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The God who sees—Exodus 3:7
In Genesis 16:13, Hagar called the Lord, “the God who sees.” The same God continued to see, watching…
Is God or an angel speaking in Exodus 3:2-6?
The angel of the LORD appears to Jacob in a dream (Gen 31:11), calls to Abraham from heaven…
Meeting the holy God—Exodus 3:1-5
God sometimes meets us in the ordinary events of our lives, but calls us into his extraordinary plan…
God has not forgotten them—Exodus 2:23-25
When our lives become more comfortable, it’s easy to forget the hardship faced by others, whether through persecution,…
Settling in a new land—Exodus 2:16-22
When I travel to speak in various parts of the world, my hosts show me great hospitality. I…
Moses as a refugee—Exodus 2:15-17
Moses may have thought that killing an Egyptian oppressor was an act of justice, but the Egyptian overlords…
The Hebrews were sinners too—Exodus 2:13-14
In Exod 2:11-12, Moses killed an Egyptian who was striking one of Moses’s own people. He meant to…
Standing for Justice—Exodus 2:11-14
Nobody’s perfect, but sometimes one side really is right and another is wrong. The civil rights reformers were…
Moses as a third-culture kid—Exodus 2:7-10
Did Moses know that he was a Hebrew? Contrary to some of the movies we see (including my…
Where was God when tragedy happened?—Exodus 1:22
Sometimes in the midst of history, injustice seems to prevail. In light of a longer view, and especially…
Is lying ever right?—Exodus 1:19-21
In the 2013 film, Return to the Hiding Place (https://www.christianbook.com/return-to-the-hiding-place/pd/241338?event=ESRCG), Eusi, a Jewish cantor staying with the Ten…
Beating a tyrant at his own game—Exodus 1:15-22
The unscrupulous Pharaoh, determining to act shrewdly (NRSV, ESV) with God’s people, planned to kill their infants through…
Be fruitful, multiply—and expect opposition—Exodus 1:8-14
Although being fruitful and multiplying (Exod 1:7) is a good thing, it can also provoke opposition from those…
Getting too comfortable in Egypt?—Exodus 1:1-7
Exodus opens where Genesis leaves off: Jacob and his family settled in Egypt (Exod 1:1-5), and Joseph and…
A Mother’s Courage—Exodus 2:1-6
Moses’s mother was courageous to hide him for three months (Exod 2:2), but how long can one hide…