Nov 12, 2025
With this episode we step into the story of a woman named Hannah — whose deep personal pain symbolically reflects the larger, spiritual state of Israel, as she lives in a time (the end of the age of the Judges) when the whole project of salvation seems to be hanging by a thread. Israel is constantly turning away from...
Oct 15, 2025
Today we turn our attention to understanding the book of Judges, where Israel, newly settled in the Promised Land, faces a different kind of battle—no longer combat with swords and spears, but with the temptation to adopt the culture of those around her.
Surrounded by Canaanite customs and religion, God’s chosen...
Oct 8, 2025
Today we arrive on the cusp of Canaan, that is to say: the promised land. After a generation of wandering in the wilderness, Israel arrives at last on the eastern bank of the River Jordan. And what lies ahead of them – according to the book of Joshua – are many, bloody battles necessary to secure Israel...
Oct 1, 2025
In this episode we arrive, alongside Israel, at Mt. Sinai where God gathers the whole of his people to receive the Ten Commandments. But rather than looking at the specific, nuanced meaning of each of the commandments (we recently did this in the series The Abundant Life), we focus here on the larger question of: why?...
Sep 17, 2025
Today we
turn our attention to events immediately following the exodus - as
Israel makes her escape from centuries of slavery in Egypt. For God
has acted with mighty power to save, and our first imagination is
that - under divine care - Israel will be safe evermore.
But as Israel flees into the Sinai desert, she soon...