Sacred and Spiritual Links - Monday 2 March 2015

Supplied by a UK colleague:

SERMONS AND TALKS

1. What do you value? - Vaughan Roberts - St Ebbe's Audio [Luke 12:13-21]

http://tinyurl.com/q72z4fe

2. Father Forgive them for they know not what they do - Dr Kendall Harmon

http://tinyurl.com/qhrwp3k

3. Private Life in a Public Arena - Andrew Wingfield Digby - St Andrew's Oxford Audio [Matthew 6:5-18]

http://tinyurl.com/onfy58a

Commentary

4. The Sunday Readings - Rev Stephen Trott

https://laworgospel.wordpress.com/

5. Preaching Ideas and Commentary - Rev Peter Carrell

http://preachingdownunder.blogspot.co.nz/

6. Continue reading the New Testament in a year with Rev Andrew Goddard

http://www.sjtl.org/category/reading-nt/

WORSHIP

7. The bells of Exeter Cathedral - BBC Radio 4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053s8z1

8. Choral Evensong from St David's Cathedral in Wales - BBC Radio 3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05305pq

9. Sunday Hour - BBC Radio 2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053zn8b

10. 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/

and New College, Oxford

http://www.newcollegechoir.com/webcasts.html

PRAYER

Please pray for the Church of England, for Christians and all facing persecution and crime in Syria and Iraq including The Christians being held hostage and for refugees facing winter and hunger; for the persecuted church and in particular in Nigeria, Egypt and Libya; for peace in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza; and for the Diocese of South Carolina.

11. Topical Prayers - Church of England

http://tinyurl.com/6wnk2pk

Prayers for the Church of England from Lent and Beyond

http://tinyurl.com/mvux2u3

Syria: 72 Assyrian Christian families captured, 50 besieged by IS after Syria attack - WWM

http://tinyurl.com/l5lyfcb

The greatest weapon against ISIS? Forgiveness - Martin Saunders - Christian Today

http://tinyurl.com/pm38j63

What ISIS Really Wants - Graeme Wood - Atlantic

http://tinyurl.com/o3tn7p7

Who are the Assyrian Christians? - Carey Lodge

http://tinyurl.com/oe7akrg

Bishop accuses Turkey over Syrian Christians - AFP

http://tinyurl.com/psyt2zf

Libya: Copt Church forms committee to evacuate Egyptians from Libya - Agencia Fides

http://tinyurl.com/p3yurq6

Egypt: Prayers for persecutors answered - Open Doors

http://tinyurl.com/pqozbew

Nigeria: 'Tireless' missionary kidnapped in Nigeria - WWM

http://tinyurl.com/qxw9ew5

South Carolina: Prayers from Lent and Beyond

http://tinyurl.com/kssn33y

CURRENT AFFAIRS

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053sbq7

Food for thought

13. Who wrote the Bible? - Jeffrey Kranz

http://tinyurl.com/nm22aqy

A Pattern Among Fallen Pastors – Lessons for Us All - Garrett Kell

http://tinyurl.com/o5gh4g4

What is 'the Common Good'? Community, Communication and Personal Communion - Oliver O'Donovan

http://tinyurl.com/l4rbawd

One-Third of Audience for Christian Books, Radio, TV, and Movies Is Unchurched - Christianity Today

http://tinyurl.com/nd6g8yj

Do Digital Decisions Disciple? - Christianity Today

http://tinyurl.com/lpvvu2a

FINALLY

14. Lord, For thy tender mercy's sake - Richard Farrant - Kampen Boys Choir, NL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKBC0YkB1k

15. Name above - Nikki Fletcher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvX91-VUolk