formation
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Community in Formation And Jesus sets off again. Mark 4:35–8:26 presents more healing stories, all around the Sea of Galilee, but also stories of miraculous feedings and miraculous deeds on the sea. There are clear echoes between stories and clear echoes of Scripture. Although ne…
The Women's Bible Commentary - David and Jonathan
The Women's Bible Commentary - David and Jonathan
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
David and Jonathan Jonathan, Saul’s son and king-in-waiting (or so it would seem), is a pivotal character in David’s replacement of Jonathan’s father as king. Immediately after the Goliath incident, we are told that Jonathan felt he was a soul mate of David’s and loved him as muc…
The Women's Bible Commentary - David and Goliath
The Women's Bible Commentary - David and Goliath
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
David and Goliath Up to this point, besides the fact that YHWH has told Samuel to anoint him, David has shown no special qualities that would qualify him to rule Israel as king: it is the battle with Goliath that establishes David as a potential leader for Israel…
Simply Good News - Good Advice, Wrong News
Simply Good News - Good Advice, Wrong News
by SPCK - N T Wright
1, part b Good Advice, Wrong News In many churches, the good news has subtly changed into good advice: here’s how to live, they say. Here’s how to pray. Here are techniques for helping you become a better Christian, a better person, a better wife or husband. And in particular, he…
Simply Good News - What's the News
Simply Good News - What's the News
by SPCK - N T Wright
1 What’s the Good News? You are sitting quietly in a café with a couple of friends when suddenly the door bursts open and in rushes a stranger with a wild, excited look on his face. ‘Good news!’ he shouts. ‘You’ll never guess! The greatest news you can imagine!’…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity Sunday - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity Sunday - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Trinity Sunday - Year B Hymn: God who set creation spinning Prayer: Great and wonderful God Hymn: The whirring of wings amid smoke in the temple Readings: Psalm 29 Isaiah 6:1-8 Reflection/poem: Psalm 29 Hymn: Deepest thunder rattles mountains Readings: Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 …
Mark The People's Commentary - The Dynamics of Growth
Mark The People's Commentary - The Dynamics of Growth
by BRF - Dick France
The Dynamics of Growth This time we are offered no explanation, beyond the opening phrase, ‘The kingdom of God is as if…’ Or, to paraphrase it, ‘This is how God works out his purpose in the world’. For ‘the kingdom of God’, remember, means God being king, God in his sovereign pow…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Jesus' Parables of God's Realm
The Women's Bible Commentary - Jesus' Parables of God's Realm
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Jesus’ Parables of God’s Realm Chapter 4 presents a more extended example of Jesus’ teaching—teaching in parables, colourful little stories that suggest a comparison to think about, to puzzle over. The dominant comparison is of the realm of God and the life of seeds. Although the…
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 4 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 4 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 4 God of light and power and glory, we rejoice in your light, We live by your power, we look for your glory. Open our eyes to behold your presence, That we may give ourselves to you; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One god …
The Women's Bible Commentary - Jesus and the New Community
The Women's Bible Commentary - Jesus and the New Community
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Jesus and the New Community A new section of Mark’s narrative opens with a summary statement of Jesus’ healing and teaching beside the Sea of Galilee, where persons come to him from all the places he will later go. This compact summary closes with the unclean spirits recognizing …
The Women's Bible Commentary - David and Saul
The Women's Bible Commentary - David and Saul
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
David and Saul Much of 1 Samuel is dedicated to the fact that Israel’s first king did not establish the dynasty that offers stability to united Israel and later the southern kingdom of Judah; rather, David did. Because of the switch from Saul’s family to David’s, it is possible t…
Lectio Divina - Challenges during lectio divina