Word of Salvation - May 2011   Text: Numbers 17 - CHRIST: THE ALMOND BRANCH - by John Westendorp (Sermon 17 in a series on Numbers)  Scripture reading: Numbers 17. Singing: Book of Worship 146 / 431 / 182 & In Christ alone   Intro: Complaining is a common human pastime. Nobody particularly likes grumbling... and yet we all do it.   There was once an order of monks in which members took vows of silence.Only after a year were they permitted to speak to the abbot of the monastery.One monk, when given that opportunity said: “My cell is too cold.”A...