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Mark The People's Commentary - Food in the wilderness
Mark The People's Commentary - Food in the wilderness
by BRF - Dick France
An Abortive “Retreat” This is the only time in Mark’s Gospel that the Twelve are called ‘apostles’. The word means ‘those sent out’, and it describes well the experience they have just shared as Jesus’ emissaries. But having been ‘sent out’, they now return and report back to the…
John The People's Commentary - More Questions and Answers
John The People's Commentary - More Questions and Answers
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
More Questions and Answers We have seen how John likes to move from signs into a dialogue between Jesus and others which ends with a discourse. So here, we start with three questions from the crowd, each answered by Jesus, which pick up the signs and begin to explore the themes t…
Revelation for Everyone - Final Judgement
Revelation for Everyone - Final Judgement
by SPCK - N T Wright
Final Judgement Revelation 20.7-15 John was not the first to suppose that after God’s great act of rescue and restoration there might be a further challenge, a final fling of the powers of evil against the already-redeemed people of God. In one of his favourite books of scripture…
John The People's Commentary - Bread from Heaven
John The People's Commentary - Bread from Heaven
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Bread from Heaven Jesus and the crowd have been debating the meaning of the feeding and the last section concentrated on the issue of Jesus’ identity. Suddenly it is no longer a matter of whether he is ‘the prophet like Moses’ who can feed people in the mountains as Moses did. Hi…
Heaven - Bible Study
Heaven - Bible Study
by Tim Marshall
A Bible Study which relies heavily on discussion rather than leading. Using the song "Heaven" (by Bryan Adams) as a starting point and then looking at a variety of passages (which can be obtained from the web in a variety of different translations) There are questions to help sta…
In the beginning God created v3
In the beginning God created v3
by Mark Boulton
Text Genesis 1 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' Set against NASA background image cosmos. Other images in this series: In the beginning God created - Psalm 19 In the beginning God created v2- Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God - Psalm 19 The h…
God's nature
God's nature
by Olivia Rose Bell
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Sheep and the Goats
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Sheep and the Goats
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sheep and the Goats Matthew 25.31-46 One of the most remarkable things to happen in the whole twentieth century was the establishment of an International Court of Justice, located at The Hague in the Netherlands. Not everyone approves of such a thing, but whatever your opinio…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931 (2)
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 28 September 1931 (2)
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 28 SEPTEMBER 1931 When one has struck some wonderful blessing that all mankind has a right to know about, no custom or false modesty should prevent him from telling it, even though it may mean the unbarring of his soul to the public gaze...
Drama: A cloud of witnesses
Drama: A cloud of witnesses
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue: A cloud of witnesses Reading: Hebrews 11: 29 – 12:2 (Followed by the speaker chatting to the visible, or unseen, person who has just read the lesson and responding to unheard answers.) A cloud of witnesses? What’s all that about then? Surely you don’t still think…
Psalm 148 – a reflection Does the east wind howl in praise of God?
Psalm 148 – a reflection Does the east wind howl in praise of God?
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 148 – a reflection Does the east wind howl in praise of God? Does the lightning flash to bring light to the world? Does the snow swirl to purify the dark earth? Does the hail rain down in a dance of joy? Do the clouds rejoice that above them is light? Do the mountains and h…
Poem: New world