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Noah's story teaches us about the prerequisites for entering God's new world. Like Noah, we must maintain communication with God, accept His invitation to salvation, and extend that invitation to others. We often try to negotiate with God rather than fully obeying, but obedience—though sometimes uncomfortable like life on the ark—is always safer than compromise. When God calls us to an assignment, He equips us for it, and His love completes our preparation for the new world He's creating.

Nimeet and guest host, Tina, are welcoming back a furry friend as Peru introduces us to her new furiend and Adventist HealthCare’s newest facility dog, Marcy! Joined by Heather Tropiano, PsyD, rehabilitation psychologist, Department of Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology with Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation and Colette Calomeris, occupational therapist with Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation we dive into learning about what went into training, the role of Canine Companions, how acclimating Marcy to her new role has been and more!

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Producers: Meghan Loveless & Allisson Sambataro

Micah Modrell shares his powerful journey from rigid religious legalism to discovering the transformative grace of the gospel that completely changed his understanding of God and his approach to ministry.

• Born and raised in an Adventist home with legalistic tendencies
• Parents divorced when he was eight, creating a split between "church house" and "fun house"
• Developed what he calls "an aggressive conscience" that led to cycles of guilt
• Married his high school girlfriend at 19, continuing to attend church but inconsistently
• Became extremely legalistic after having children, believing his salvation depended on behavior
• Struggled with addiction issues that worsened under legalism rather than improved
• Discovered Jonathan Leonardo's teaching that introduced him to a new understanding of God's grace
• Experienced a powerful shift from seeing God as "information" to seeing God as relationship
• Found new freedom to minister to others without needing to prove he was right
• Now lives with peace instead of constant striving, focusing on encouraging others

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Exodus — Oppression: The Background and the Birth of Moses — Moses Is Born

Join us as we study the Bible Study Guide for the third quarter of 2025 called Exodus. We are studying the lesson for week 1 called Oppression: The Background and the Birth of Moses.    

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Read Exodus 2:1–10. What role did God’s providence and protection play in Moses’ birth story?

The historical background of Moses’ birth and life is thrilling because he lived during the time of the famous Egyptian eighteenth dynasty. One king during this dynasty—Thutmose III, called the “Napoleon of Egypt”—is considered one of the most famous pharaohs of ancient Egypt.

Though under a death sentence at birth (see Exod. 1:22), Moses was born as a “special” son (NLT; Hebrew tob, lit. “good”; Exod. 2:2). The Hebrew term describes more than external beauty. This word is used, for example, in characterizing God’s work during Creation week, when He declared everything was “good,” even “very good” (Gen. 1:4, 10, 31).

As a new creation, this “good” child will, according to God’s plan, become the adult who will lead the Hebrews out of their bondage. At this baby’s birth, especially under such dire circumstances, who could have envisioned his future? Nevertheless, God will fulfill His words to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He covenanted with them that He would give their descendants the Promised Land (Exod. 2:24, 25). And, yes, He would use this tob infant, decades later, to do just that.

Until then, the Egyptian princess Hatshepsut adopted Moses as her son. The name given to Moses has an Egyptian origin, meaning “son of” or “born of,” as reflected in the names of Ah-mose (“son of Akh”) or Thut-mose (“son of Thoth”). His name is, thus, rendered in Hebrew as Mosheh, namely “drawn out.” His life was miraculously spared when he was “drawn out” of the river.

We know only a few things about his early life. After being miraculously saved and adopted by Hatshepsut, Moses lived for his first 12 years with his original family (_Exod. 2:7–9_; Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 244). Moses then received the best Egyptian education, all in order to prepare him to be the next pharaoh of Egypt (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 245). How fascinating that, ultimately, so much of this education would be useless for, or even work against, what really mattered: the knowledge of God and of His truth.

How much are you learning that is ultimately useless for what really matters?

Summary:
In this episode, Matthew talks about how William Miller studied the Bible and came to the conclusion that Jesus was going to return "about 1843," as well as how Miller made the first steps in spreading that message throughout the 1830s. 

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1.0 - Originally released: November 22, 2014
2.0 - Rewrite (July 2025)

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