Category Archives: Exodus

Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 6: The Climactic Word

The sixth part of my ten part series on the Transfiguration and the Christian reading of Scripture has just been published: Moses and Elijah speak with Jesus about his departure–literally his ‘Exodus’–that he was about to ‘fulfil’ in Jerusalem. The … Continue reading

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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 5: The High Priest and the New Temple

The fifth part of my ten part series on the Transfiguration went online earlier. Within this post, I discuss Temple and priestly themes within the gospel accounts of the Transfiguration: In light of Jesus’ revelation as the great and glorious … Continue reading

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Transfigured Hermeneutics—Part 2: Transfiguration and Exodus

The second of my ten part series of posts on the Transfiguration and Christian reading of Scripture has just been published over on Reformation21 (if you haven’t already read it, the first part is here). Luke’s account of the Transfiguration … Continue reading

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Podcast: Transfiguration

In the latest Mere Fidelity episode I join Derek Rishmawy and Andrew Wilson to discuss the subject of the Transfiguration. Please leave any thoughts that you might have on the podcast in the comments. You can also follow the podcast … Continue reading

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Podcast: Pentecost and the Prophetic Gift of the Spirit

As it was Pentecost on Sunday, we decided to take up the themes of Pentecost and the Gift(s) of the Spirit in our latest Mere Fidelity podcast. Matt wasn’t able to join us this week, so Derek, Andrew, and I … Continue reading

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The Politics of Sacrifice

I have just guest posted over on the Political Theology blog: Various myths have been forged to account for the foundation of nations, not only in stories such as those of Romulus and Remus, but also in the famous myths … Continue reading

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#Luke2Acts—Some Notes on John 1 and 2

The #Luke2Acts study has continued on Twitter over the last couple of weeks (you can see my notes on Luke here). I thought that I would post some notes from chapters 1 and 2 of John. I wasn’t able to … Continue reading

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Priestly Service in Romans 6

A few weeks ago I heard a sermon on Romans 6:15-23, during which a number of questions were raised in my mind about the way that the passage should be read. Seeing the second half of Romans 6 referenced in … Continue reading

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Exodus Themes in Luke 9:10-50

In my church’s midweek Bible study groups last night, we were going through Luke 9:10-50. It struck me that there are a number of interesting potential Exodus themes in there. Here are a few that jumped out at me. If … Continue reading

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The Crusade of the Lost Ark – 40 Days of Exoduses (22)

A Barren Woman Our last study concluded with Israel having crossed the Jordan and destroyed the city of Jericho. At this point we jump forward in biblical history, leaving the rest of the book of Joshua and skipping the books … Continue reading

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