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15 Feb 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Faith in evolution hits new low: A new poll shows that only half of British people believe evolution is true, whilst a third are sure that it is not (up from a quarter a decade ago). One in…
15 Feb 2019
Torah portion: Exodus 25:1-27:19 Our weekly studies of the Torah bring us to the portion called T’rumah. It’s an interesting Hebrew word that means an offering, gift or contribution, often through sacrifice. It’s about service. T’rumah comes from the root r-u-m, meaning to elevate. It’s an offering raised up to…
08 Feb 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Ofsted challenged over anti-faith agenda: MPs have quizzed Ofsted’s Chief about numerous concerns, including that faith schools are being treated more harshly due to its ‘muscular liberalism’. Read more here. Universities must uphold free speech: New guidance from…
08 Feb 2019
Torah Portion: Exodus 21:1-24:18. What comes into mind when you read the word ‘law’? Do you think of restrictions and limitations? Or release and freedom? This portion follows what we call the Ten Commandments, often remembered as a list starting with “Thou shalt not…”. Yet these commands were given to…
01 Feb 2019
Torah Portion: Exodus 18:1-20:23, 'Yitro' (Jethro) Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, visits him in the wild, bringing his wife and sons in advance of the law of God being given. A Kingdom of Priests The Lord our God is One. Moses' family was now together again. His father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of…
01 Feb 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics UK agrees first post-Brexit trade deal – with Israel: The announcement of an agreement in principle was made at Davos by Secretary for International Trade Liam Fox and Israel’s Economy Minister Eli Cohen. Britain cannot sign any new…
25 Jan 2019
Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-17:16 (Beshalach) For the past 400 years Israel had been living in the midst of Egyptian gods who were cruel and selfish, who had to be appeased, who gave aid only on a whim but had to be fed in order to prevent them bringing harm on…
25 Jan 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Ex-magistrate takes appeal forward: Richard Page, who was disciplined and banned from his post for expressing the view that adopted children fare best with a mother and a father, has taken his appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal…
