First — the book of the chronicles.Xerxes couldn’t sleep, so he asked for the book of the chronicles to be read (Esther 6v1). It is during the reading of the book of the chronicles that he is confronted with the events that had happened some 5 years earlier, where...
This is the start of the narrative in which Esther reveals her true identity. Up until this point she has been living SECRETLY as a Jewess. We have read that she is told by Mordecai to keep her heritage secret .. “Esther had not revealed her nationality and...
The wait … My first point comes from the back end of the passage Sophie handled last week, which tells us that Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions (that is, to fast and pray for three days). And Chapter 5 starts with “on the third day”. So...
I have watched the protests in the UK by members of the environmental organisation Insulate Britain with mixed feelings, just as I did watching the Extinction Rebellion protests before them. On the one hand, it is my experience that getting bullish and aggressive and...
This week we are not meeting in person, and we do not have a message to upload for you to watch.So,I’ve had a gander at our archive and below is a link to a message I preached on 29th April 2018 about rest. Appropriate since that is exactly what I am doing … taking a...
