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26 Jul 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Asda worker sacked for social post mocking Islam is reinstated: The 54-year-old till worker lost his job after sharing a video of Billy Connolly mocking Islam (and Christianity) on Facebook, triggering complaints from multiple colleagues. He has since…
26 Jul 2019
Torah Portion: Numbers 19:1-22:1 Chukat ('Decree') As we journey with Israel through the book of Numbers and come to chapter 20 we have the sense that we have been here before – both geographically, since the people are back at Kadesh from where the spies went in to explore the…
22 Jul 2019
Torah Portion: Numbers 19:1-22:1 Chukat ('Decree') As we journey with Israel through the book of Numbers and come to chapter 20 we have the sense that we have been here before – both geographically, since the people are back at Kadesh from where the spies went in to explore the…
19 Jul 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers.
19 Jul 2019
Torah Portion: Numbers 16:1-18:32 Korach This week's Torah reading includes the struggle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram who rose up against Moses and Aaron, seeking to oppose their God-ordained leadership. The three men asked, "Why do you set yourselves above the Lord's assembly?" (Num 16:3). They failed to perceive and…
12 Jul 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers. Society & Politics Dramatic decline of professing Christians in the UK: A new national survey published this week has found that, as of last year, only 38% of those polled identified as being Christian. This figure stood at 66% in 1983.…
10 Jul 2019
Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Accompanying reading:Joshua 2:1-24 Shelach-Lekha ('Send on your behalf') The invasion of the Promised Land was not in question but God commanded Moses to delegate a leader from each of the tribes to go reconnoitre. And in contractual style their names were listed, followed by a concise summary…
05 Jul 2019
A selection of the week's happenings for your prayers.
