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Preacher tells politician it’s the devil’s territory. by Charles Gardner. Former Conservative MP Nick Fletcher has revealed how he no longer sits on the fence as it’s “the devil’s territory”. One of hundreds of Tories who lost their seats to a Labour landslide in the General Election, the 52-year-old businessman represented the Doncaster constituency of […]

Dr Clifford Denton. Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17. 31st August 2024/27 Av. But you shall seek the place where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwellingplace; and there you shall go. (Deuteronomy 12:5) Picture by Helen McNeill. (Emphasising Yeshua at the centre of our worship, here featuring the pouring of water […]

By Joseph Shulam.  Every week, we read the Torah portion and the text from the prophets, which usually corresponds thematically with the Torah portion and a section from the New Testament that has some connection or reference to the Torah reading of the same Shabbat.  This next Shabbat is the last Shabbat of August 2024. […]

Dr Clifford Denton. Ekev: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25. 24th August 2024/20 Av. At that time the Lord said to me, hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain and make yourself an ark of wood. (Deuteronomy 10:1) Picture by Helen McNeill. The central and earnest instructions and pleas from Moses […]

By Joseph Shulam. Our congregation in Jerusalem is Roeh Israel. The English translation of our congregation’s name is Shepherd of Israel. Last Shabbat, When the time came to open the Torah cabinet and the Torah Scroll was taken out of the iron fireproof metal safe, my eye caught the difference between the two poles of […]

Dr Clifford Denton. Vaetchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11. 17th August 2024/13 Av. Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. (Deuteronomy 3:27) Picture by Helen McNeill. On Tuesday of this week, Tisha B’Av […]

UK Christians shocked by Archbishop’s call for Israeli withdrawal. by Charles Gardner. A call by the Archbishop of Canterbury for Israel to end its ‘occupation’ of Palestinian territory has been met with shock by UK Christians supporting the Jewish state. In welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s presence in the so-called […]

Dr Clifford Denton. Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22. 10th August 2024/6 Av. On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law. (Deuteronomy 1:5) Picture by Helen McNeill, including imagery linking to the Haftarah portion for this week, Isaiah 60:1-22. Remembrance is a major theme in Scripture. It occurs in […]

Christian convention glosses over Israel – the biggest issue of the day. by Charles Gardner. I have just returned from what must surely be among the most inspirational Christian events on the planet. The Keswick Convention will be celebrating 150 years of its annual Bible teaching festival which now runs over three weeks in the […]

Dr Clifford Denton. Matot/Massei: Numbers 30:1-32:42/Numbers 33:1-36:13. 27th July 2024/21 Tammuz.  Everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water. (Numbers 31:23) Picture by Helen McNeill. Next week […]