RG 091922   Exodus 14:1-9 I am not much of a football player; in fact I rarely even watch games. I do know that it is a game of strategy. One of my favorite parts of football is to see how the coach interacts with the team when calling a play. The coach has a […]

RG 091822   Hebrews 13:7-17 In recent years, we have witnessed the downfall of many formerly trusted and respected Christian leaders. Some fell prey to the allure of riches, but the vast majority succumb to sexual temptation, leaving a wake of abused people and devastated, once-trusting followers. Jesus is the same yesterday and today and […]

RG 091722   Romans 12:1-18 We must read Romans 12 in light of the whole. Paul writes to a church made up of Jewish and Gentile Christians who are struggling to live and worship as one body. In response to their struggle, Paul makes a breathtaking defense of God’s righteousness, helping the church understand the […]

RG 091622   Exodus 15:9-21 How sweet is the praise of those whom the Lord has delivered! Israel stands in wonder and awe on the shores of the Red Sea, dry and safe, while the boastful, blood-thirsty enemies flounder and drown. There is nothing to do but praise, with hearts full of joy and gratitude. […]

RG 091522   Exodus 7:1-13 In spite of Moses’ discouragement about the people’s unwillingness to listen to the word of the Lord through him, God does not release Moses from the task. Rather, God reiterates once again the call placed on Moses. Moses and Aaron will partner with God in this work of redemption and […]

RG 091422   Exodus 5:10-23 To remember is to bring the past into the present. In Exodus 6, God declares to Moses what God will do because God remembered His covenant. It is not that God has been forgetful for 400 years and suddenly recalled the promises made to Abraham and his descendants, like an […]

RG 091322   Exodus 5:10-23 For 400 years Israelite lives hinge on the whims of Pharaoh. In their despair concerning the new command to make bricks without straw, the people plead with Pharaoh for mercy saying, “You are unjust to your own people.” Your people. They have come to identify themselves as the people of […]

RG 091222   Exodus 5:1-9 Whenever the Pharaoh issued a command, he would declare, “So let it be written; so let it be done.” The implication was clear: Pharaoh’s word is absolute. In Exodus 5, a new command is issued. However, it comes not from the supreme leader of the Egyptian empire. It comes from […]

RG 091122   Acts 9:1-14 Saul was a zealot. It means he was raised in the tradition of zeal, celebrating heroes like Phinehas. In Numbers 25, Phinehas stopped a plague against the Israelites by driving a spear through two disobedient people in the throes of passion. Their blasphemous act was ended in righteous violence, thus […]

RG 091022   John 8:21-30 It was Jesus’ unique communion with the Father that gave Him His authority. In John 8:28, Jesus points back to the Father as His source and His captain. He says He does nothing on His own. Where will this end up for Him? On a cross. He knew it, but […]