The resurrection is the Big Story that turned a little Jewish protest movement into a world-transforming religion. And yet by Easter Monday we've almost forgotten about it and are planning our summer holidays.
How can we re-capture the explosive power of the resurrection that ricocheted around the world? How can we live in the glow of resurrection and be an Easter people? How can 'there and then' become 'here and now'? That's what the On the Third Day course sets out to explore and discuss.
The five sessions focus on:
Session 1: Have I got news for you!
Session 2: So what? The implications of the resurrection
Session 3: 'Let him Easter in us': Personal discipleship in the light of the resurrection
Session 4: Celebrating and praying Easter
Session 5: A risen Church
The course booklet of On the Third Day is accompanied by a lively CD, where Canon Simon Stanley grills New Testament scholar and author Tom Wright, writer Paul Vallely, Methodist minister Ruth Gee, and the Church of England's first woman bishop, Libby Lane.
This York Course is available in the following formats
Course Book (Paperback 9781909107199)
Course Book (eBook 9781915843173)
Audio Book of Interview to support On the Third Day York Course (CD 9781915843104)
Audio Book of Interview (Digital Download 9781915843098)
Transcript of interview to support On the Third Day York Course (Paperback 9781909107205)
Transcript of interview (eBook 9781915843180)
Book Pack (9781739182014 Featuring Paperback Course Book, Audio Book on CD and Paperback Transcript of Interview)
Large print (9781739182021)
About the Author :
The Rt Revd John Pritchard was the Bishop of Oxford. He has written many well-received books, including How to Pray, The Intercessions Handbook and The Life and Work of a Priest, all published by SPCK.
Review :
Accessibly weaves substantial theology with Bible study, emphasizing that we need to unfamiliarize ourselves with the Bible, letting its sheer strangeness jolt us. Plenty of personal glimpses and fascinating detail include an Orthodox priest protesting that a prostitute is not a sinner, but an icon in the dustbin . . .
The York Courses format is tried and tested . . . Leading us in theology and ecclesiology are a mix of activist and academic, also ecumenical [contributors]. The sessions are scholarly but not inaccessible . . . a clear outline of "environmental justice" . . . An ideal resource for individuals or groups.
An informative course . . . Caring for Creation digs deeper into issues, and is particularly good at calling out misplaced Christian attitudes.
