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网页My most recent publications are: 'The reimagining of theological time: Revelation's use of the Old Testament' in The Scriptures in the Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature. 'The genre of Revelation' (including two new proposals!) in The Apocalypse of John amongst its Critics. The New Testament's Vision of Mission Grove booklet, exploring key themes from the teaching and
The kingdom is both desperately serious and delightfully …
网页1 天前 · The Sunday lectionary gospel reading for Trinity 18 in this Year B is Mark 9.38–50. It is a rather unusual reading; it completes the collection of sayings that we began last week, and there is some continuity across the two passages; and it does belong (as we noted last week) to a section of teachings of Jesus in between narrative sections. But within the passage itself, there is a distinct ...
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网页My name is Ian Paul. Originally from London, I studied pure maths at St John's College, Oxford and applied maths (Operational Research) at the University of Southampton before working in industrial business with Mars Confectionery in Slough in planning, manufacturing and personnel. I trained for ordination in the Church of England at St John's College,
Biblical Studies - Psephizo
网页2024年9月12日 · The Turning Point of the Gospel at Mark 8. September 9, 2024 by Ian Paul. The reading for Trinity 16 in this Year B (Trinity 15 in other years) is Mark 8.27–38, the encounter with forms the pivot in the second gospel: until now, there has been power, success, dynamism and crowds, but from now on, Jesus walks the lonely path to …
Jesus’ radical inversion of our community values in Mark 9
网页6 天之前 · The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 17 in this Year B is Mark 9.30–37 (the reading for Trinity 16 three years ago because of where the weekends fall). In our reading of Mark, we have leap-frogged from the confession at Ceasarea Philippi, over the Transfiguration (which is considered at other times in the lectionary) and the following deliverance episode, to a short cluster of ...
Archives - Psephizo
网页August 6, 2024. Jesus feeds everyone who comes to him in John 6 August 5, 2024. What is the problem with a Third Province in the Church of England? August 1, 2024. Should Christians take offence? July 31, 2024. Jesus is the bread of life in John 6 July 30, 2024.
Year: 2021 | Psephizo
网页2021年12月24日 · The lectionary gospel reading for this Sunday is either the Ephiphany in Matt 2.1–12, or the readings for Christmas 2 in Year C, which is John 1.1–18 or John 1.10–18.
Choosing Bishops: A Failure to Discern? | Psephizo
网页4 天之前 · A while ago I read the late historian Barbara Tuchman’s fine book The March of Folly, about large organisations whcih made bad choices that were obvious in real time, and led to nemesis.Her case studies included the corrupt Renaissance papacy leading to the Reformation, the British political mismanoeuvring that led to the American Declaration of Independence, and Washington’s enmeshment in ...
Life & Ministry - Psephizo
网页June 27, 2024 by Ian Paul. Robert Tombs and Lawrence Goldman write: The Church Commissioners have pledged £100 million over nine years in reparation for what are claimed to be their eighteenth-century predecessors’ involvement in and large financial gains from slavery and the slave trade. They argue that the Church, through Queen Anne’s ...
Epiphany - Psephizo
网页January 5, 2021 by Ian Paul. The Feast of the Epiphany in the church’s liturgical calendar is based on the events of Matt 2.1–12, the visit of the ‘wise men’ from the East to the infant Jesus. There are plenty of things about the story which might make us instinctively treat it as just another part of the constellation of Christmas ...
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