Message from Ajay Thomas on October 23, 2011

Message from Ajay Thomas on October 16, 2011

In the closing section of Exodus (chapters 25-40) God speaks once more to His people and they receive an incredible announcement: God is coming! Yahweh will dwell among His people! The Lord whose power was displayed in Egypt, whose holiness was...

God and Israel stand before one another at Mt. Sinai like a groom and bride standing before the altar. They make vows to one another and promise loyalty and faithfulness. Some words are spoken and some rituals are performed to bring the two into a...

After encountering a holy God upon the mountain, the people now receive His Ten Commandments. Patterned after other ancient treaties, the people are about to enter into a covenant relationship with Yahweh. They will be His subjects and He will be...

The people of Israel are trekking through the wilderness and alas they have reached Mt. Sinai, the mountain of God. God has drawn His people to this place in great love. Like an eagle bears her young on her wings, so the Lord has bore Israel and...

Seeing Moses bear the burden of the whole community by himself, Jethro sits his son-in-law down to offer some fatherly advice. The task of leading this people is too great to fall on one man’s shoulders and will only lead to a worn out people and a...

The people set up camp but come across a familiar problem. There’s no water and they’re thirsty again. Having seen God rain down wonder bread from the sky, there’s no way the people can do anything but trust Him right? Wrong. In fact, the...

Moses and the people of Israel go from the wet shores of the Red Sea into the dry wilderness toward Sinai. For days they go without food and water. Yet rather than trust God who minutes ago miraculously saved them, they began to grumble and complain....

Today we celebrate Jesus and His gospel as six people from Seven Mile Road get baptized. Through this simple sacrament, Jesus reminds us that as surely as we are washed with water, so surely have we been cleansed from our sins through Christ's...