Exodus 3:1-10

Like you, I want to understand Scripture better, so we can live it well. It matters, because we’re living in God’s story. One way to learn is to watch how Scripture handles Scripture (i.e. intertextuality informs hermeneutics). For example, in Matthew 22:31 Jesus quotes this text to convince his opponents...…

God shows up where we don’t expect him. For good reason. Open Exodus 3:1-10. A fire in the wild can consume hundreds of acres in just a few hours. No experienced bushman ignores a fire. Moses was no exception. Moses was out in the wild to escape Pharaoh. If he...…

Hebrews 11:27, 28 Faith is seeing what no one else sees and betting your life, and the lives of others, on it. “27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who was invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.” (Hebrews 11:27, 28). There is some debate as to which departure from Egypt is referred to in verse 27: the first, after Moses had killed…