Exodus 38-39 – Urim & Thummim, Gold Leaf and a Look Ahead
With 74 verses to preach, there was plenty to pack in to the sermon on Sunday (especially on a communion Sunday, where I try to be a little...
Exodus 36b-37 – Meticulous Repetition and Ezekiel’s Temple
The repetition in Exodus 35-40 functions to demonstrate the exact obedience of the Israelites in fulfilling God’s commands to build the...
Exodus 35-36a – Revisited Offerings Revisited
We have come to a portion of Exodus that many readers (and even many commentators) skip or skim through quickly. The trouble is, Exodus...
Exodus 34 – Revisited Laws Revisited
Exodus 34 in part revisited the Mosaic Covenant. Exodus 20-23 listed the stipulations and laws of the covenant, then God decided to renew...
Exodus 33 – Theme Words
When I really want to stress something important to my children, I repeat it several times, sometimes in different tones or with different...
Exodus 32 – Avenues for Future Study
Sometimes I get picked on because of the length of my sermons. Truth is, most of them are a lot shorter than they could be! (You can thank...
Exodus 31 – From Sabbath to Sabbath
The Sabbath commandment is nothing new to Exodus 31. We have seen mention of Sabbath earlier in Exodus 16, 20 and 23 (not to mention in...
Exodus 30 – Numbers-Obsessed
Here is an interesting case where I cut something from the sermon because it never should’ve been there to begin with. This is really an...
Exodus 29 – A Few Random Things
With 46 verses to preach in Exodus 29, it was inevitable that some elements that were originally planned for the sermon would end up on the...