Grants Church of Christ

Many of us may find the chapters 24-31 in Exodus as boring.  They are an instruction manual for how to build the tabernacle.  This, in many ways, may seem irrelevant to Jesus followers today.  However, there are some really important truths that come...

We have all been betrayed in some form or fashion.  If you haven't, don't worry, give it time!  But we don't often think about how God feels when humans betray him.  Neither do we think very much about how he responds.  Exodus 32-34 shows us a deep and...

Where is God in the wilderness?  Sometimes it's hard to see God when we are facing adverse and difficult circumstances.  Exodus 24 has a really powerful answer to this question.

Along with all the challenges that comes with bringing around a million people into the wilderness, the Israelites are struggling with issues of justice.  So much so that Moses is playing judge from morning until evening with the people.  The answer to...

Why should someone follow God?  While there are many really good answers to this question, Exodus 18 gives a really important answer to this really important question.  Have you considered why somebody should follow God?  Have you considered why you...

How is Israel going to respond to their Savior God?  Everything is not perfect.  The promise is not yet fulfilled.  They are in the wilderness, yet they respond in incredible ways.  And their response informs our response to our Savior Jesus! Listen in...

As soon as the Israelites leave Egypt, they experience some testing.  They don’t pass with flying colors, but don’t be too hard on them.  If I am real honest with myself, I see the same shortcomings in myself and perhaps you can see the same in...

Why does God set the people of Israel free using ten really terrible and destructive plagues?   Some people say punishment.  Some people even believe that God is just an angry and vindictive God who likes to "smite" people.  But what if it's more than...

Sometimes things get worse before they get better.  You can see this in your life whenever you have made a change, tried to quit a bad habit, or started a new exercise regimen.  Sometimes when we try to follow God's plan for us, things get worse before...

This is the beginning of a journey with the Israelites into the wilderness in the book of Exodus.  It may be hard to figure out how the book of Exodus has anything to say to us and I get that.  But there is one similarity between us and those ancient,...