News from Edinburgh Presbytery
Want to learn more about what’s happening in the churches across the City of Edinburgh? Read the latest news from the Presbytery of Edinburgh.
Continue readingA New Year Message
Our minister, Jack Holt, writes: “A Happy New Year! I just wanted to thank all the people, beyond those who gather on a Sunday morning, who attended our special Christmas events and services, for helping making them a great success, and for contributing financially towards the charities we partner. I also want to
Continue readingFundraising for Free
4 supporters have raised a total of £75.98 by shopping online in the past month with You can raise funds for Polwarth Church too, every time you shop online – at no extra cost to you. Just click on the easy fundraising logo and follow the simple instructions to start
Continue readingThe Old Testament – An Overview (part 6)
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 readingThe Old Testament – An Overview (part 5)
Continuing 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 readingThe Old Testament – An Overview (part 4)
So 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 Old Testament – An Overview (Part 3)
The 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 readingChristian Aid Visitor
On 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 readingThe Old Testament – An Overview (Part 2)
This 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
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