In a way this story resolves the tension that's been building throughout Exodus. But it's a resolution that is also full of tension. It's a story of judgment and of mercy. It's a story of death and of life. It's the story of Israel's redemption that pictures the redemption of everyone who trusts in Jesus.

These nine signs of power serve one central purpose. They reveal to us who the Lord really is. What do they tell us about him?

Pharaoh's challenge to God's demand--"Who is the Lord?"--was meant as a rhetorical question. But it's a question God takes seriously and intends to answer, for Pharaoh and for Israel and for us, through all the comes next.

Through watching God respond to Moses in his moments of doubt, we learn what grace we can expect from God in our own doubts.

With three crucial statements God introduces himself to Moses, and to us: I will be with you, I am, I promise.

These two chapters set the stage for the story that follows, and, at the center, they draw our attention to a contest of powers: the king who forgets, and the God who remembers.

Exodus shows us the God who redeems, and what his redemption is for.

A study of Paul's prayer for an abounding hope. We look deeper at Paul's petition to God to fill the church with joy and peace so that hope overflows.

The story of Simeon helps us see how, for now, hope often looks like waiting. But Simeon's story also shows us how to find joy in what he saw while we wait.

Our hope defines who we are. Our hope distinguishes us from what we were. And our hope depends completely on the coming of Jesus.