Exodus: Saved for God's Glory (Preaching the Word | PtW)

by Philip Graham Ryken

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2005

Overview

In this Preaching the Word volume, Philip Graham Ryken mines the majestic book of Exodus for knowledge of God’s character and instruction for his followers. So much can be learned about God through the accounts of his deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, his many divine interventions for them, and his transformation of them into an independent nation.

To read Exodus is to encounter God. The book is about the mercy, justice, holiness, and glory of almighty God, who rules history by his sovereign power, saves the people of his covenant, and delivers his people from bondage. Once heard, the stories recorded in Exodus leave a lasting impression. Readers return to these great acts of redemption again and again because they give captives the hope of freedom.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The exodus shows that there is a God who saves, who delivers his people from bondage.” (Pages 16–17)

“However, the theme of Exodus is very simple—so simple it can be expressed in four short words: saved for God’s glory.” (Page 27)

“What made God’s people so precious was not their own intrinsic value; it was only the value placed on them by God’s love. They were not precious because of who they were but because of who God was.” (Page 497)

“The irony is that eventually the families of the men who sold their brother ended up in slavery themselves, toiling under the hot sun for their Egyptian overlords.” (Page 26)

“The call to God’s service always comes with the promise of God’s presence.” (Page 93)

Product Details

• Title: Exodus—Saved for God's Glory
• Author: Philip Graham Ryken
• Series: Preaching the Word
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2005
• Logos Release Date: 2007
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Exodus › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:PRWDEX
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-30T23:43:00Z

About Philip Graham Ryken

Philip G. Ryken (1966–) has served as the president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, since 2010. He earned degrees from Wheaton College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Ryken was the senior minister of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church (where James Boice and Donald Barnhouse served previously) for about 15 years before he became the president of Wheaton College. He has been ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Ryken has authored over 30 books, including several volumes in the Preaching the Word Collection, the Reformed Expository Commentary, the Crossway Spiritual Growth Collection, Written in Stone, Discovering God in Stories from the Bible, and Exodus: Saved for God's Glory.