tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post474516568727598535..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: "Jerusalem, A Jewish City By All Definitions"Daphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-36053854965799865412012-09-06T16:50:54.610+10:002012-09-06T16:50:54.610+10:00Thanks, Ian.
A "Daily Telegraph" (5 Oct....Thanks, Ian.<br />A "Daily Telegraph" (5 Oct. 2010 !!!) has surfaced in the course of my impending house move. It reports a survey by the C of E, which concludes that for most people in the UK born after 1982 the "chain of Christian memory" has disappeared. Only one in 5 believe in a Deity who hears prayers.<br />More bad news for that strand of support for Jews and Israel that is/was rooted in a sense of a shared scriptural tradition.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-90794595110591698312012-09-06T09:01:02.690+10:002012-09-06T09:01:02.690+10:00There are two verses from the Psalms that influenc...There are two verses from the Psalms that influence my prayers. When, as a Christian preacher, I lead intercessions, I always remember that, amongst many other things, we are commanded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. The other verse is a more personal commitment, to wit, "If I forget Thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand lose its' cunning". I have no intention of letting any part of me lose its' cunning! ;-)<br /><br />I shall never forget that, when I was 15, I saw Israeli soldiers praying at the Wailing Wall and somehow understood that I was witnessing a restoration which will bring blessing to us all.<br />Ian Gnoreply@blogger.com