In a beautiful moment of God's grace and the people's devotion, God brings the Israelites to Mount Sinai and claims the people as a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation." In return, they promise to keep the covenant and follow in God's way. It won't take long before the people go back on their promise. God, on the other hand, never goes back on his promises. Thanks be to God.

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Moses is beginning to burn out from too much responsibility. His family is trapped between the people and their God and it takes his father-in-law Jethro to provide counsel on a new and better way to organize and lead the people. Join the Pastors for an insightful conversation about the challenges to receive feedback and humbly change our behavior, even when it is better for everyone around us.

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Standing before a sovereign and holy God fully aware of our deepest sinfulness, the Reformers find hope in the power of repentance and the grace that comes through salvation. This creates a solid foundation for the human life before God and a life changing invitation to be part of God's plan to make all things right again.

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Today's story introduces Joshua, who will become an incredibly important character in the book of Exodus and Moses' eventual successor. When Amalek sets out to war against Israel, Moses discovers that the Israelite army remains successful as long as his arms are held stretched out. Relying upon the strength of others, Moses is able to help lead the people to victory. Joshua, meanwhile, is given credit for calling and leading the army, a role as general that he will become famous for in the coming days.

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When the people become thirsty again, they begin to quarrel with Moses who becomes increasingly frustrated by their lack of faith. In a sign of God's constant patience and faithfulness, he quenches the people's thirst with water from a rock. In a sign of Moses' increasing frustration, he names the place "quarreling" and "testing." Join the Pastors for an insightful look inside the many spiritual lessons within this well-known story of Exodus.

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When the people are hungry, God feeds them with "what is it?" (manna). Manna becomes the source of the people's daily nourishment for 40 years but also becomes a timeless symbol of God's daily provision in our lives. Strikingly, when Jesus teaches the disciples to pray, he includes "for our daily bread." Join the Pastors for an engaging conversation about one of Exodus' best-known stories.

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The “second table” of the Ten Commandments is designed to provide a boundary and a guide to flourishing communities. While we are called to love God in the first commandments, in these commandments we are called to love our neighbor. Join the Pastors as they explore how the Reformed tradition has widened our understanding of the commandments to encompass every part of our lives.

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Once again, the people of Israel encounter a challenge, and once again, they begin complaining against Moses and Aaron. Today, the Pastors explore what we can learn about the people of Israel amidst their pressing need to trust God, and maybe even more so, that same need that we all have today.

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The Lord has delivered the Israelites, they have broken out in song with praise and thanksgiving, and now they encounter their first hurdle on the other side of the Red Sea. We might hope that they would continue to be filled with trust in God who just rescued them from the mightiest army on earth, but instead, their first instinct to complain to Moses. Join the Pastors as they explore this simple story about water that teaches us something about the deeper human heart.

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Music is a universal language and for the Israelites it is the only fitting language to express their gratitude for the God who has delivered them from hundreds of years of slavery. In a beautiful moment in the Bible, the entire nation is moved to a song by gratitude to the Lord with sincere faith. This kind of celebration reminds us of the basic humanity of the Israelites, the hopes and dreams that were fulfilled in the Exodus, and the faithful God who would go with them into the future.

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