Aug 21, 2018
At last God makes good on his promise to save. Israel is set free from Egypt and flees into the desert...only to discover that she is quickly trapped between the Red Sea and the fast-approaching army of Pharaoh. And it is a situation everyone who sincerely follows God will face - the moment when, unless God...
Aug 16, 2018
Few stories in scripture are more historically or morally questionable than the story of the Passover. Did YHWH truly put to death all the firstborn of Egypt??? And if so, how can we possibly consider God good, much less loving???
In this episode we examine the Passover, its place in Israel's salvation, and the...
Aug 14, 2018
Before we can surrender to God's care and leading, we must first be (mostly) convinced that God is devoted to us and capable of securing our welfare. And in the ancient world, way a deity demonstrated both power and devotion was by means of partisan action - working demonstrably on behalf of their followers.
In this...
Aug 9, 2018
In the end, there is only one way to know for sure if God is active in the world and in your life: risk. Not random danger, but obedience to a call.
It turns out that God's revelation is often paired with a command to "go...," and to risk, and thereby to discover that God is present.
In this episode we look at God's...
Aug 7, 2018
Learning to see God in our own lives is much like learning to see God in the story of Moses's birth. At first glance, God appears quite absent - nowhere to be found as his people face great trial.
And yet, upon closer inspection, God's fingerprints begin to emerge everywhere. Where first we saw only indifference,...