The content of the Book of Leviticus begins with instruction about sacrifices (what people can bring and what the priests should do with them). In a time when ‘gods’ are fickle, disinterested, and hard to please, this level of precise instruction given by the ‘god’ was intended to give peace
Continue readingContinuing the content of the Book of Genesis, the story of Abraham finds its fulfilment with the birth of his son Isaac, and the pivotal event when Abraham agrees to God’s request to sacrifice the child of promise. Isaac as a character does not advance the story arc greatly; his
Continue readingSo far we have discovered the shape of the Old Testament and compared the Jewish and Christian ordering of the books and given the reasons why the same number of books can add up to either to 24 or 39. We have also briefly shown how the Old Testament was
Continue readingThe story of how the Old Testament was written and compiled is one that is hinted at in some of the books it contains. If I were to ask you what is the most significant book in the Old Testament? then thinking from a Christian perspective the answer might be
Continue readingOn Sunday, 8 October we welcomed into our worship Sarah Roure, the Head of Christian Aid in Brazil. Sarah spoke passionately to the congregation about Christian Aid’s work in her country and with a twinge of emotion about how much the support offered by congregations global, such as Polwarth, means to
Continue readingThis week we are going to look at the remaining two sections of the Jewish Bible and how they became the three sections of Christian Old Testament, and how what appears to be the same number of books can have such different totals: 24 vs 39! The second section of
Continue readingOver the next few weeks I am going to use this page to give the congregation that background to the Old Testament that I offered. There are 39 books in our Old Testament. The same books make up the Jewish Bible, but their grouping of books together reduces them to
Continue readingThe Church of Scotland, of which we are a part, seeks to operate as part of the global church through its World Mission Council. Click on the link to find out the latest news from the World Church. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/serve/world_mission/world_mission_news/2659_WM79_V6.pdf
Continue readingLast year the congregations of the Church of Scotland were invited to raise funds to rebuild houses in Nepal following the earthquake. Last bad news came from the United Mission to Nepal (UMN), the Church’s partners, saying that the government will not allowed houses will be built by them. For more
Continue readingOne of the charities Polwarth Church supports is EMBRACE the Middle East. Last Harvest Thanksgiving the congregation donated money to allow olive trees to be planted in Palestine. Our sponsored trees have been planted in Al-Arroub, Hebron in the field of Houssam Mohmoud Hasaneiah. click on the link to see
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