Living the Law

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 23 to August 30

Key Verses: Exodus 21-23 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “These chapters, containing the first body of Torah legislation, have become known in English as the ‘Book of the Covenant,’ Hebrew sefer ha-berit. This name is based...

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Covenant at Sinai

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 16 to August 23

Key Verses: Exodus 19-20 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Equality is the holy grail of revolutionary politics. It has often been sought, but never achieved. The two best-known attempts have been equality of wealth (through communism...

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The Bread and Water of Life

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 9 to August 16

Key Verses: Exodus 16-18 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Two rules govern the manna economy: limiting the daily collection to ‘an omer a head’ (Exod 16:16)—as much as a person can eat in a day—and refraining...

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Through the Red Sea

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 2 to August 9

Key Verses: Exodus 13-15 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “The triggering move that sets off this final and definitive burst of wonder, God’s salvation act, unprecedented and unsurpassable, is a meal, an ordinary meal, a meat...

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Passover

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 26 to August 2

Key Verses: Exodus 11-12 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “A newly liberated people will create practices and institutions that are in tune with their new status. In the case of passover, however, liturgy precedes the liberative...

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The Plagues

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 19 to July 26

Key Verses: Exodus 7-10 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “The present narrative is a sophisticated and symmetric literary structure with a patterns of three groups each comprising three plagues. The climactic tenth plague possesses a character...

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Rough Start

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 12 to July 19

Key Verses: Exodus 5-6 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Perhaps nowhere is Pharaoh’s hardness of heart demonstrated more clearly than in the first words he utters in the Exodus narrative: ‘Who is the Lord?’ In time,...

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The Burning Bush

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 5 to July 12

Key Verses: Exodus 3-4 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “Moses also experiences a challenge to his way of approaching and knowing the world. His encounter at the burning bush calls into question not only the reliability...

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Oppression: The Background and the Birth of Moses

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 28 to July 5

Key Verses: Exodus 1-2 Key Questions
 Theological Insights
 “The book of Exodus moves from slavery to worship, from Israel’s bondage to Pharaoh to its bonding to Yahweh. More particularly, the book moves from the enforced...

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Exodus Introduction

• Introduction

The book of Exodus is very dear to me. When I think about the book of Exodus I think of at least three things. The first, Exodus reminds me of my past. It was in...

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Wait on the Lord

• Lesson 13 for the week of March 23 to March 30

Leading Question: Stories often have an arc. There is tension, and the story draws us along because in the unfolding of each story, we see a bit of ourselves and what it means to be...

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Worship That Never Ends

• Lesson 12 for the week of March 16 to March 23

Leading Question: What does it mean to bless God? What does it mean to receive a blessing? Scripture Focus: Psalm 104, Psalm 103, Deuteronomy 6:13, Psalm 96, Psalm 98 The Big Idea: Praise is the...

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Longing for God in Zion

• Lesson 11 for the week of March 9 to March 16

Leading Question: WFor you or people close to you, what is a place that is tied to spiritual experiences or memories of connection with God? Scripture Focus: Psalm 84, Psalm 125, Psalm 122, Psalm 46...

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Lessons of the Past

• Lesson 10 for the week of March 2 to March 9

Leading Question: What role do stories about the past play in equipping people to navigate life with all its twists and turns? Scripture Focus: Psalm 78, Psalm 105 The Big Idea: Knowing where we come...

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