Tag Archives: Book of Exodus

Sermon: Knowing and being known

Posted on October 18, 2026 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Our hope may be that we will see our Pilot face to face when we have crossed the bar. But in the meantime, while we cannot fully know God, we are already, as Paul reminds the Corinthians, fully known. And we are known by a God who names himself, ‘I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy,’ even when most angry and disappointed with people who decided to worship a false god made of gold. The Lord ends the story of the golden calf by renewing the covenant that the Israelites broke, giving them a fresh start and repeating for them the Ten Commandments that they will need to live as God’s people in God’s land. (Exodus 34) Continue reading →

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Sermon: Not quite the God we know

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Their relationship with this God was so intimate and immediate that they could imagine God sending them quails to eat in the evening and bread in the morning (Exodus 16:13-16); they could imagine the Lord being so hurt by their rejection that God needed to be talked out of killing them. As I have said so many times this year, the religion created by the Jewish followers of Jesus is an inclusive Israel gathered from all the nations of the world. The character of the Lord in today’s story is not identical with the God we worship, but this sense of intimacy between God and God’s people is ours too. Continue reading →

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Sermon: There is always enough

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Avril Hannah-Jones

Pharoah’s world was one of scarcity, in which the people of Israel had to work without ceasing and make bricks without straw. The Lord’s world is one of abundance, in which everyone has enough, and rest is an essential part of life. Continue reading →

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