Mark in Slow Motion 19
In Mark, Jesus flees a plot against him and crowds gather to him as many people expected the Ingathering to happen.
Mark in Slow Motion 19 Read More »
In Mark, Jesus flees a plot against him and crowds gather to him as many people expected the Ingathering to happen.
Mark in Slow Motion 19 Read More »
Then Jesus said to them, ‘Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?’ But they were silent. He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
Mark in Slow Motion 18 Read More »
One sabbath he was going through the cornfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?’
Mark in Slow Motion 17 Read More »
While the NRSV has been the standard translation used in reputable English-language scholarship, it has never been generally popular. I abhor the multiplicity of English-language bible translations – treating God’s Word as a capitalist, survival-of-the-fittest, competitive commodity
NRSV Updated Edition Read More »
‘No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.’
Mark in Slow Motion 16 Read More »
God of inspiration,
you caused all holy scriptures to be written for our instruction,
grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of your holy Word,
we may embrace and ever hold fast to the blessed hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Resources for Week Starting 14 November Read More »
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’
Mark in Slow Motion 15 Read More »
Grant to us, O God, we pray,
the spirit to always think and do what is right,
that we, who cannot exist without you,
may be able to live according to your will;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Resources Week Starting 8 August Read More »