Saturday 16th November Babylon Has Fallen! Revelation 14: 6 – 8a Then I saw another angel flying high in the air, with an eternal message of Good News to announce to the peoples of the earth, to every race, tribe, language, and nation. He said in a loud voice, “Honour
Continue readingFriday 15th November Empire is Violent Deuteronomy 20:16-18 “But when you capture cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, kill everyone. Completely destroy all the people: the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the Lord ordered you to
Continue readingThursday 14th November The Magnificat Undermines Empire St Luke 1: 26 – 33, 47 – 55 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David.
Continue readingWednesday 13th NovemberA Higher Law than Empire’s Genesis 1:1 – 2:2: In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God
Continue readingTuesday 12th NovemberWomen Undermining Empire Numbers 27: 1 – 11 Then the daughters of Zelophehad came forward. Zelophehad was son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh son of Joseph, a member of the Manassite clans. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
Continue readingMonday 11th November Reminding Empire of Suffering Psalm 146 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord, O my soul!I will praise the Lord as long as I live;I will sing praises to my God all my life long.Do not put your trust in princes,in mortals, in whom there is no help.When their
Continue readingSunday 10th November Psalm 122 1 “To the LORD’s house!” they were calling, and with joy I went with them.2 Now at last our feet are standingin your gates, Jerusalem. 3 See, Jerus’lem, like a citybuilt compactly, close and strong.4 That is where the tribes assemble,tribes which to the LORD
Continue readingSaturday 9th NovemberStanding up to Empire’s claims to say what love looks like 1 Sam 18: 1 – 5, 20: 30 – 42, 2 Sam 1: 23 – 27 When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> I hope you’ve found the reflections from Scotland on The State We’re In both interesting and helpful. I realise they may have been a bit more challenging than you were expecting but we live in difficult times. Our next series is also rather challenging but, again, I hope
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> We have now finished our long journey through the Saul – David – Solomon saga. Well done for sticking with the story, the long readings and, I hope, the interesting practical reflections on them. We try to alternate between Old and New Testament and mix various styles of
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