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Great Christian Thinkers - 56 St. Francis of Assisi
Great Christian Thinkers - 56 St. Francis of Assisi
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Francis of Assisi Here I present the figure of Francis, an authentic “giant” of holiness, who continues to fascinate a great many people of all age groups and every religion… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 1c Four Individual Gospels
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 1c Four Individual Gospels
by SPCK - Edward Adams
Four Individual Gospels To sum up so far: The Gospels exhibit a significant degree of commonality. Yet each Gospel has particularities that set it apart from the others. John’s Gospel is the most distinct, but each of the four distinguishes itself from the others in certain ways……
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 5d The Characterization of the Disciples
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 5d The Characterization of the Disciples
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Characterization of the Disciples By no means is Luke oblivious to the failings of the disciples (e.g., 8:22–25; 9:12–13), but his portrait of the disciples is more positive than Mark’s and even Matthew’s.28 This is evident from a comparison of parallel episodes. Luke does no…
Great Christian Thinkers - 18 St. Eusebius of Vercelli
Great Christian Thinkers - 18 St. Eusebius of Vercelli
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Eusebius of Vercelli I invite you to reflect on St. Eusebius of Vercelli, the first bishop of northern Italy of whom we have reliable information. Born in Sardinia at the beginning of the fourth century, he moved to Rome with his family at a tender age. Later, he was institut…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 1e What are the Gospels?
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 1e What are the Gospels?
by SPCK - Edward Adams
What are the Gospels? We have not yet addressed the question, What kind of texts are the Gospels? To what genre do they belong? A genre is a specific category or type of literature, such as romance, science fiction, or detective story. Knowing the genre of a piece of literature c…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 7 Selected Parallel Episodes
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 7 Selected Parallel Episodes
by SPCK - Edward Adams
Selected Parallel Episodes Having considered each Gospel separately, we now bring the “parallel lives” of Jesus into contact with each other as we look at selected common episodes. The exercise will allow us to explore the unity and plurality of the Gospels in a more focused way,…
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 4 The Minister as Entrepreneur
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 4 The Minister as Entrepreneur
by SPCK - Michael Volland
The warping power of Loadsamoney In The Enterprise Culture, Peter Sedgwick acknowledges that ‘There has been a suspicion of the market, wealth-creation and enterprise in the churches for a long time.’4 This suspicion can be shaped by a number of factors, including gender, persona…
journeying with John - Introduction Getting to know the Gospel of John
journeying with John - Introduction Getting to know the Gospel of John
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Introduction Getting to know the Gospel of John Of all the Gospels, John’s probably receives the most mixed response. For many Christians John contains some of the most iconic and well-loved stories in all the Gospels: stories like that of the woman at the well or Mary’s recognit…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 17 Wanted: New Categories
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 17 Wanted: New Categories
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Four HISTORY AND THE FIRST CENTURY THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD (iii) Wanted: New Categories What we find, in short, is that the epistemological tools of our age seem inadequate for the data before us. One of the present ironies, typical of movements within the…
Applecartlive's New School Shorts - 3. The Children - Applecartlive
Applecartlive's New School Shorts - 3. The Children - Applecartlive
by Applecartlive Ltd
Massive Sale - up to 50% off a teacher's dozen Resources Applecartlive's New School Shorts is a series of short films produced for children of primary school age. A Bible story is retold in each film using everyday language and creative locations. In The Children the storyteller …
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 14 Essay 2 Sex (cntd)
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 14 Essay 2 Sex (cntd)
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Essay 2 Sex The structure of this apostolic homily is similar to the homily that precedes it in 4:8-16. The one structural difference is that in the previous homily the stand-alone cameo is at the end. Here it is in the beginning. Otherwise the two homilies have the same structur…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 8 The Feeding of the Five Thousand