Exodus the foundation for the whole Bible
Alex Motyer is not exaggerating when he describes how important the book of Exodus is in the unfolding story of the whole Bible:
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To understand the ban in Joshua, read Genesis.
Alec Motyer wrote this very helpful paragraph in his commentary on Exodus.
Exodus 1:1-7:7
Re-reading Exodus 1:1-7:7 a few times in preparation for next Sunday's sermon, I have been struck again by just how well-crafted the book of Exodus is.
Here are a handful of details that I observed in those chapters, that are reproduced here in the hope that they might intrigue a few people to read the book of Exodus again. What, I think, we need is to read the whole book (because it functions and speaks to us as a whole), but to combine that with close attention to the details.
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James 2: Faith and Works
A few quotations from Douglas Moo's Commentary on the book of James to fill in a bit more background to the material we looked at during Kemsing's Useful! service on the second half of James 2.
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Fabulous: On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?!
I have once had the fortune to take part in a carol service where While Shepherds Watched was sung to the tune of On Ilkla Moor baht 'at. It was a slight novelty: "Did you know that these words can be made to fit to this tune? What fun - let's do it!"
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Rejoice in the Lord always
Why not join me in being built up by reading Peter Leithart's exhortation on Paul's instruction to rejoice in the Lord always. Always? Yes - always. …
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Caird on Luke's birth narrative
G B Caird is helpful, as ever, in his comments on Luke's account of the birth of Jesus:
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Praying in Public
It is a joy to discover Sam Allberry has a blog. He has a particularly excellent post on there with some very important reminders for those of us who lead public prayer in church. Check them out at: http://allberry.blogspot.com/2009/09/public-prayer.html
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Hymn tunes and meters
I recently received an e-mail asking about how you work out what the "meter" for a hymn is, and how you go about finding a tune that fits the words of a particular hymn.
In case my reply helps anybody else, here's what I said:
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