The book of Exodus begins with the words “These are the names of the sons of Israel who went down to Egypt” (Exodus 1:1). This opener becomes the basis for Hebrew title of the book “These are the names”. The book begins with one of those generational lists that punctuate Genesis so demonstrating continuity. Multiplication… Continue reading God’s people but not in God’s place
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Exodus Introduction
The book of Exodus tells the story of the descendants of Jacob, picking up the story about 400 years after Jacob had gone down to Egypt with his 11 sons. Jospeh, the twelfth was already there having been sold into slavery but rising through divine intervention to a position of authority overseeing the famine relief.… Continue reading Exodus Introduction
A walk through Exodus
Here’s something I put together giving an overview of the book of Exodus.
Introduction to Exodus
One of the resources we try to provide here on Faithroots is guides that introduce potential preachers and teachers to books of the Bible. I’m currently preparing some resources to support our preaching team who will be taking our church through a series on the book of Exodus. Here’s the first one, a Discussion booklet… Continue reading Introduction to Exodus
Preachers: Don’t make things that are about Jesus about yourself
Have a listen to this sermon. It was delivered by Bishop Cei Dewar at Christopher Wickland’s church. These are two key men in the current Christian Nationalism movement. Both spoke on the platform at the Unite the Kingdom rally. I was therefore interested in the talk partly because of that but also partly because we… Continue reading Preachers: Don’t make things that are about Jesus about yourself
New Exodus
After his baptism, Jesus goes into the wilderness or desert region around the Jordan river. He spends forty days there, fasting and experiencing temptation from Satan. Mark sums this up in a few lines: 12 At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, 13 and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted[g] by Satan. He was with… Continue reading New Exodus
The Redemption of Moses
AS Moses stood facing the Red Sea and God told him to stretch out his staff over the water, how did he know that he could trust God at that point? I want to suggest that it was in part because he’d sort of been there already before. He was about to take the people… Continue reading The Redemption of Moses
When the desert blooms
We are now coming to the end of the first part of the book. Isaiah 35 is like the big song at the end of the first half. There will be a kind of interlude, an interruption to tell some of the story of what is going on in Isaiah’s day through the next few… Continue reading When the desert blooms
Echoes …(an introduction to typology)
One of the exciting things you spot as you read through Scripture especially if you’ve ever done that thing where you read from beginning to end in a year, or if you spend a bit of time reading through big sections is that you begin to spot patterns and echoes. For example, here are three… Continue reading Echoes …(an introduction to typology)
Does God allow lies sometimes?
I remember an ethics lecturer arguing that it could be okay to lie in particular circumstances. The obvious ethical dilemma is the situation that people hiding Jews in the Second World War might have faced. Do they tell the truth when questioned and risk the lives of those in their care? Or do they tell… Continue reading Does God allow lies sometimes?
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