General
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19 May 2017
This week, I have fallen short of the glory of God. I have an inkling that we all may have – in one way or another, deliberately or quite by accident, whether by doing or by omission.Coming to terms with the fact that our hearts are deceitful, that our bodies…
12 May 2017
Some recent news to inform your prayers. Society & Politics Theresa May denies that gay sex is sinful: Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, the Prime Minister also dodged a question about Christians being singled out for aggressive intolerance in Britain. Read more here. Supreme Court agrees to hear Ashers…
12 May 2017
Forgiveness is central to both the Lord’s prayer and the Bible as a whole. It was the foundational purpose of the ministry the Tabernacle and Temple and of the sacrificial death of Jesus. Jesus’ prayer for us from the cross, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”…
05 May 2017
Some recent news to inform your prayers. Society & Politics Britain refuses to apologise for Balfour Declaration: The Foreign Office officially rebuts Palestinian pressure on Britain to apologise for her role in creating the state of Israel. Read more here. Armed police throw Jews out of pro-Palestine Labour event: Those…
04 May 2017
When I was young, I remember when our family went to the coast for the day in April, and lunch was a picnic sitting against a little wall for shelter at the top of the beach. After a while an elderly couple came along and sat down near us. I…
28 Apr 2017
In The Complete Jewish Bible, this line is written as “Give us the food we need today”. When the Jews listening to Jesus heard this part of the Lord’s Prayer, what might their thoughts have been, knowing the Old Testament scriptures? They may have remembered their ancestor Joseph, who was…
21 Apr 2017
Some of the week’s happenings you may have missed.
