Bible and Theology on Moses

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Moses’ Need for Adaptive Leadership

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2 Corinthians 3:18, Romans 12:2, Hebrews 5:12-14, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, Numbers 14:1-4, Exodus 16:2-3, Numbers 18:17-21

[Jonathan] Sacks comments on this passage, tying it back to his study of adaptive leadership concepts. In the first occasion, Moses was faced with a technical challenge: the people needed food. On the...

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Golda Meir

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Moses dragged us through the desert to the one place in the Middle East where there is no oil.

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Adapted from Exodus 3:1-6

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Dustin Ray

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Exodus 3:1-6

Pastor: Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the ange...

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Adapted from Nehemiah 9:6-15

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Dustin Ray

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Nehemiah 9:6-15

Pastor: You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; ...

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When the Israelites Abandoned God’s Authority

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David Klinghoffer

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In the Bible, the children of Israel fall into disastrous behavior patterns whenever they abandon the majestic authority of God revealed to them through Moses at Mount Sinai. In fact, they commenced r...

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Adapted from 1 Kings 8:23, 56-58

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1 Kings 8:23, 56-58

O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart. Blessed be the ...

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Adapted from Leviticus 19:1-2; 20:7-8, 26 (ESV)

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Dustin Ray

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Leviticus 19:1-2, Leviticus 20:7-8, Leviticus 20:26

Pastor: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. All: “Consecrate yourselves, ...

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God’s Self-Revelation

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Vaughan Roberts

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Exodus 3:13-14, Exodus 6:2-3, Isaiah 42:8, Exodus 33:19, John 17:6, 1 Kings 18:36-39, Exodus 34:5-7

There are no vowels in the Hebrew (YHWH), which makes it impossible to know exactly what the word is. Some old translations say ‘Jehovah’. Modern scholars tend to speak of ‘Yahweh’. When the word appe...

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Adapted from John 6

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John 6:32-34

Leader: Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who co...

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Reading Scripture as a Black Man

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Bryan C. Loritts

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Matthew 2:13, Acts 8:26, Exodus 2:21, Numbers 12:1, 1 Corinthians 7:21, Ephesians 6:5, Colossians 3:22, Acts 10:null

As a black man, I pause when I see that Jesus was taken to Africa as a baby for refuge (Matthew 2:13–18). My blackness will not allow me to gloss over the Ethiopian man whom Philip cozies up to in Act...

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Jackie Hill Perry

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Like trees, words have roots. Dig underneath the letters’ soil and you’ll discover its definition. The root word of “holy” means “to cut” or “to separate.” When applied to everything outside of God, w...

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God, you call us to prayer. Throughout

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Ellen R. Dawson

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Exodus 2:23-25, 1 Samuel 1:10-11, 1 Kings 3:9-12, Acts 4:29-31, Luke 7:37-38, Exodus 3:7-10, Esther 4:16

God, you call us to prayer. Throughout the Scriptures, we read about your people praying. The Israelites cried out for you to rescue them from slavery. You sent them Moses. Hannah wept, asking you t...

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Adapted from Psalm 77:16-20

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Austin D. Hill

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Psalm 77:16-20

When the waters saw you, O God, When the waters saw you, they were afraid; Indeed, the deep trembled. The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side...

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When God Shows up…People Get Blown Away

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Mark Labberton

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Nobody ever went up to Jesus after his blistering warning about religious hypocrisy and shook his hand and said, “Thanks, rabbi. That was a nice talk." Nobody went up to Moses after the thunder, ...

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Like Pharoah, We Have Hard Hearts

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Exodus 1:17-2:14, Exodus 5:, Exodus 7:

Father God, we confess that our shortcomings are far more than we care to admit. Like Pharaoh, our hearts are often hardened and we don’t always look to you as the God who Saves. Like the people...

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The Most Holy Place

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Vaughan Roberts

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Exodus 25:22, Exodus 40:34-38

The tabernacle consists of a courtyard and a tent inside, separated into two sections: ‘The Holy Place’ and ‘the Most Holy Place’ or ‘Holy of Holies’. Inside the Holy Place is a table that holds ‘the ...

