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How God Became King - 9d Kingdom, Cross and God part 2
How God Became King - 9d Kingdom, Cross and God part 2
by SPCK - N T Wright
Kingdom, Cross and God part 2 This is how it works. First, the vision. Daniel has a dream of four monsters trampling the earth in great wickedness and violence. Then a court scene develops in heaven: ‘Thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne’ (7.9)…
THE LATER NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS AND SCRIPTURE - 3 Jude, 2 Peter and James and Scripture
THE LATER NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS AND SCRIPTURE - 3 Jude, 2 Peter and James and Scripture
by SPCK-Steve Moyise
Jude, 2 Peter and James and Scripture As we saw in the last chapter, some scholars find it difficult to believe that a fisherman like Peter could have written the polished Greek of 1 Peter. However, the difficulties are nothing compared with identifying the author of 2 Peter… Tak…
The Womens' Bible Commentary - “Why Do You Look On the Treacherous?”
The Womens' Bible Commentary - “Why Do You Look On the Treacherous?”
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
“Why Do You Look On the Treacherous?” The prophet bemoans the failure of his expectations, namely, that the sins of the nation’s leaders would be met by appropriate judgment and that God would judge the iniquities of Judah’s enemies as well…
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 2d Shared Narrative Features
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 2d Shared Narrative Features
by SPCK - Edward Adams
Shared Narrative Features Using the categories of narrative analysis, we can see how the same story recounted in all four Gospels is developed and presented in different ways. In the next four chapters, we will look at the individual narrative renditions of the shared story. It i…
THE AWESOME JOURNEY - 1 Where are you?
THE AWESOME JOURNEY - 1 Where are you?
by SPCK - David Adam
1 Where are you? THE AWESOME JOURNEY Life’s Pilgrimage Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of gl…
journeying with John - Preface: What is this book about?
journeying with John - Preface: What is this book about?
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
Preface: What is this book about? The Revised Common Lectionary has established itself both in Anglican parishes and in other denominations as the framework within which the Bible is read on Sundays in public worship…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - It Takes a Miracle- Yahweh and Eli
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - It Takes a Miracle- Yahweh and Eli
by SPCK - John Goldingay
It Takes a Miracle 1 Samuel 1:12-19a Because she kept on pleading before Yahweh, and Eli was watching her mouth and Hannah was speaking in her heart (only her lips were quivering, and her voice was not audible), Eli thought she was drunk. Eli said to her, “How long will you behav…
THE LATER NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS AND SCRIPTURE - 5 Revelation and Scripture
THE LATER NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS AND SCRIPTURE - 5 Revelation and Scripture
by SPCK-Steve Moyise
The book of Revelation is like no other book in the New Testament. It begins like a letter and ends like a letter but instead of the usual body of a letter, it consists almost entirely of visions and oracles.
Mere Apologetics - 2b Apologetics and Postmodernity
Mere Apologetics - 2b Apologetics and Postmodernity
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Apologetics and Postmodernity So what are the core themes of this “postmodernism” of which we are speaking? It has become something of a sacred tradition to begin any reflections on how the church should live and witness in postmodernity with a detailed account of scholarly refle…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - Contributors
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - Contributors
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Contributors Jonathan Draper is Canon Theologian of York Minster. Previously he was Vicar of Putney in south-west London, taught systematic theology at Ripon College Cuddesdon and was a member of the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University. He is the author of To Love and Serve …
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - Preface
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - Preface
by SPCK - N T Wright
PREFACE For some years I tried to write two books side by side: one about Paul and his theology, the other about Jesus within his historical context. It gradually dawned on me that the two belonged together more closely than I had realized. Both were concerned with the historical…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - A Living Sacrifice