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Acts for Everyone part 1 - An Explanation is called for
Acts for Everyone part 1 - An Explanation is called for
by SPCK - N T Wright
An Explanation is Called for Acts 3.11-16 ‘How did you do that?’ I stood beside the car as it spluttered into life. I had fiddled and jiggled with everything I could, and hadn’t been able to make it start. (This, I should say, was a long time ago, in the days when you could poke …
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 24 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 24 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 24 Isaiah 45.1–7 1 Thessalonians 1.1–10 Matthew 22.15–22 The question as weapon is one of the oldest techniques in controversy. You will hear it used to perfection most mornings on the radio. The art is to find the question to …
The Living God - God and suffering: understanding and coping
The Living God - God and suffering: understanding and coping
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
An almighty God: power, compassion and suffering 3 God and suffering: understanding and coping Two great questions arise whenever someone is confronted with suffering, whether in their own lives or the lives of those who matter to them. How can I make sense of this? And how can I…
Imagining the Lectionary: making God Real (Epiphany 3A)
Imagining the Lectionary: making God Real (Epiphany 3A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Making God Real (Epiphany 3A) Reflection accompanying image Making God Real – a new kind of fisherman "Immediately they left their nets and followed him...Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him..." (Matt.4:20,22) Jesus made …
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 16 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 16 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 16 Isaiah 51.1–6 Romans 12.1–8 Matthew 16.13–20 There seems to be a bit of a break in the argument at this point in Romans. Chapters 9––11 are Paul’s attempt to give some kind of coherent shape to God’s activity in choosing fir…
When I consider the heavens v2
When I consider the heavens v2
by Mark Boulton
Text from Psalm 8 v3-4 'When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers what is man'. Other images in this series: When I consider the heavens - Psalm 8:3-4 The heavens declare the glory of God - Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God v2 - Psalm 19 In the beginnin…
Simply Good News - The Power of Love