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God's full and perfect justice (Revised)
God's full and perfect justice (Revised)
by Andrew T Murphy
[A slightly revised version, to replace the earlier version] "Justice has been done"? How does God deal with sin? What is justice? Surely it is more than simply punishment or revenge. This is a big hymn which asks for a big theory of atonement, exploring the wealth of rich…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3.12-19 1John 3.1-7 Luke 24.36b-48 A puzzled seeker writes: I’ve been interested in this Jesus movement for years, but I’m no closer to understanding it now that I’m an old man than I was all those years ago in Jerusalem. It started when my uncle t…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of Jesus
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of Jesus
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Passion of Jesus Jesus’ conflict with the Jerusalem authorities escalates. Our labels for these authorities are problematic at best: “Jewish” is anachronistic; “religious” as opposed to “political” is modern and Western. In first-century Jerusalem, the temple authorities, who…
Simply Good News - The Back Story
Simply Good News - The Back Story
by SPCK - N T Wright
2 part c The Back Story In particular, Paul was saying that they didn’t need the old gods any more. At this point he was presenting to the world an essentially Jewish message. The Jewish people cherished their ancient scriptures, in which, across many centuries, prophets, scribes…
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation –Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1st Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 If we have ever felt that Jesus’ words to the Pharisees were harsh, we can see them justified in the account of the death of Stephen. Stephen – called to account for his belie…
Hymn: The spirit of the Son of Man
Hymn: The spirit of the Son of Man
by Michael Docker
The spirit of the Son of Man Is caught where we're found praying As Jesus prayed; that what we are Be one with what we're saying. The spirit of the Galilean Is caught when we're found singing As Jesus sang; a suffering song Shall frame the lives we're bringing. The spirit of the …
Now who would have thought that a small crying baby
Now who would have thought that a small crying baby
by Marjorie Dobson
Now who would have thought that a small crying baby, wrapped in a cloth in a cold cattle stall, could ever encapsulate God’s grace and mercy; lay down his life for the sake of us all? Then who would have guessed that a young man from Naz’reth, fresh from his work at the carpenter…
So many years the people walked
So many years the people walked
by Marjorie Dobson
So many years the people walked in darkness fed by fear. They could not see the way ahead, their goal was rarely clear. Though God had led them down the years to find their promised land, their willful ways had cancelled hope of all that God had planned. Verses 3-4 follow © Marjo…
No turning back, God's path can lead us forward
No turning back, God's path can lead us forward
by Andrew Pratt
No turning back, God's path can lead us forward, this is the time of challenge, time for choice, to set our sights on all that lies before us, to wallow in the past or to rejoice. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: INTERCESSOR Metre:11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 11/6/2013 S…
Her first born son, his manger bed
Her first born son, his manger bed
by Andrew Pratt
Her first born son, his manger bed, the straw was where he'd lay his head, his mother resting from the birth, and Joseph wondered at his worth. He held him in his roughened hands, he thought about the world's demands that brought them all to Bethlehem. What prejudice would wait…
Hymn: Grace and peace to all God's people
Hymn: Grace and peace to all God's people
by Andrew Pratt
Grace and peace to all God's people from the Word before all worlds, all transcendent cosmic lover, in our presence grace unfolds. Born into the world among us, Christ the Word, incarnate Love knowing human strength and weakness, raise our eyes to things above. Verses 3-4 follows…
Hymn: Lost in human expectation
Hymn: Lost in human expectation
by Andrew Pratt
Lost in human expectation, cannot grasp the reason why, love in human incarnation, has to suffer, had to die. Yet it seems our understanding, narrowed by our self-concern, makes us even more demanding, yet less able to discern. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: ALL FOR JESUS, STUTTGART Met…
A baby had been promised
A baby had been promised
by Andrew Pratt
A baby had been promised, a child had come to birth whose counsel should be honoured by everyone on earth. His presence was first signalled in unexpected ways by shepherds and by Magi who came to offer praise. Verses 2-3 follow © Andrew Pratt 19/1/2014 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) …
The Pastoral Letters - The Mystery of Godliness
The Pastoral Letters - The Mystery of Godliness
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Mystery of Godliness 1Timothy 3.14-16 The senior officer investigating the case consulted his colleagues once more, and then went out to speak to the waiting press. ‘I’m sorry to say’, he said, ‘that the incident remains a complete mystery. There is no explanation for what ha…
The Pastoral Letters - God's Revealed Plan