This reading is an excuse for us to explore what we have learnt from Numbers. When praying the Psalms we can be moved by the idea that the words of God are sweeter than honey, more valuable than gold and wiser than our own thinking - but then we come across a book like Numbers … Continue reading Psalm 119 | Your Law is Perfect
Numbers 28 + 29 | The shape of life
For the final in our teaching series on the book of Numbers we wonder at the rhythms, reverence, wealth of relationships and connections to creation and creator that Numbers prophesises for God's people in their cycle of annual worship. The lessons that life is a whole, life requires sacrifice and life is about unseen things … Continue reading Numbers 28 + 29 | The shape of life
Numbers 27 & 36 | Justice, Women, Eternity
When principles clash which will get the priority? It is a question our time struggles to answer and in the story of Zelphehad's daughters we see a similar tension as the women challenge inheritance traditions with the need for land rights. This legal dispute is also a strong act of trust in God - as, … Continue reading Numbers 27 & 36 | Justice, Women, Eternity
Numbers 24 & 25 | Spiritual Warfare 2
The stories of warfare in Numbers are as shocking as those in our news feeds - and they are meant to be. These stories are often used to criticise trust in God but those criticisms ignore the context of the stories and forget that the Biblical God is involved in our world as it is. … Continue reading Numbers 24 & 25 | Spiritual Warfare 2
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