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11 Oct 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers.
11 Oct 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Worrying approach of UK courts to abortion: Christian Concern have looked in depth at how courts in the UK are dealing with cases of abortion in the light of a recent case in Northern Ireland, in which Sarah…
11 Oct 2019
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20 Nitzavim (‘ones standing’) In this passage, the people of Israel were standing in the presence of the Lord to enter into a covenant with Him, their God who was unseen and yet who had led them and revealed Himself through miracles during the 40 years in…
04 Oct 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers.
04 Oct 2019
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:9 Ki Tavo (‘When you enter [the land]’) This week’s Torah portion starts to draw Deuteronomy towards a conclusion with instructions for the feast of first fruits and tithing in the third year. The last part of chapter 26 reads a bit like the vows of a…
26 Sep 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers.
26 Sep 2019
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 This week’s Torah Portion encompasses a varied group of instructions to Israel regarding anything from marital relationships to what to do if you stumble on a bird’s nest. Running through the instructions are common threads which reveal God’s nature and heart for his people, including justice…
20 Sep 2019
Vayera (He appeared) Genesis 18 - 22 The great parliamentarian Edmund Burke said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. Back in Genesis ch14 Abraham with his private army of 318 trained men, on hearing that his nephew Lot had been…
