Andy and Helen’s Journey Through The Bible in Five and Half Years
Numbers Chapter 1 describes the first ever census. According to Wikipedia, a census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. Interestingly, during the Roman Republic, the census...
Sometimes, numbers matter. Yes, age is just a number. But sometimes that number matters. So I went to London this weekend with 3 friends to celebrate my birthday. My 50th birthday. But one of...
Priests had to be different. Even more different than the people of Israel. They had a special role to play as mediators between God and the people. They had to keep themselves extra clean...
Today we move from the spiritual to the physical. Very physical. God cares about both. We have covered God’s regulations on offerings and worship and priests and how to restore relationship with him –...
Well, the end of this section of the journey. No journey is ever over, is it? We never arrive. There is always a new chapter. Something new and unexpected just around the corner. But...
The whole Exodus story has inspired thousands of different artistic responses to the belief that God will save us. One of my favourites is Bob Marley and the Wailers’ song ‘Exodus’. Jah is an...
I am by nature very sceptical. If you tell me something is true and that you “read it on Facebook”, I will usually try and prove you wrong. Share me a warning about a...
Exodus means ‘going out’. It’s the basis of words like EXIT. We still use it today to describe a mass exodus, often of a people chased from their homes by war or exploitation or...
Today we move on. Today we look at Exodus 2:15-21. Today is a new day. Yesterday we heard how Moses killed an Egyptian in anger (in part righteous anger but uncontrollable nevertheless) who was...
OK, so I haven’t judged this very well and with this the last day of September, it’s going to be a race to the end. A bit like my Sunday dinners – all lovely...
