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LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Christmas - Year C
LWPT Meditations - First Sunday of Christmas - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation - 1st Sun of Christmas Year C 1st Samuel 2 v 18-20, 26 Psalm 26 Colossians 3 v 12-17 Luke 2 v 41-52 When we celebrate the birth of our Messiah at Christmas, we speak of him as the saviour (Luke 2 v 11), the one who takes away our sins and makes us whole. Salvation is…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 10 Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 10 Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 10 2 Samuel 6.1-5, 12b-19 Ephesians 1.3-14 Mark 6.14-29 Two kings, a thousand years apart, and both in trouble at home. David brings God’s ark into Jerusalem, and is so carried away with dancing and leaping before the Lord that his wife despises him, remembering no doubt t…
Letters to London - 6 Bonhoeffer’s return to Germany and his letters to London
Letters to London - 6 Bonhoeffer’s return to Germany and his letters to London
by SPCK - Stephen J.Plant and Toni Burrowes-Cromwell
Bonhoeffer’s return to Germany and his letters to London Bonhoeffer returned to Germany on 15 April 1935, immediately following his Scottish tour. On 26 April he opened the seminary in Zingst, on the Baltic Sea coast (it would move to Finkenwalde in June)…
the historical character of Jesus - 2c The life of Jesus in Acts
the historical character of Jesus - 2c The life of Jesus in Acts
by SPCK - David Allen
The life of Jesus in Acts Acts also knows of a number of details from Jesus’ life. While these are obviously far less than the Gospels include, they are not insignificant, and can (occasionally) enhance the portrait given by the evangelists, and particularly by Luke’s own Gospel …
the historical character of Jesus - 3b Paul’s ‘knowledge’ of Jesus of Nazareth
the historical character of Jesus - 3b Paul’s ‘knowledge’ of Jesus of Nazareth
by SPCK - David Allen
Paul’s ‘knowledge’ of Jesus of Nazareth The extent of Paul’s knowledge/interest (or otherwise) in Jesus tradition is a longstanding question within the scholarship.19 We can find ourselves swimming in a tide between maximalists and minimalists, between those who see barely any ci…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Canaanite Mother
The Women's Bible Commentary - Canaanite Mother
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Canaanite Mother During his ministry, Jesus limits his mission and message to the house of Israel (see 10:5b–6). Nevertheless, he does perform healings for two Gentiles: the Canaanite woman of 15:21–28 and the centurion of 8:5–13…
Great Christian Thinkers - 25 St. Augustine of Hippo
Great Christian Thinkers - 25 St. Augustine of Hippo
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Augustine of Hippo His Life We speak now of the greatest Father of the Latin Church, St. Augustine. This man of passion and faith, of the highest intelligence and tireless in his pastoral care, a great saint and Doctor of the Church, is often known, at least by hearsay, even …
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 5b Jerusalem, Passion, and Resurrection