The Priests 2 – Rich Owen

Rich Owen ministers here (check out his sermons!).  He has previously blogged in this series here and here. Read Exodus 29 – The Consecration of the Priests Whenever I read these chapters, I am utterly gripped by the intricacy and the ‘in your face’ way in which Israel were being taught through all these ordinances.  [...]

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The Priests 1 – Dave Kirkman

Dave continues his excellent blogging from here. The priests’ garments (Ex 29, 32) Clothes and priesthood Why do we wear clothes? It’s a question worth thinking about. Ritual works mainly at the level of the level of subconscious association, so to understand the rituals of the OT we have to ask basic questions we wouldn’t [...]

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Bezalel and Oholiab – Dave Kirkman

Dave’s blog is one of my absolute favourites and I’m really pleased he’s doing today’s and tomorrow’s posts. Bezalel and Oholiab A great commission After YHWH had given Moses his design brief for the Tabernacle he also instructed him that he wanted two craftsmen named Bezalel and Oholiab to do the work. The Tabernacle was [...]

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Happy Friday – open thread

Bit busy right now – so over to you.  Do you have a funny video/photo/website to share?  Go on… make me laugh. .

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A wonderful meditation on the tabernacle furniture – no really! By Paul Hawkins

My friend Paul Hawkins has written a cracker on the altar of incense.  Enjoy! Read Exodus 30:1-10, 34-38 I wonder how many of us are in something like a prayer triplet, getting together with say two other Christians to pray together? CAUGHT UP IN THE TRINITY Exodus 30 is a great chapter on prayer.  We’re [...]

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Got him!

Forget the rest, but at 1:25 you will see the greatest outfield catch ever.  Taken this afternoon by AB De Villliers. See it here if it doesn’t appear above. … and now back to the mission prep…

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What does Spiritual Health Look Like? [Thawed out Thursday]

When studying the Lord’s prayer it’s common to think about the character of God that’s assumed in the prayer: i.e. Father, in heaven, holy, etc, etc. What about the character of the one praying it? Here are some thoughts: Childlike Reverent Expectant Guileless Obedient No agenda of our own Desperate Dependent for all things Confident [...]

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Tabernacle – an introduction

Read Exodus 25-27 The goal of the LORD Jesus’ redemption was serving God on the mountain (Ex 3:12).  But when the people get to the mountain, they don’t go up (Ex 19:13b).  Instead priests go up a certain distance (Ex 19:22) and Moses alone goes all the way to the top.  But he goes on [...]

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Exodus 24

Read Exodus 24 Here we see the book of the covenant, the blood of the covenant and the banquet of the covenant.  And they go together. The book is read to the people, the blood is sprinkled on them, the banquet is held out to them. The covenant is declared, cut and enjoyed.  As Christians [...]

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You Must Be Born Again

A Sermon on John 3:3 – Audio Here Mum and Dad bring their newborn baby girl to church to show her off.  Everyone gathers around and sighs and makes faces and says things like “What a beautiful baby!  What a gorgeous little nose!  How soft her skin is!  She’s just adorable!  She’s just perfect!”  One [...]

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Exodus 23:10-32 – Jacky Lam

After some very feeble posts by myself (sorry I’ve had no time recently!), Jacky brings things back to the boil.  This is really great stuff – enjoy! Read Exodus 23:10-32 The Israelite Calendar We approach the three significant appointed times of the year according to the Israelite ecclesiastical calender: (i)  Feast of Unleavened Bread: also [...]

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Exodus 22:1-23:9

Read Exodus 22:1-23:9 Some random thoughts: Crimes receive their just recompense (Heb 2:2) Restitution is a wonderful idea – the word is taken from the root of “shalom”! Restoring shalom is costly Some crimes are worse than others This is contra the popular belief that everything’s the same in God’s eyes. It’s true that no [...]

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Moving the furniture around

This was an all age talk I gave on Mothering Sunday.  The text was John 2:12-25 – the cleansing of the temple.  An obvious mothers day text I’m sure you’ll agree  :) .

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Like a bird flocks to seed…

I’ve had the most incredible couple of weeks in the run-up to our special week of evangelism.  Amazing gospel opportunities along with massive, sometimes bizarre, mostly very tragic disruptions. In it all I’ve been reminded that Satan flocks to gospel proclamation like birds to seed. But take heart – the seed wins in the end. [...]

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Exodus 20:22-21:36

Read Exodus 20:22-21:36 Here is the original sermon on the mount.  Here is a comprehensive discipleship programme for the Israelites to live out in the land in anticipation of Messiah’s fulfilment. After the Ten Words the LORD seems to make a concluding remark about idolatry and altars (20:22-26).  Here the false gods are differentiated from [...]

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Happy Friday

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Exodus 20

Read Exodus 20 God’s Sent One has brought the people to the mountain to serve the Unseen LORD (Ex 3:12; 19:5-6).  But the people lose their nerve at the trumpet call (19:13, cf 19:19).  They remain distant.  Only Moses goes into the fiery cloud (20:18-22).  But he does so on the people’s behalf. Moses’ mediation [...]

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Exodus 20:2 – Dev Menon

Dev’s glorious blog is here. His last Exodus offering was here. Exodus 20:2  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. The land of Egypt, the iron furnace, is well-known as a picture of the slavery to sin and the dominion by [...]

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