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Teaching Us His Name

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Marlena Graves

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Wilderness

God uses the wilderness experiences in our lives to teach us his name. If we, like Moses, wish to see God’s glory, it will often be in the wilderness that we see it. The beauty of the desert experienc...

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Becoming the Person God Wants Us to Be

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Trevor Hudson

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Isaiah 43:1, Ephesians 2:10, Galatians 6:4-5, Romans 14:4, 12, 1 Corinthians 12:4-18, 2 Corinthians 10:12, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Corinthians 12:

Each one of us is called to live the truth of our unrepeatable uniqueness. We are not meant to model ourselves after others, however wonderful they may be. A delightful Jewish parable makes this point...

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Mountains: 2, John 4:7-26

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Allen Thompson

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John 4:7-26, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 1 Peter 12:12-23, John 6:1-15, Galatians 4:21-31, Psalm 42:7, Psalm 121:null

New Testament Mountains Like the Old Testament, the New Testament has plenty of references to mountains. There’s the Sermon on the Mount, obviously. Jesus often went onto hills or mountains to pray...

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Mother's Day Sermon Ideas: Four Verses That Find Motherhood in the Heart of God

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Ryan Bundrick

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Mother’s Day is complicated for a pastor. Among the happy families that are celebrating, there are children who were abused by mothers, mothers who lost lost a child, and women suffering from inferti...

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The Holy Spirit’s Literary Genre Of Choice

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Eugene H. Peterson

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Story is the primary way in which the revelation of God is given to us. The Holy Spirit’s literary genre of choice is story. Story isn’t a simple or naive form of speech from which we graduate to the ...

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The Holy Wild

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Eugene H. Peterson

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Isaiah 6:, Hebrews 12:29

A few years ago a grizzly attacked a hiker not far from our home and mauled him badly. The hiker had heard of the wonder and beauty of the mountains of Montana and drove across the country from North ...

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The Challenge of Planting a Vineyard

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Caroline Cobb

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It takes at least three years to for a grape vine to begin producing fruit. The planting site must be carefully chosen, the vine planted at just the right depth and at just the right time of year, the...

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Third Sunday of Easter

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Paul Koptak

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1 Peter 1:17-23, Isaiah 40:6-8

(Scripture quotations below are from ESV unless noted otherwise.) Liturgical Context On this Third Sunday of Easter, the Revised Common Lectionary texts harmonize with the epistle’s praise of Jesus...

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Elemental Claims of the Gospel by Walter Brueggemann

A Theological Giant's Final Word Walter Brueggemann’s passing on June 5, 2025 leaves a void in biblical scholarship that will last a very long time. He was still writing books and essays at age 9...

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Works Versus Gratitude

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Casey Clark

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Exodus 19:4-6 , Micah 6:6-8, Romans 4:1-5, Ephesians 2:8-10, Psalm 116:12-14

Since our savior is also our Lord, we are called to follow his ways. And whenever discussions arise about what those ways look like in a church, confusion is bound to follow regarding grace and works....

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Psalm 130 | Waiting upon God

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Scott B. Bullock

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Psalm 130:, 1 John 4:8, Exodus 34:6-7, Psalm 107:

ANCIENT LENS What’s the historical context? Historical Background The Songs of Ascents celebrate the journey from Babylonian captivity to freedom in the homeland of Judah, and ultimately celebrat...

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

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Jacob Traeger

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Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, Mark 6:30-56

Context Mark 6 began with Jesus being rejected in his hometown and sending the Twelve on a ‘mission trip.’ At the high point of the disciples’ success, Mark interrupts his narrative to relay the deat...

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Psalm 19 | Creation Reflects God

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Matthew 5:17, Psalm 19:

Introduction During my time in seminary (and the year after I graduated) I spent a lot of time at a church in southern New Jersey. It’s actually how I met Scott Bullock, TPW board member and creator...

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Adapted from Luke 24:44-47a

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Dustin Ray

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Luke 24:44-47

Pastor: Jesus said, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” All: ...

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