Exodus: The Test in the Wilderness

Exodus: The Test in the Wilderness

A Sermon Based on Exodus 17:1-7

We have been delivered from Egypt. We have crossed the Red Sea in baptism. We have now headed out into the wilderness on our journey to God and his promised land. What’s it like? Sometimes the journey is arduous. This sermon draws a parallel between the testing these people were receiving and the testing of this generation in the current moment. It confronts the listener with the question: how are we doing with this text? Finally, though, it seeks to bring people to the Rock of our salvation, Jesus Christ, who gushes grace to us for our grumbling and continues to go with us on the journey.

Exodus: The Song of the New Life

Exodus: The Song of the New Life

A Sermon Based on Exodus 15:19-21

Exodus speeds by much like our lives do: fast. It does so until, finally, it halts for a moment when the people are standing on a new shore of life. It then turns from a rush of narrative and prose into a whole chapter of poetry. Why is that? Why does Miriam sing? This sermon asserts that the parting of the Red Sea is a type that anticipates Christian baptism. Miriam sings, then, because God’s people need to understand everything this new life means. What does it mean? This sermon sings to you the answer.

Exodus: God and His Salvation

Exodus: God and His Salvation

A Sermon Based on Exodus 14

The burden of this sermon is to communicate nothing less than the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is, of course, true for every sermon, but it is especially true of this sermon. The account here is the program of salvation that God unleashes, finally, in his great Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. The evidence of that is how often this account is referenced in the rest of the Bible. What do we learn about salvation here? This sermon answers that critical question.

Exodus: God and His Judgment

Exodus: God and His Judgment

A Sermon Based on Exodus 7:14-24

God’s judgment often makes people feel queasy, but should it? This sermon addresses the queasiness middle/upper-class Americans feel with the judgment of God by examining who God is and his judgment in detail. Is it rash or quick? This sermon shows that God’s judgment is slow and patient. Is it arbitrary, over-done, or cruel? This sermon shows that God’s judgment is always true and right and good. How can it be diverted? We can’t divert it, but God can. This sermon shows how God has.

Exodus: Christianity with the Aroma of Christ

Exodus: Christianity with the Aroma of Christ

A Sermon Based on Exodus 5

There’s a stench coming off this part of Exodus, so say the Hebrew foremen. It is language that makes you ask, “What stink?” There is a lot of stink coming off the story from a number of figures: from Moses and Aaron, the elders, and the Hebrew foremen. Where is it and, what can we learn from it? Finally, we can learn the aroma of Christ!

Exodus: The God of the Bush

Exodus: The God of the Bush

A Sermon Based on Exodus 3:1-10, 4:29-31 

Today we meet the God of the bush. He comes to a person and a people who thought that after 400 years, things may not ever change. His descent into the bush in his burning love and holiness shows that, despite appearances, God has heard and seen all their bitterness and pain. What does that mean for this moment? And does that bush still burn? This sermon claims that it does in the person of Jesus Christ.