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Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 9th July 2023

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time                    Year A                                                 9th July 2023 Lectionary Readings: Zechariah 9 v 9-12;   Psalm 145 v8-14;   Romans 7 v 15-25a;   Matthew 11 v 16-19, 25-30.     The Rescuer. “I will come to your rescue and offer you hope”. (Zechariah 9 v 11-12a). The prophet was addressing the people of Jerusalem after their…

The Story of the English Bible

The Story of the English Bible Ambassador Productions, 2005 dvd 52 minutes out of printISBN 978 1 840 301 663 This film gives a straightforward account of how the English Bible came about with the contributions of Wycliffe. Hus, Erasmus, Gutenberg and Tyndale. Using helpful historical explanations by historians, the story is narrated chronologically from…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 2nd July 2023

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time                   Year A                                                  2nd July 2023                                                                                     Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 28 v5-9;      Psalm 89 v1-4, 15-18;       Romans 6 v12-23;      Matthew10 v40-42                    ‘Slave owner’ maybe, but not a ‘taskmaster’. “Now you are set free from sin and are slaves who please God. I am using these everyday examples because in…

The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians

The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians : preparing for the coming King by John StottRev. ed., IVP, 2021 with Study Guide  185 pages  £5.99   (also available as an ebook)(The Bible Speaks Today)  ISBN 978 1 789 742 442 First published in 1991 and reprinted 12 times says a great deal about the success…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 25th June 2023

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time                    Year A                                                 25th June 2023 Lectionary Readings: Jeremiah 20 v7-13;     Psalm 69 v7-10, 16-18;     Romans 6 v1b-11;     Matthew 10 v24-39                   When the going gets tough…….. In the Old Testament passage, Jeremiah is being honest with God about how he is feeling. Jeremiah is blaming God for his social isolation,…

A doubter’s guide to the Bible

A doubter’s guide to the Bible : inside history’s bestseller for believers and skepticsby John Dickson    Zondervan, 2014   217 pages  £7.99  Also available as an ebookISBN 978 0310 518 433 There can be little doubt that the Bible, in whichever language, is the world’s bestselling book of all time. Since it was the…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 18th June 2023

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time.                   Year A                                    18th June 2023                      Lectionary Readings:    Exodus 19 v2-8a;     Romans 5 v1-8;     Matthew 9 v35 – 10 v8.                      Are you part of the solution? That is the underlying question I think is being posed by Jesus to his disciples in the gospel reading. Jesus looks upon the crowds…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 11th June 2023

Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                             Year A                                    11th June 2023 Lectionary Readings: Hosea 5 v15 – 6 v6;       Psalm 50 v7-15;        Romans 4 v13-25;        Matthew 9 v9-13, 18-26. Living examples of faith in God. The readings this week explore the issue of faith, and what genuine faith looks like in real life. The prophet…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 4th June 2023

Trinity Sunday                                  Year A                                                            4th June 2023 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 40 v12-17; 27-31;       Psalm 8;       2 Corinthians 13 v1-13;       Matthew 28 v16-20                   Motivation. What is it that motivates and binds together God the Father, his son Jesus and the Holy Spirit? The apostle Paul is in no doubt – and weaves his understanding into the…

The discipline of spiritual discernment

The discipline of spiritual discernment by Tim Challies  Crossway Books, 2007  206 pages  £13ISBN 978 1 581 349 092 In 1 Corinthians 12 verses 1-11, Paul talks of ‘spiritual gifts’. He lists them as ‘wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, distinguishing between spirits and tongues or languages and their interpretations’ – eight gifts in all.…