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It's #comparativecommentaryThursday.

We've been exploring the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple.

Today, find out more about how we can understand this episode through 3 artworks.

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It's #comparativecomentaryThursday

Find out about John 1:1-10 in dialogue with 3 artworks

'The differences between the artworks considered in this exhibition show that its prologue is open to multiple readings.'

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The Woman at the Well in John 4 is our focus this week.
'Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.'

We begin with Lavinia Fontana's
Christ and the Samaritan Woman, 1607.

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Preaching on Mark 6 this weekend?

Find some inspiration in today's commentary which brings 3 artworks into dialogue to explore Jesus's rejection at Nazareth.
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It's comparative commentary Thursday.

We explore the 'Power of Music' with 3 artworks already featured this week.

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As many celebrate #Pentecost today, we share this stunning hand-coloured kappazuri dyed stencil print on washi paper by Sadao Watanabe showing the scene from Acts 2. © 2019 Tatsuo Watanabe
https://t.co/aiDm0vmnYT

We'd love to hear what you think about today's painting,
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vertumnus, 1591, Oil on panel, 70 x 58 cm, Skoklosters Slott, Sweden
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https://t.co/jdsRzFmomX

Enjoy our zoom function, which allows you to explore all 3 works we have featured this week.

Our comparative commentary explores our passage: '1 Peter 5 is addressed to the ‘elders’ (presbyterous), and is full of sobering but hope-filled advice.'
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'El Greco’s Peter has his eyes fixed on the only source of hope, and so he carries the keys to the gates of death and hell.'

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This week's featured exhibition is:
The Golden Calf: Exodus 32:1-20

Follow us this week as we share commentaries on idols and misplaced trust using works of art by
William de Brailes, Francis Picabia, and Nicolas Poussin.
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