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embodying mark - 8 Into the Silence
embodying mark - 8 Into the Silence
by SPCK - meda a a stamper
8 Into the Silence They have been in the story all along, but silent and invisible, unnamed like the woman with her alabaster jar, until now. Even once some of them are named, at the death and the burial (15.40 – 41, 47), still they are motionless and voiceless…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 15 Three Roadblocks
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 15 Three Roadblocks
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Essay 2 Sex Three Roadblocks In the previous section of the essay (2.1) Paul cut the Gordian knot. He told the Corinthians to remove the offender from the fellowship of the church. Here he discusses head-on three aspects of this case of incest that must be dealt with. These are n…
Letters to London - A friendship to be grateful for: Bonhoeffer’s letters to Ernst Cromwell
Letters to London - A friendship to be grateful for: Bonhoeffer’s letters to Ernst Cromwell
by SPCK - Stephen J.Plant and Toni Burrowes-Cromwell
A friendship to be grateful for: Bonhoeffer’s letters to Ernst Cromwell That I got to know your father and mother and all of you has become very important to me, especially in these times…
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - A Parting Gift
John THE PEOPLE’S BIBLE COMMENTARY - A Parting Gift
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
A Parting Gift Jesus explains to his disciples that, although he is going to leave them, he will still be with them through the Holy Spirit, revealing himself to them (14:21). Each time he has talked of going away, one of the disciples has asked a question for further clarificati…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Don't Let Your Nap Go On Too Long
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Don't Let Your Nap Go On Too Long
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Don't Let Your Nap Go On Too Long When I was a student and we were working in the library in the afternoon, my friend Jim would wrap his scarf around his head, put up the hood of his coat over his head, lean forward onto his desk, and nap…
Occasions for Alleluia - Knowing God
Occasions for Alleluia - Knowing God
by SPCK - David Adam
Knowing God The true vision and true knowledge of what we seek consists precisely in not seeing, in an awareness that our God transcends all knowledge and is everywhere cut off from us by the darkness of incomprehensibility. (Gregory of Nyssa, 330 – 95)...
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - Love One Another