A Chosen Nation for all time?
Today’s passage reaffirms the chosen nature of the Hebrews. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the...
Author: Andy
Do you believe life’s a journey?
“Do you believe life’s a journey? I do. I have been on the journey of life a good few years now.” I can’t quite remember why my friend Chris learnt this drama, but we...
Angels and a talking donkey – more Disney than Bible
Today we encounter the story of Balaam, his talking donkey and his seven visions, which sounds more like the Disney script for the forthcoming Shrek and the Seven Oracles than Numbers chapters 22 to...
Relationship roulette – a game of chance or a game of skill?
When you are asked by your wife to write about the “The Test for an Unfaithful Wife” in Numbers 5, it is hard not to worry that there is another agenda. Is she asking...
The Year of Jubilee
Leviticus 25 is one of the most revolutionary passages in the Bible. What God was planning for the Hebrew people was a chance in every lifetime to start again. A chance to wipe the...
Surely this time God forbids homosexuality?
So we have now hit the second of the “proof texts” that show us homosexuality is outlawed by God in the Bible. Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with...
Rules on Social Responsibility, Justice and Mercy
From the middle of Exodus 22 to the middle of Exodus 23, a whole set of rules about social responsibility, justice and mercy are laid out. And there are some key themes that come...
To those who much is given, much is expected
In international trade, you sometimes come across the concept of “most favoured nation” status. This is where one state agrees to give another state access to its market on the best terms it has...
Exodus – the Movement of Jah People
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...
Can you prove all Biblical miracles with science?
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...
