Bible Readings for this Sunday

Sunday worship at Salisbury URC is usually guided by the readings designated in the Common Revised Lectionary. Sometimes, for special events or seasons, other Bible readings will be chosen. These are the readings from the Common Lectionary for Sunday: Readings are suggested for each day of the year.  Here are the readings suggested for today.  […]

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Bible Study online resource

We’re always looking for Bible Study resources that offer thoughtful and scholarly assistance. The Blue Letter Bible is our latest discovery. It is very easy to use (an important criteria for Ana) — and has a ‘quick nav’ option to get to the book and verse quickly. Have a look.  It offers: several Bible Translations […]

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Reflection on Anger

What Am I to Do with My Anger? by Elsa Cook  ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.’ – Matthew 5:5 (NRSV) Every morning, when I open my eyes, it’s there again. It’s kept me up half the night, but in those few hours of slumber, I hoped that it might disappear. […]

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Light, salt and boundaries…Life’s essentials?

Bible Study with Tod  Text:   Matthew 5:13-20  (from the Common Lectionary readings for February) Setting the scene: Our passage comes early in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.  Jesus opens his talk with mild easy-to-swallow Beatitudes.  Then having seized his listeners’ attention with these dynamic images of salt and light, he boldly declares requirements of God’s […]

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