In this episode we talk about our favorite Thanksgiving dishes and Caleb’s revelation of what a popular Christmas song is saying. Then in Exodus 18 we discuss Moses’ interaction with his father-in-law at the foot of Sinai and what it may be saying about what the Israelites are becoming.

In this episode Garrett tells his most embarrassing story and then we get into more of Israel’s complaints to God and how he’s still compassionate, teaching, and guiding them in the desert.

In this episode Melissa tells one of her embarrassing stories and we get into God’s provision in the desert. Why does God test the Israelites? Is he tempting them to try to get them to fail or is it something deeper and more loving than that?

In this episode you get to hear a ghost story from Garrett then we dive deep into what is most likely the oldest part of the Bible. The Israelites both celebrate God’s deliverance but quickly forget his power once they get into the desert.

This is the scene everybody knows when they think of Exodus. For good reason too. It’s absolutely awesome!

In this episode we really dig in to what yeast symbolizes in the scriptures and how it gets used throughout. We also talk about why the firstborn need to be consecrated and how God will not depart from his people.

In this episode, we get further into the Passover and its significance not just for the Israelites at the time but for the generations to come. We also get a glimpse into how familiar Jesus and the NT writers were with this text and how they use it.

In this episode we cover the first section of the Passover. After 61 chapters of the Torah, we finally reach our first liturgical instructions. It makes you wonder if the Torah is made to do what we’ve commonly thought (give laws) or something else (tell a story about God’s relationship with humanity). Also, this story may be the most key piece to understanding the Last Supper had with his disciples. If you don’t know this story, you’ll never know the fullness of what Jesus is doing at the meal he holds.

In this episode we do our best to wrestle with a really difficult chapter in scripture. Things don’t always make sense to us. Most likely, it’s because of the culture and time we are in. When things are difficult for us to grapple with in scripture, maybe that’s a flag that we need to look inward and come to grips with why it bothers us so much.

Melissa and I talk more in-depth about the Hebrew words behind the “hardened” heart of Pharaoh. Also, we discuss the de-creative aspects of the narrative and how Yahweh is returning Egypt into the Genesis 1:2 state even undoing his statement of “let there be light”.