Tag: Exodus

  • The Bible Series, Episode 2 Interaction

    The Bible Series, Episode 2 Interaction

    In May, we started watching the Bible Series again. This time with our church family at Grace. I wanted to share a few reflections on each episode. Episode 2 This episode portrays a familiar story for many people: the story of Moses and the beginning of the Israelites’ exodus out of Egypt, the land of…

  • God is not merciful?

                There seems to be a certain ditch where modern day readers get stuck. As we observe the Old Testament text, there is such a display of God’s power and of God’s righteous judgment that they, at least according to our limited perception, overshadow His grace and mercy. If the God of the Old Testament…

  • People: set apart to be the holy image of God

                There is an old lawn mower sitting in my garage that is unusable. When the grass begins to grow this summer, I am going to need a mower and the one I do have needs to be fixed. A useless lawn mower does not serve much of a purpose. In fact, a paperweight has…

  • Flooded with Courage

    “As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians coming after them. Then the Israelites were terrified and cried out to the Lord for help. They said to Moses: ‘Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you took us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us…