Sacred and Spiritual Links - Monday 18 May 2015

Supplied by a UK colleague ...

Here are some things which may be of interest: #1 David Wright on why Jesus chose the Vine as his last I am saying. #2 and #3 Christian ethicist Joshua Hordern and Vaughan Roberts on Christianity and politics; 4 John Lennox on evil and suffering; #5 talks from HTB's leadership conference with Anglican, Catholic and other speakers. #14 a clever new website for bible study from Tyndale House, how Christians voted and changes in hymn singing.

Prayers for you for the coming week:

SERMONS AND TALKS
1. The True Vine - David Wright [Acts 8:26-40 & John 15:1-8] - St Andrew's Oxford Audio
http://tinyurl.com/nt6ensj

2. God, Politics and the Gospel [1 Timothy 2] - Dr Joshua Hordern - St Marks Battersea Rise Audio
http://tinyurl.com/ncvkop7

3. What should the Government do? - Vaughan Roberts - St Ebbes Audio [Romans 13: 1-7]
http://tinyurl.com/q7pk4yr

4. The Loud Absence - John Lennox and Jane Beal - Veritas Forum Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjASQOlFn-E

5. Talks from the HTB Leadership Conference
https://lc17.alpha.org/2015-talks

Commentary
6. The Sunday Readings - Rev Stephen Trott
https://laworgospel.wordpress.com/

7. Preaching Ideas and Commentary - Rev Peter Carrell
http://preachingdownunder.blogspot.co.nz/

8. The New Testament in a year with Rev Andrew Goddard
http://www.sjtl.org/category/reading-nt/

WORSHIP
9. The bells of St Edith's, Monks Kirby in Warwickshire - BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05v6ghr

10. Choral Evensong from St Pancras Church during the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music - BBC Radio 3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tq45n

11. Sunday Hour - BBC Radio 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vbsty

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 Church of England, Christians and all facing persecution and crime in Syria and Iraq; for all refugeees and the persecuted church; for relief for those affected by the earthquakes in Nepal; for peace in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza; and for the Diocese of South Carolina.

13. Topical Prayers - Church of England
http://tinyurl.com/6wnk2pk
Prayers for the Church of England from Lent and Beyond
http://tinyurl.com/mvux2u3
Nepal: Prayer for those caught up in tragedy and disaster - CofE
http://tinyurl.com/ndfsnua
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/b05v6gjg

Food for thought
15. This new Bible tool could revolutionise scripture reading across the world - Christian Today
http://tinyurl.com/pfwoaaq
Introduction from Tyndale House
http://tinyurl.com/qc5v9de
Step Bible - Try it out
https://www.stepbible.org/
Changing trends in hymn singing? - Heather Bamber - CEN
http://tinyurl.com/oe7rzwk
General Election Voting and Other News - BRIN
http://tinyurl.com/nw4jm9y
Worship Central Acadamy - church planting in Malaysia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykc4-SRbUQk

FINALLY
16. How Christians Grow - Charlie Skrine
http://tinyurl.com/om4m4gz

17. How Deep the Father's Love For Us - St Michael's Singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g424NcM5Of4

18. Tebe Poem - Rachmaninoff - Fitzwilliam College Choir
To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.   My God, I trust in thee - from the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zaKRrsYVE