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10 Jul 2020
Torah Portion: Numbers 19:1-25:9 Chukat / Balak (‘Decree’ / ‘Balak’) In Numbers 21 we read about the bronze serpent that Moses put on a pole so that those who were bitten by real serpents could look at the pole in faith and be healed. It is interesting that a serpent…
03 Jul 2020
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers
03 Jul 2020
Torah Portion: Numbers 16:1–18:32 Korah (a Levite in the camp) Our thought this week concerns a serious incident among the children of Israel in the Sinai desert after God had faithfully redeemed them and brought them out of slavery in Egypt with many miracles. Even though they had repeatedly complained…
26 Jun 2020
Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Shelach (‘Send…’) “Two men look out through the same bars; one sees the mud, and one the stars” (Rev Frederick Langbridge)1 The last few months have involved all of us negotiating unforeseen pathways arising from ‘lockdown’. There are no exemptions from this effect of the pandemic.…
26 Jun 2020
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers
19 Jun 2020
Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1-12:16 Beha’alotcha (‘When you raise…’) Imagine how despondent you would have been as part of the remnant of Jewish exiles who had returned from Babylon, led by Zerubbabel to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple, only to have the work stopped by strong local opposition. It was another…
19 Jun 2020
Psalm 1: Streams of Living Water Psalm 24 (Part 1): Holiness Unto the Lord Psalm 24 (Part 2): A much-neglected name of God Psalm 63: Lovingkindness in desert places Psalm 96 (Part 1): A foretaste of the gospel Psalm 96 (Part 2) The coming judgement Psalm 71 (Part 1): Trust…
12 Jun 2020
A selection of the week's happenings to aid your prayers
