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The Uniqueness of Chris

The Uniqueness of Christ by David Pawson 2 DVDs Anchor Recordings, 1990 4 hours £9.99 This presentation is also available free to view or to download at DavidPawson.com There is also a slightly different version on YouTube 1 hour 28 minutes There are 6 teaching sessions in these two DVDs –  Part 1 Is He…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 19th September 2021

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year B                             19th September 2021 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 11 v18-20;  Psalm 54;  James 3 v13-4 v3, 7-8a; Mark 9 v30-37. Welcome Jesus said, “When you welcome even a child because of me, you welcome me. And when you welcome me, you welcome the one who sent me.” (Mark 9…

The Twelve Prophets with Hebrew text

The Twelve Prophets with Hebrew text, English translation and commentary.Soncino Press, 1948  368 pages   Available secondhand from Amazon via Langdon etraders The series of Soncino commentaries in 14 volumes covering the whole of the Tenach has stood the test of time (with many reprints) in offering knowledgeable, helpful and wise comments on the text of…

Can we trust the Gospels ?

Can we trust the Gospels ? by Peter J Williams  Crossway, 2018  £5.99    153 pagesISBN 978 1 433 552 953    Available on Kindle The reliability of the Bible as we know it is often attacked as being untrustworthy, its text corrupted over the ages since it was originally set down in writing, so…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 12th September 2021

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time              Year B                         12th September 2021 Lectionary readings:   Isaiah 50 v4-9a;   Psalm 116 v1-9;   James 3 v1-12;   Mark 8 v27-38. Guard your tongue! “My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 5th September 2021

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time                 Year B                         5th September 2021 Lectionary Readings:   Isaiah 35 v4-7a;    Psalm 146;    James 2 v1-17;    Mark 7 v24-37. Compassion and Faith. In the passage from Mark’s gospel we read that Jesus had travelled from Galilee towards the Mediterranean Sea and was staying near the town of Tyre in Phoenicia,…

The Lady with a Lamp

The Lady with a Lamp   dvd   Studiocanal, 1951 99 minutes  £10 Is there anyone who, on hearing the words ‘the lady with a lamp’, would fail to think of Florence Nightingale ? The phrase explicitly referring to Florence Nightingale was immortalised by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem Santa Filomena…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 29th August 2021

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time                          Year B                         29th August 2021 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 4 v1-2, 6-9;        Psalm 15;        James 1 v17-27;       Mark 7 v1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Listen and Obey! “God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey and don’t just hear and forget.” (James 1 v25b). The theme of…

Judging : when ? why ? how ?

Judging : when ? why ? how ?  by Derek Prince    DPM, 2002   128 pages   £6.99  You don’t really need to use a concordance to see how frequently the words ‘judge’ or ‘judging’ or ‘judgement’ occur in holy writ (nearly 3 pages of small print in Cruden’s Complete Concordance). By this measure alone it is…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 22nd August 2021

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary time                   Year B                                     22nd August 2021 Lectionary readings: Joshua 24 v1-2a, 14-18;      Psalm 34 v15-22;      Ephesians 6 v10-20;      John 6 v56-69. Eternal Life and Salvation In the reading from John’s gospel, Simon Peter says “Lord, there is no one else that we can go to! Your words give eternal life.…