Especially at Christmastime, we remember that God has given us his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. What then remains for us to do? Paul addresses this question in 2 Corinthians 8-9, a passage that features one of the most profound expressions of...

We live in a culture that tells us that happiness comes from the stuff we buy and the experiences that we have. According to Jesus, that’s not the way life works. If we are going to experience abundant life in Jesus, we need to learn to cut out...

During the Advent season, we are reflecting on God's purposes for the things of this earth. After considering the place we find ourselves, we move on to thinking about the stuff we surround ourselves with. What do we do with the plenty of stuff that...

As we begin the Advent season, we'll be reflecting on how the birth of Jesus changes the way we think about the things of earth. Jesus was born in a particular place. What does that mean for how we think about our physical place in the world? Does...

After the Egyptian army is drowned in the sea, Moses and the people sing a song of praise to God for his victory over evil. Their song is meant to be our song as well as we rejoice in the victory of God.

We look out at life, and it looks like chaos. We can’t make sense of it. It’s confusing. We wonder if we’ll get swallowed up by the chaos if we move forward into it. The Israelites looked out at a sea of chaos. Nevertheless, the Lord commanded...

This is the climax of the story of the Exodus. God's people leave their slavery in Egypt. As God executes the tenth plague on Egypt, the Israelites are given instructions on how to find protection from God. Intermingled with the story in Egypt are...

After suffering through nine terrible plagues, Pharaoh is still unwilling to let God’s people go. Why has his heart remained so hard? He is obsessed with his own glory. In Exodus 11, God shows us what he will do to win glory over Pharaoh. As we...

In the book of Exodus, the people of God are in bondage. In Egypt, even though Moses has returned in obedience to the Lord to deliver the Israelites, things have gone from bad to worse. What now? What does the Lord do in the difficult places of our...

We've already seen several of Moses's objections to God's plan for delivering the Israelites from slavery. In this chapter, as Moses takes steps in obedience, he stumbles and brings one more complaint to God. In response, God speaks to Moses about...