Sermons Texts:

Genesis 1:20-21

1 Corinthians 15:54-58

Exodus 7:8-13

Todays sermon is on the confrontation between Moses and Aaron and Pharaoh’s magicians. Aaron throws down his staff which transforms into a serpent. However, I argue that the staff actually transforms into a creature much more incredible than a serpent but our modern translations are too timid to say so.

Along the way we look at the function of the chaos monster in ancient near eastern mythology and how the Hebrew scriptures challenge this view. Then we finish by reading Paul’s take on the defeat of the ultimate dark power, death, and how that victory shapes the way we live in the world now.