The Heart in Hebrews

By nature: 3:8 – hardened 3:10 – always straying 3:12 – evil & unbelieving – hardened further by sin (v13) 3:15 – hardened 4:7 – hardened . As the Lord acts upon it: 4:12 – its thoughts and intentions judged by the word 8:10 – the law written on it 10:16 – the law put [...]

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Hebrews 10:26 – sin and sinning in Hebrews

Hebrews 10:26 can be a scary verse.  One woman I know has been crippled by the fear that she is damned because of ongoing sin.  Whenever I declared the gospel to her and held out the grace of Jesus she would always come back to these verses: If we deliberately keep on sinning after we [...]

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The Plagues of Exodus – Paul Blackham

Paul Blackham writes here and you can find his All Souls sermons here and Farm Fellowship sermons here. Exodus 7:14 – 10:29 Most people remember the story of the plagues from their childhood.  We are allowed to enjoy so many of these great Hebrew stories when we are young before we ‘learn’ not to spend [...]

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Happy Friday

ht Tim Ambrose

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Exodus 6:28 – 7:13 – Jacky Lam

Jacky has his christological commentary of the whole bible here.  He’s up to to 2 Samuel at the moment.  His collected posts on the Pentateuch are here. …………………………………………. Read the verses here “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?” Moses’ words ring true of his temporary role as the mediator [...]

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Exodus 5:22-6:27

Read the verses here. When do people tend to make promises – when they are in power or out of power? Usually we make promises when we’re out of power.  We may beg for money, drugs, sex, our lives, re-election by making endless promises.  But for us, the promise is a substitute for power.  Give [...]

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Substitutes for the Spirit [Thawed out Thursday]

We have endless substitutes for the actual, dynamic, personal presence of the Spirit in our thinking.  Here’s a sketch of just a few off the top of my head. Of course, many of these can be means by which the Spirit works. Yet if they are cut off from the Source they have no life [...]

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Exodus 5:1-21

Read Exodus 5 here. And so Moses and Aaron, fearing the weakening of the modern family, the slow but steady erosion of Israelite values in public life and their worsening working conditions decided to do the only thing upstanding, God-fearing folk can do – they formed a political pressure group.  They called it CHANGE:  Campaigning [...]

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Perfect in mercy

You will be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect  (Matt 5:48) Now the first mistake people make with this verse is to forget that it’s an indicative.  Jesus could have used the imperative here (You must be perfect), but He chose to use the future indicative – You will be perfect. The other mistake [...]

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Exodus 4:18-31

Read the verses here “Let me go”, says Moses. Jethro, the shepherd-priest, gives a very different answer to the one Pharaoh will give: “Go, and I wish you well!” (v18)  If only Pharaoh had the Spirit of Jethro! Pharoah will not let them go and the LORD knows it.  In chapter 3:19 He says: But [...]

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Exodus 4:1-17 – Paul Blackham

Paul’s wonderful sermons can be heard from All Souls, Langham Place and from Tarleton Farm Fellowship where he currently ministers. Exodus 4:1-17 – Paul Blackham How does the Living God identify Himself to us? What are the unmistakable signs of the LORD Jesus, sent from the Father in the power of the Spirit? I remember [...]

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Excellent Evangelistic Video

And with vimeo you can burn it onto DVD and use it in a small group for instance. Good innit? PS – I hope someone washes that black shirt of Rico’s.  Get’s a lot of use… .

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Exodus 3 – Tom Rout

Tom Rout is a minister in training at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University and all round good egg.  This is an adaptation of a recent talk he gave on Exodus 3. Exodus 3 Lent meditation (read Exodus 3 here) As we’ve seen over the last few days, the situation for God’s people Israel looks bleak at [...]

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Some Luther Quotes

This is how to preach evangelistically, huh? Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what [...]

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Happy Friday

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Exodus 2

Read Exodus 2 here. Moses is a true Levite (v1).  Which tells you, among other things, that he’ll be a man of violence (v12! cf Gen 34:25ff; 49:5-7).  He is not the Judah-ite King (Gen 49:8-12) to whom the nations will bow.  The LORD’s Glory will not be united to his company (Gen 49:6). Moses [...]

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Exodus 1 – Jacky Lam

by Jacky Lam Jacky blogs at The Sent One – an awesome Christological commentary on the whole bible.  He has collected together his pentateuch comentary (including Exodus) here.  A real treasure trove. And do read Exodus 1 first… From Genesis to Exodus In Genesis we saw promises.  They reach back from the promise made through [...]

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Exodus Overview

by Glen Scrivener Jesus… saved a people out of the land of Egypt. (Jude 5) Here’s where we begin our Lenten blog through Exodus – Jude’s 10 word overview.  At its heart is the truth: Jesus saves from slavery.  That’s what Exodus is all about. In today’s introduction to the book, I’ll try to expand [...]

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