Bible Study

Don't just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon:

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Sermon Outline

For all that 40-year-old Moses has going for him, he lacks

• authority (God hasn't authorized him)
• a mission (God hasn't sent him)
• solidarity (Moses hasn't relocated)

Sermon Questions

1. God's plan to transform us always begins with planting us among people. What does it say about God that he starts with relationships?
2. Before Moses killed the Egyptian, he looked "this way and that." What are some ways you find yourself looking exclusively for human solutions?
3. Christ came "to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19:10 ). Share one specific way that this mission could take on flesh and blood only in your particular life and circumstances — perhaps it might be a relationship with a coworker, family member, or friend?

Resources Consulted

• Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses (ed. Abraham Mahlerbe) (New York: Paulist Press, 1978)
• Michael Allen, “The Burning Bush,” in The Knowledge of God: Essays on God, Christ, and Church (London: Bloomsbury, 2022), 35–50.
• Leon Kass, Founding God’s Nation: Reading Exodus (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021)
• Brevard Childs, The Book of Exodus (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1974)
• Terence E. Fretheim, Exodus (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010)
• James Davison Hunter, Democracy and Solidarity: On the Roots of America’s Political Crisis (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024) [For an introduction to this book, see Rowan Williams’ brief review here.]

Questions?

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