The mass exodus
Exodus means ‘going out’. It’s the basis of words like EXIT. We still use it today to describe a mass exodus, often of a people chased from their homes by war or exploitation or...
Monthly Archive: October 2014
So what do we do with the plagues?
So now we come to the plagues: signs to Pharaoh that God is God and is not to be messed with. So the River Nile is turned to blood, the fish die, the river...
Then you will know that I am God
Today I’m going to take you on a quick romp through the next few chapters – Exodus 4:18-7:13 if anyone other than me is actually reading the actual Bible! It starts with Moses returning...
Who me? You’ve got to be joking!
So God has made his presence felt to Moses and now has something to talk to him about. Good news! God has heard his people crying out and has seen their...
Holy Ground
A bunch of favourites for me this morning – a favourite passage, a favourite song, a favourite verse and one of my favourite spiritual concepts – well worth getting up for on a dark,...
When I call, answer me…..
About ten years ago, Andy went for an MRI scan on his bad back. He was given the panic button to hold and pushed into the machine. He suddenly realised that he still had...
An alien in a foreign land
Today we move on. Today we look at Exodus 2:15-21. Today is a new day. Yesterday we heard how Moses killed an Egyptian in anger (in part righteous anger but uncontrollable nevertheless) who was...
A volcano in my tummy
I don’t know about you but we have real issues with anger in our house. Which is ironic, because growing up, anger was never outwardly expressed in my home. I never heard my parents...
Some of the realities of adoption…..
Exodus 2:1-10 briefly tells the well-known story of Moses’ early years – how when he was born, his mother saved him from certain death by putting him in the reeds by the River Nile...
