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In Exodus 28 we see one of the privileges of the High Priest was to carry the names of the tribes of Israel before the LORD. The priests were a shadow of our great High Priest who we read about in our reading from Philippians 2. Our great High Priest left the riches of heaven…

It’s Valentine’s Day coming up, how do you think my wife would feel if I gave her a bunch of bananas instead of a bunch of flowers?! Would she congratulate me for being thrifty?! How about if I you that Dorothy really dislikes bananas?! It doesn’t matter that I love them and think they make…

One of the things I love about the Psalms is that they show us the heart of Jesus. The writer of the book of Hebrews tells us that “in the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers snd supplications, with loud cries and tears.” (Hebrews 5:7) Some of those prayers were undoubtedly the Psalms.…

I had my first driving experience when I was about 4, my mum had let me play in her Renault 4. She was in the house washing her hair over the bath. I was being Nigel Mansell, but then the car actually starting moving! I had let the handbrake off in my excitement. The car…

“The heart of the problem is the human heart.” That’s a line in the really helpful Christianity Explored course, but it’s a great description of God’s people in Exodus. God has rescued them out of Egypt through 10 plagues, then they panicked when Pharaoh chased after them, but God rescued them through the Red Sea,…

Why doesn’t he just give up?! Surely by now he knows who the LORD is and that he can’t beat him. Surely after 10 times of showing His power, Pharaoh should come and say with the Philippian jailer “what must I do to be saved?” And yet, pharaoh is still trying to resist the sovereign…

Is God’s judgment too severe? It is fairly shocking. There is a death in every house. And yet, God had given 9 warnings with the previous plagues and now he warns that every firstborn will die. Is this fair? Well, remember what Pharaoh had done to the Israelite baby boys. And when you remember that…

Why doesn’t God make himself clearer? Sometimes people ask that sort of question. I’d believe if God showed me some sign… Well Pharaoh has a fair few signs and yet still refuses to acknowledge that the LORD is God! The problem isn’t so much a lack of evidence as it is a lack of desire…

What happens when you pray and things seem to get worse instead of better. That’s what happens to God’s people in Exodus. God has heard his people’s groans and sends Moses to tell Pharaoh to let the people go and Pharaoh says No! And then makes life harder for God’s people. They now have to…

The Bible tells one true story from beginning to end, and it’s helpful to remember that it all fits together. As we begin Exodus, we have moved on about 400 years (remember the promise to Abraham that his descendants would be servants in a foreign land 15:13) but the promises are still being worked out.…