This passage emphasizes the mountaintop experience of God promising Moses that he will deliver the people of Israel from the oppressive hands of the Egyptian Pharaoh, while also descending into the dark depths of the broken human soul when the downtrodden people of Israel fail to believe it.
What’s YOUR problem? Sin. | Westminster Catechism | Q 14-21
Full disclosure, when it comes to the gravity of our deepest sinfulness, the Westminster Catechism doesn't mince words. Westminster paints a picture of human sinfulness that goes far deeper than the things that we simply do wrong (or fail to do right). It finds our deepest sinfulness at the very
Exodus 5:10-22
The situation gets worse as the people of Israel realize that Moses and Aaron have made their situation worse and not better. As the situation heats up, Moses voices his frustration to God and creates a cycle of frustration, complaint, and salvation that will return many times in the book of
Exodus 4:27-5:9
When Aaron joins Moses, he speaks to the people, and they respond with rejoicing and worship God. On the other hand, when Aaron and Moses come before Pharaoh, his heart becomes hardened, and he intensifies the pain and suffering for the people. Each step in the story comes one step closer to a
Exodus 4:18-26
When God sends Moses to Egypt, he predicts that he will harden Pharaoh's heart and that he will ultimately require the lives of the first-born sons of Egypt. But then, suddenly, the story takes a VERY strange turn when God tries to kill Moses and is only stopped by the quick thinking of his wife.
Exodus 4:1-17
For Moses, the struggle isn't identifying God's will, it is accepting it. Today, he asks God for a signs to give the people of Israel in case they doubt his story. God ultimately gives him 3. At the end of all of it though, Moses finally asks God, "please send someone else." Join the Pastors for
What God Does | Westminster Catechism | Q 7-13
In order to understand God, we must also understand what he does. This section of the Westminster Catechism describes how God must be understood both as creator and providential ruler. This two-fold affirmation reveals a God who created all things with a purpose but who is also intimately involved
Exodus 3:13-22
What starts as a surprise encounter at a burning bush now turns to one of the most consequential revelations of God in the entire Old Testament. Moses asks who he should tell the people sent him to them and God gives him his name, "I am." Join the Pastors as they explore the ongoing significance of