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“The exodus was not a movement from slavery to freedom, but from slavery to covenant. Redemption was for relationship with the redeemer, to serve his interests and his purposes in the world.”
― Christopher Wright, The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission

“When I’ve been teaching for a while, I sometimes stop abruptly and say, «you know, something very strange happened while I was on my journey here today.» Immediately people look up and take an interest. They want to know what happened. They want to hear the story. I usually then dissapoint them by saying, «Actually, nothing happened. But I notice how interested you all became when you though I was going to tell you a story.. That shows how powerful stories are in engaging attention. That’s why God gave us so many stories in the Bible. God knows how to get our attention.»”
― Christopher Wright, How to preach the Old Testament