Through watching God respond to Moses in his moments of doubt, we learn what grace we can expect from God in our own doubts.

With three crucial statements God introduces himself to Moses, and to us: I will be with you, I am, I promise.

With three crucial statements God introduces himself to Moses, and to us: I will be with you, I am, I promise.

These two chapters set the stage for the story that follows, and, at the center, they draw our attention to a contest of powers: the king who forgets, and the God who remembers.

Exodus shows us the God who redeems, and what his redemption is for.

A study of Paul's prayer for an abounding hope. We look deeper at Paul's petition to God to fill the church with joy and peace so that hope overflows.

The story of Simeon helps us see how, for now, hope often looks like waiting. But Simeon's story also shows us how to find joy in what he saw while we wait.

Our hope defines who we are. Our hope distinguishes us from what we were. And our hope depends completely on the coming of Jesus.

Peter ends his letter with some simple commands that help us bring the hope of Christ into our everyday. Be humble. Stay alert. And keep your eyes on heaven.

Christian communities should be marked off by an unusual humility towards one another. Peter shows this sort of humble community has a lot to do with how elders and members relate to one another in the local church.