When we hear someone’s name, a picture pops into our minds. And that picture is the first thing we think of when we think of that person. It could be a picture of them smiling, frowning, or eating. It could be a stressed picture, a scary picture, or a happy picture. Whatever it is, it…

When we hear someone’s name, a picture pops into our minds. And that picture is the first thing we think of when we think of that person. It could be a picture of them smiling, frowning, or eating. It could be a stressed picture, a scary picture, or a happy picture. Whatever it is, it…

As we come to the end of Exodus and the end of the School year, it is test time!  It doesn’t seem this is the case anymore, but some of you might remember when you had to pass a test at the end of the year to see if you would move on to the…

This week, we move into one of Exodus’s most infamous and sad stories: the story of the golden calf. Here, we are given a graphic portrayal of our fickleness and foolishness.We will use the imagery of a clown show to help us get to the heart of this passage. This is what sin does. It…

Throughout history humans have constructed some amazing buildings:   the Great Pyramids,   the Parthenon,   the Taj Mahal,   the World Trade Center,but the most important structure ever built was the structure we will look at this week: the Tabernacle of God. This is the only building ever designed by God Himself and constructed according to His architectural…

Throughout history humans have constructed some amazing buildings:   the Great Pyramids,   the Parthenon,   the Taj Mahal,   the World Trade Center,but the most important structure ever built was the structure we will look at this week: the Tabernacle of God. This is the only building ever designed by God Himself and constructed according to His architectural…

Spiritual but not religious? Now that we have finished our deep dive into the Ten Commandments, we are going to get back into the story of Exodus. My goal this week is to reorient you to the rest of the book and to introduce our key theme for the rest of April and May.  We…

This week, we will wrap up our series on the Ten Commandments.  The final commandment focuses on one of the most serious soul conditions: coveting. This is a cancer of the soul and must be aggressively dealt with. However, it is very hard to detect and even harder to treat.  Here is our outline:  1.…

Is it possible to begin again? Can you come back after deep disappointment or overwhelming failure?  Last week, we looked at Peter’s denial of Jesus. The last we saw of Peter, he was a broken man.  This week, we will see how the resurrected Jesus restored Peter. In doing so, we will see how Jesus can…