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Sibling Rivalry

Genesis shows the most fraught relationship is sibling rivalry. We have Cain and Abel,  Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Rachel and Leah. In each story we see a pecking order, my sibling stands between me and what I most desire. In each story there appears at first reading to be a accepted one […]

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Looks and sees

Genesis describes the moment that Moses became the great potential leader. Moses went out and he saw their suffering this happens before he undertakes the awe inspiring responsibilities of leadership. He could have stayed in the palace with wealth and affluence.  Later he could have enjoyed the peace and quiet of a Midianite shepherd. But the […]

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Who am I?

The first time Moses intervenes to stop two Jews arguing, they say to him, ‘Who ever appointed you to be our leader?’ These are the first words to Moses by the Children of Israel! He wasn’t even thinking about being a leader and already they were criticising his leadership. There are clues in our early […]

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Heroines

There are so many heroines in the bible, Jochabed, Miriam, Zipporah, and the two midwives who appear throughout the story of Moses. There is Pharaoh’s daughter who gives Moses his name, rescues him, adopts him at great risk. She is the one without whom there would have been no Moses. She is not named in […]

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Free won’t

A very interesting neuroscientific experiment in Berlin conducted recently by Professor Marcus du Sautoy the Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, showed that an observer can actually detect several seconds before you know, what you are going to do. The observer can see the brain activity through a brain scan computer. So […]

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Surprising Blessing

What did Abraham feel when God said to him to leave your land and your father’s house and go to a land which I will show you what did he feel? – we have no idea, the bible does not mention any emotion. what did Abraham feel, what did Isaac feel when God said to take Isaac your […]

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The Virtuous life

What makes a genius. it appears that isn’t just the knowing of of a lot of things. For example Science is telling us that it takes ten thousand hours of deep practice before you naturally can hit a tennis ball that will get you to Wimbledon. It is not just knowing the rules of tennis […]

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