Systemic Change: A sermon based on Exodus 5
Now it starts. For the people of God, this 3000 year old story of the Exodus is one of the most defining stories in Scripture. The story of the Exodus is the story of God liberating his people, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt, so that He might lead them into the Promised Land. We’ve had two sermons on the Exodus so far. The purpose of the first sermon was to hit home the fact that this story is our story. We are a part of God’s people, so the Exodus story is our fam
Approaching God: A sermon based on Exodus 3-4
Consider the fire that first caught Moses’ attention. The bush is on fire, yet the fire does not consume it. God draws Moses to come closer through fire. Throughout his whole life, Moses is associated with water. Moses was drawn out from the Nile. Moses led His people, from slavery in Egypt through the waters of the Red Sea. By the power of God, Moses brought water from a rock. Robert Altar says, “The man associated with water from infancy on, now encounters the God of
Our Family Story: A sermon based on Exodus 1-2
Today we begin a journey through the Book of Exodus. We’ll be working through portions of this book over the next 12ish weeks. Likely, the outline of the book of Exodus is probably familiar to most who have spent time in the church. It’s about the birth of a nation, Israel. Jacob’s sons are in Egypt, they have lots of kids and get too numerous to count. Pharaoh worries they’ll take over, so he enslaves the sons of Israel. God raises up Moses to lead the people out of Eg
