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Great Christian Thinkers - 19 St. Ambrose of Milan
Great Christian Thinkers - 19 St. Ambrose of Milan
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Ambrose of Milan Holy Bishop Ambrose, about whom I now speak to you, died in Milan in the night between 3 and 4 April 397. It was dawn on Holy Saturday. The day before, at about five o’clock in the afternoon, he had settled down to pray, lying on his bed with his arms wide op…
Great Christian Thinkers - 17 St. Hilary of Poitiers
Great Christian Thinkers - 17 St. Hilary of Poitiers
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Hilary of Poitiers I reflect now on a great Father of the Church of the West, St. Hilary of Poitiers, one of the important episcopal figures of the fourth century. In the controversy with the Arians, who considered Jesus the Son of God to be an excellent human creature but on…
Great Christian Thinkers - 47 St. Anselm
Great Christian Thinkers - 47 St. Anselm
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Anselm The Benedictine abbey of Sant’Anselmo (St. Anselm) is located on the Aventine Hill in Rome. As the headquarters of an academic institute of higher studies and of the abbot primate of the Confederated Benedictines, it is a place that unites within it prayer, study, and …
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 17 Theology of Sexual Practice Joining the Body
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 17 Theology of Sexual Practice Joining the Body
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Theology of Sexual Practice Joining the Body This homily presents the second half of Paul’s theological foundation for sexual ethics (6:13-20). He offers his views in a marvellously structured apostolic homily with ten cameos. The text is displayed in figure 2.4(1)… Taken from Pa…
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 2 Introduction: Why ‘entrepreneur’?
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 2 Introduction: Why ‘entrepreneur’?
by SPCK - Michael Volland
2 Introduction: Why ‘entrepreneur’? I was talking about entrepreneurship at a conference and somebody asked me why I seemed to be hung up on using the word ‘entrepreneur’ rather than a term with less apparent baggage: something like ‘innovator’, ‘creative person’ or ‘pioneer’…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 34 Resurrection and Ethics
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 34 Resurrection and Ethics
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Resurrection and Ethics In each of the four previous essays Paul placed his theological teachings in the centre of the essay and positioned the ethical problem under discussion on the outside, around that centre. For example, in the first essay the ethical problem was the Corinth…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8d Responses to questions
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8d Responses to questions
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Responses to questions Q: You touched briefly on over-population in the world. China has imposed a one child policy for years, without which they would be in serious trouble now. Is this something that should be considered elsewhere?…
Sliced Loaf
Sliced Loaf
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
An image of a cut loaf of bread on a dark background. Can be used for Harvest or added into a Harvest PowerPoint. When inserting images into PowerPoint reduce the size of the image to 800 x 600 pixels first. This will be adequate enough for your slides but doing so will reduce th…
Yellow Peppers Reflection
Yellow Peppers Reflection
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
An image of two Yellow Peppers on a black background with reflection. Can be used for Harvest or added to a Harvest PowerPoint. TIP - When inserting images into PowerPoint reduce the size of the image to 800 x 600 pixels first. This will be adequate enough for your slides but doi…
Red Peppers Reflection
Red Peppers Reflection
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
An image of two Red Peppers on black background with reflection. Can be used for Harvest or added to a Harvest PowerPoint. TIP - When inserting images into PowerPoint reduce the size of the image to 800 x 600 pixels first. This will be adequate enough for your slides but doing so…
Orange Cut
Orange Cut
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
An image of Oranges on a dark background with one cut open. Can be used for Harvest or added into a Harvest PowerPoint. TIP - When inserting images into PowerPoint reduce the size of the image to 800 x 600 pixels first. This will be adequate enough for your slides but doing so wi…
Yellow Peppers