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What is at the centre of the book of Psalms? There are 5 books in the book of Psalms, so the middle book is book 3, and the middle of book 3 is Psalm 81 and the middle of Psalm 81 is verse 8: “Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if…

There’s a beautiful verse in our reading from Leviticus 21. It’s a verse that shows the Lord’s care for those with disability (21:22). On a first reading this passage may cause those with disability to feel excluded, quadriplegic Joni Earekson Tada confesses this is how she felt when she first read the chapter. She says…

What does it mean to be holy? Grow a big beard? Live in a monastery? Become a nun?! Leviticus 19 tells us that holiness is very down to earth and practical, it’s all about how we relate to God and others. It has to do with caring for the poor and obeying parents, keeping the…

“For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing.” (Psalm 31:10) Do you ever feel like that? I sometimes do. And it’s amazing that in the Psalms God gives us the words to express deep sadness. Almighty God allows us to tell Him how we are feeling. It’s almost as if He…

Have you ever felt alone? Maybe it was during the covid pandemic when you had to isolate, or maybe it was because of bereavement or a break up. If you have experienced this pain, then you will know something of what it must have felt for a leper: “He is unclean. He shall live alone.…

When you read Leviticus, there’s lots of laws that may seem confusing to us, like the ones about the clean and unclean animals! What are we to do with this? If it’s ok to bacon today, then what about the 10 commandments, are they still valid? How shall we live? It’s helpful to see that…

Guilt can enslave, crush us, and can make us hide from God. Sometimes people may try to suppress guilt, perhaps convince themselves that they haven’t done anything wrong, but when David tried this he said it was as if his bones wasted away. Sometimes the guilt comes out in a fit of rage, and maybe…

“He’s down to earth…one of us” What an amazing thing to say about our saviour! Our God is not some far off deity that we have to earn the favour of. Hebrews 2 tells us that Jesus is not ashamed to call His people “brothers”! Why is Jesus not ashamed to call us brothers? Because,…

I wonder if you have ever built a house? I imagine that you have a vision of what you want, you talk it over with the architect, wait for the planning permission, wait for the builders, wait some more…the anticipation builds, then there’s the electrician, plumber, plasterer, glazer, gardener! I’m sure there’s some joy when…

“Stop giving!” Imagine a church where the people were so generous that they had to be told to stop giving! That is what Moses had to tell the people as they provided for the construction of the tabernacle (Exodus 36:6). Why were they so generous? Psalm 26:8 reveals the heart of the people “O LORD,…