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Harriet: God Calls Liberators From the Margins - Progressive (Exodus 3)

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Harriet Tubman heard God's voice guiding her through swamps and forests to freedom—and back again, repeatedly, to free others. Like Moses, she was called from the margins to confront empire. Progressive theology reads Exodus 3 as the paradigmatic liberation text: "I have seen the affliction of my people... I have come down to deliver them." God takes sides—against Pharaoh, with the enslaved. The burning bush commission is not private spirituality but public confrontation with oppressive power. God still calls liberators from unexpected places to say to modern Pharaohs: "Let my people go."

Topics & Themes

liberationcall from marginsconfronting empireoppressiondeliverance

Scripture References

Exodus 3:1-15

Emotional Tone

hopeaweconviction

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