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10 May 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Brexit still under threat: The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has said there is “no reason” to give up on the UK staying in the European Union. He believes there is a 30 per cent chance…
03 May 2019
Torah portion: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 Acharei mot (‘after the death’) In Israel, this Torah portion is read in the spring: a time of warmth and beauty, when the flowers appear and the voice of the turtledove is heard (Song of Solomon 2:11-12). It is at the end of the month of Nisan, with…
03 May 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers.
03 May 2019
Torah portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25 Pesach 2 Passover brought deliverance for Israel but judgment on Egyptians who did not fear God, in spite of the plagues which testified to His power. The shortest route for the newly-freed slaves would have been the road through Philistine country, but God knew…
26 Apr 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics RSE bill passes in House of Lords: The Government’s controversial pro-LGBTQ+ Relationship and Sex Education plans were passed in the upper house this week, though concerns were expressed that parental rights are being undermined. Read more here. Brexit…
26 Apr 2019
Torah portion: Exodus 12:21-51 and Numbers 28:16-25 Pesach 1 Pesach (Passover): the night when the Lord would ‘pass over’ His Israelite people and lead them out of Egypt; the night when they would finally be freed from the grip of Pharaoh's government; the night for which they had groaned for…
18 Apr 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Cocaine and knives surrendered during church service: Three knives and Class A drugs were among a number of items surrendered last weekend at SPAC Nation, a Pentecostal church in London, which does an amnesty call every week. Some…
18 Apr 2019
Torah portion: Leviticus 14:1-15:33 Metsora (‘one being diseased’) Once, when Yeshua was in one of the towns, there came a man completely covered with leprosy. On seeing Yeshua, he fell on his face and begged him, “Sir, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Yeshua reached out his…
