Crossing the Red Sea
Israel is between a rock and a hard place when Pharaoh traps them at the Red Sea. But God can make “a way outta no way.”
The Burning Bush
Read: Exodus 3:1-14 God reveals his personal name to Moses at the burning bush, and calls him to help save his people. But Moses doesn’t want to go. Sound familiar? The Burning Bush When we turn from Exodus chapter 2 to Exodus chapter 3, we discover that Moses, the Hebrew baby raised as Pharaoh’s grandson, has […]
Baby Moses
Read: Exodus 2:1-10 Baby Moses, floating in his basket on the Nile, rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter. It’s a cute children’s story, but it carries a grown-up lesson about faith’s power to resist. Do you know the story of baby Moses? The first book in the Bible, Genesis, ends with Joseph’s death in Egypt. The second book, […]
The Great Confession
Read: Matthew 16:13-16 Who do you say I am? It’s the most important question you will ever answer: who is Jesus Christ? If you need a hint about the answer, stay tuned. In Matthew chapter 16 we find Jesus traveling with his disciples to a place called Caesarea Philippi. Jesus has taken his followers outside Jewish […]
The Pearl of Great Price
Read: Matthew 13:44-46 What does it profit you if you gain the whole world and forfeit your life? Is there anything in the world that’s worth the price of your soul? Jesus’ parable of the Pearl of Great Price urges us to take a much wiser approach to the way we invest our lives, and the […]
The Mustard Seed
Read: Matthew 13:31-33 How does the church grow; how does God’s kingdom come? Jesus’ parable of the Mustard Seed offers us a clue about the way God’s work advances in the world. Hint: it doesn’t happen the way most people expect it would. Just once I would like to hear an introduction for a Christian speaker […]
Our Inner Struggle
Read: Romans 7:1-25 What cure can there be for our agonizing inner conflict? Welcome, dear friends, to another in our series on the heart of the gospel, studies in the letter to the Romans, chapters 1-8. Today it’s chapter 7, a very powerful explanation about the continuing struggle that believers continue to have, even after they […]
The Unforgivable Sin
Read: Matthew 12:22-32 Have you ever worried about doing something so bad it could not be forgiven? According to Jesus, there is unforgivable sin, but if you’re worried about it, that means you have not committed it. Have you ever worried about committing an unpardonable sin, about doing something so terrible, so awfully wicked, that you […]
God’s Chosen Servant
Read: Matthew 12:15-21 As he nears the mid-point of his gospel Matthew sums up Jesus’ ministry—who he was, what he came to do, and how he will do it—by quoting a passage from the prophecy of Isaiah. It’s all about “God’s Chosen Servant.” This series of programs has been focusing on Matthew’s account of Jesus’ public […]