Introduction Explore the Bible sections off another smaller portion for the fourth week, “Persevering Faith (Exodus 13:17-15:21)”. Last week was the final plague and the exodus from Egypt. The LORD then made the Passover an annual event of remembrance and commanded the consecration of the first born of men and animals of the people to [...]
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Introduction The third week in Explore the Bible is title “Amazing Deliverance (Exodus 11:1-13:16).” God has just completed His ninth plague. Pharaoh’s heart is hard and he has routinely rejected Moses’ requests, lied, and gone back on his word. All of the plagues have been in preparation for this one, the first one the LORD [...]
The next section of Explore the Bible is “Divine Purpose (Exodus 5:1-10:29).” Again, with such a large section I recommend mostly reading through it many times. This post will include, as the last did, an introduction, an outline, and brief comments. Introduction We saw last time how the people of Israel were being fruitful and [...]
Exodus Series: 1:1-4:31 Overview
Posted in Exodus on March 6, 2010 |
The Explore the Bible series begins with “Compassionate Action (Exodus 1:1-4:31).” We can gain little more than an overview of such a large section. With that in mind I will only introduce, outline, and briefly comment on this section. Introduction A friend told me she thought it would be difficult to come from the book [...]
In the last post I mentioned further outlines. Here are the three outlines that each bring out something different about Exodus. The first is from Stuart’s NAC on Exodus. The second and third are from my Old Testament class last semester with Dr. Jim Hamilton. Outline 1: According to Exodus 3:11-12 God’s rescue and bringing [...]
The Lifeway material for Exodus (Explore the Bible materials) outlines Exodus as follows: Unit 1: Design for Redemption Compassionate Action (Exodus 1:1-4:31) Divine Purpose (Exodus 5:1-10:29) Amazing Deliverance (Exodus 11:1-13:16) Persevering Faith (Exodus 13:17-15:21) Tested Devotion (Exodus 15:22-18:27)
My church is going through Exodus in three of our Sunday School classes. Two will be using Lifeway’s Explore the Bible materials to do so. My class will take an extended look at Exodus for several months. But I thought it would be helpful for me, if not both classes, to do a quick summary/overview [...]
Financing the Church
Posted in Finances, tagged Finances, fund raising, money on March 2, 2010 |
If your church struggles with finances, how should you fund your church? As I contemplate this I thought I would write my thoughts down. And why not here? I’m also hoping to gain some insight from any who may read this. I’ll add my email address to the about page (there’s also twitter @joshuacottrell or [...]
