The third in the massively successful Lent for Everyone series focuses on the Gospel of Mark, taking the reader through the designated Lectionary readings for every day of Lent and Easter. The New Testament passages are Tom Wright's own lively and accessible translations from The New Testament for Everyone (SPCK, 2011). Each extract is followed by a freshly written reflection and a prayer that will encourage readers to ponder the relevance of Mark's Gospel for their own lives. Lent for Everyone: Mark, Year B is an ideal study companion that will help to make Lent a period of rich discovery and growth for both individuals and groups.

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A Lent lectionary resource using Tom Wright's For Everyone Bible translation, this is the third in a three-volume series to cover the three years of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each day of Lent, there is a reading chosen from the Gospel designated for the year, plus a reflection by Tom Wright.

A Lent lectionary resource using Tom Wright's For Everyone Bible translation, this is the third in a three-volume series to cover the three years of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each day of Lent, there is a reading chosen from the Gospel designated for the year, plus a reflection by Tom Wright. The book has grown out of a project to encourage Lent reading in the diocese of Durham, and Matthew Year A (the second volume) was a major feature of The Big Read 2011.

Tom Wright resigned last year as Bishop of Durham to take up a new appointment as Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. Tom Wright is the author of over forty books, including the other For Everyone guides to the New Testament, the best-selling Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope and Virtue Reborn; and the magisterial series entitled Christian Origins and the Question of God.

\["For individual and small group study","This Lent study by Tom Wright brings thoughtfulness and accessibility","You'll discover a closer understanding of the Gospel of Mark"\]

Tom Wright, seasoned New Testament scholar and Anglican Bishop, has become a valued and respected Christian writer feeding a multi-denominational flock. This Lent devotional follows Year B in the lectionary calendar and truly is for everyone.

Tom Wright resigned as Bishop of Durham to take up a new appointment as Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. Tom Wright is the author of over forty books, including the other For Everyone guides to the New Testament, the best-selling Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope and Virtue Reborn; and the magisterial series entitled Christian Origins and the Question of God.

'Like Mark's Gospel, Wright's pace gradually builds up, a massive locomotive steaming towards the 'perfect storm' of Holy Week and Easter, demanding a commitment costing not less than everything: 'We cannot be Easter people if we are not first Good Friday people and then Holy Saturday people.' A fitting end; and beginning.' __Church Times__

'Tom Wright has a special gift for explaining things that are very deep, and at times, quite complex in a way that makes them understandable . . . What makes this book especially refreshing is the sense of enthusiasm for the Gospel text that is unmistakable.' Church of __Ireland Gazette__

A Lent lectionary resource using Tom Wright's For Everyone Bible translation, this is the first in a three-volume series to cover the three years of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each day of Lent, there is a reading chosen from the Gospel designated for the year, plus a reflection by Tom Wright. The book grows out of a project to encourage Lent reading in the diocese of Durham.

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This book is the third in the Big Read series that lead us through a Gospel in Lent, following the well-established ‘For Everyone’ format. The bible passage is given in full in Wright's own translation, with two or three pages of comment (nearly always using an anecdote from the author's experience as a springboard) and a very short prayer.  
When I was on retreat preparing for my present ministry part of God's word to me was to speak from the heart to the heart about the heart of the matter. I wish I could do it as well as Tom Wright! Occasionally this means that his writing has a touch of déjà vu about it, but the main thing is still the main thing, and whether as a Lenten discipline or Bible study at another time, this book has the potential to help transform lives at many levels of readership.

Lent for Everyone: Mark, Year B

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