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This ordinary boy from a small town, suddenly starts doing extraordinary things, saying never-before-heard things, calling an odd band of...

There is a buzz around him! People are saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” And some begin asking questions about his way of...

Zipporah recognizes this God and knows what to do in response. How does she know this? Exodus 2:21-22 and 4:18-20, 24-26 July 28, 2024...

... maybe they didn’t need Moses’ help. Maybe they giggled at the way he drew water – more brute strength than efficient technique, but a...

We talked last week about what the princess was expected to do: obey the law that her father made to kill all the Hebrew baby boys....

Things changed one day when a baby washed up on the shore – a Hebrew boy, mere days old, drowned like a dead fish, floating like a piece...

"...when Jochebed looked at her son, and saw that he was “good”, she decided to disobey Pharoah’s command. She did not immediately throw...

Old and wise, our defiant pair told him what he was already prepared to believe: “The Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; for they...

John’s account may not be as dramatic as Luke’s, but it is more intimate. He says Jesus breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy...

It is necessary. Why? Because some people will not read the scriptures; some will not hear the sermons; some will not sing along with the...

Jesus will not hoard the words his followers need to hear. He looks into their frightened eyes and tells them, “I am the vine, you are...

John cannot forget that on the last night with his disciples, his Lord gave his followers a commandment to love one another. It would...

Let me say it again, he took on blood and bone in the incarnation and he remains formed of blood and bone after the resurrection. Luke...

It is easy to see the sin in others – the father who shouts abuse and throws things; the opponent who doesn’t see the world the way you...

She did not abandon Jesus in his hour of need. She will not walk away now. But she is grieving. She is broken. And she is grasping at the...

John makes choices as he tells his version of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. The crowd makes choices – both to come into the city, and in...

When Jesus talks about the hour having come for the Son of Man to be glorified, about seeds and death (and life), about losing your life...

We were enemies once and so we were as good as dead. But God loved us; God reached out to us; God saved us by grace. Ephesians 2:1-10...

We know that what John is asserting for his listeners is true: what we need is not a building, it is the body of Christ, the people of...

There is an important qualifier. Perhaps you noticed it. Paul writes, “For the promise that he would inherit the world, did not come to...