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Monday, January 26, 2015

Sacred and Spiritual Links - Monday 26 January 2015

From a UK colleague ...

I hope all is well and prayers for you during the coming week.

#1 Great talk by Archie Coates on not hiding lights under bushels and that is pretty much the theme of this email; #2 Bishop Kuan on obedience and relationship with God; #3 Hugh Palmer on the joy of giving; Much persecution everywhere.

SERMONS AND TALKS

1. Kingdom Come: The City [Mark 5:14-16] - Archie Coates - St Peter's Brighton Audio

http://tinyurl.com/pp2z4j9

2. Adam And Eve - To Obey Or To Disobey [Genesis 3:1-13 & Matthew 4:1-11] - Bishop Kuan Kim Seng - St Andrew's Singapore Audio

http://tinyurl.com/p23qema

3. First to Christ then to us - Hugh Palmer - All Souls Audio [2 Corinthians 8:1-7]

http://tinyurl.com/pwnhu9u

4. Security, Strength and Simplicity Mark 9:42 - 10:16] - Peter Walker - St Andrew's Mount Pleasant Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/117185288

Commentary for Sunday 25th January

5. The Sunday Readings - Rev Stephen Trott

http://tinyurl.com/nzlm9x9

6. Preaching Ideas and Commentary - Rev Peter Carrell

http://tinyurl.com/pds578g

7. Reading Mark 11-16 - Read the New Testament in a year with Rev Andrew Goddard

http://www.sjtl.org/week-3-reading-mark-11-16/

[and follow the links on the drop down menu Reading NT for other resources]

WORSHIP

8. The bells of St Nicholas, Leeds in Kent. - BBC Radio 4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0505l2v

9. Choral Evensong from Ripon Cathedral - BBC Radio 3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0506m01

10. Sunday Holy Communion livestreamed from St Helena's Church, Beaufort, South Carolina at 10:15 am Eastern Time, 3:15 pm London Time

http://www.sthelenas1712.org/

11. Sunday Hour - BBC Radio 2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05059rt

12. Choral services from the chapels of King's College Cambridge

http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/choir/webcasts.html

and St John's College, Cambridge

http://www.sjcchoir.co.uk/webcasts

and Trinity College, Cambridge

http://trinitycollegechoir.com//webcasts/listen-again/

PRAYER

Please pray for the Ebola Crisis and for those working for a cure; for Christians and all facing persecution and crime in Syria and Iraq including refugees facing winter and hunger; for the persecuted church and in particular in Nigeria, Malaysia, Turkey and China; for peace in France, Ukraine, Israel and Gaza; and for the Diocese of South Carolina.

13. Topical Prayers - Church of England

http://tinyurl.com/6wnk2pk

Nigeria: Report on Premier Christian Radio [mp3]

http://tinyurl.com/pckgxq3

Wake up to religious cleansing - Release International

http://tinyurl.com/o7slw9d

Malaysia: End of the road for Catholic Church as court dismisses ‘Allah’ review - Malaysia Insider

http://tinyurl.com/ouhmnhy

Turkey: Accused perpetrators released in Malatya murder trial – WWM

http://tinyurl.com/qyvxejb

Turkey 'promises' first new church in 90 years – WWM

http://tinyurl.com/qj7oved

China: China's oldest priest dies at age 105 – UCA

http://tinyurl.com/ooo8lyw

South Carolina: Prayers from Lent and Beyond

http://tinyurl.com/kssn33y

CURRENT AFFAIRS

14. Sunday Programme - with Edward Stourton - BBC Radio 4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0505l31

Food for thought

15. Downton Abbey — What Are Americans Really Watching? - Albert Mohler

http://tinyurl.com/oszn3sa

New threat to religious liberty and free speech in universities - Evangelical Alliance

http://tinyurl.com/nj7mjue

Will marriage still be an issue at the general election? – EA

http://tinyurl.com/ngcvnm7

Questions about "First Century Mark" - Dr Peter Williams, Tyndale House

http://tinyurl.com/nsgk89u

and Justin Taylor

http://tinyurl.com/mzumwaw

Why can't the voice of Christians be heard? - Bishop Nazir-Ali

http://tinyurl.com/ny4lyd7

Reading the Bible Contextually: Eugene Peterson on the Antidote to Prooftexting

http://tinyurl.com/kbutgdf

FINALLY

16. Think Friday: Freedom, Blasphemy and Charlie Hebdo – EA

http://tinyurl.com/k255fad

17. What difference can Christians make in the workplace? – LICC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9MpWUc9oWw

18. Stanford: Choral Music - Winchester College Chapel Choir – Convivium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XU86N2OEqM

19. Love Each Other - Graham Kendrick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_LucTAxwrQ

God bless you

3 comments:

MichaelA said...: Your UK colleague always does excellent work - thank you for passing it on.; January 26, 2015 at 12:08 PM
Father Ron Smith said...: Thanks, Pageantmaster, for the excellent music videos.; January 26, 2015 at 10:33 PM
Pageantmaster said...: Many thanks MichaelA and Father Ron and thanks to Peter+ and for his great comments on the lectionary readings as well as his ministry on ADU. All feedback and suggestions gratefully received; January 28, 2015 at 2:46 AM

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St Irenaeus

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Masure

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Harvey Cox

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William Hague

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Brevard S. Childs

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Sacred and Spiritual Links - Monday 26 January 2015

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