Exodus 13: Remembering Their Story

When in the future your child asks you, “What does this mean?” you shall answer, “By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. – Exodus 13:14 God and Moses are adamant that the people remember their story. They should be able to explain it to their children. …

Exodus 12 part 2: The Scandal of the Passover

photo © 2004 Dennis Jarvis | more info (via: Wylio) I read Exodus 12 and get whisked away to my sophomore year in college. Most nights a friend of mine in my dorm would drop by and we would get into huge arguments about God that would last for hours and leave both of us …

Exodus 12 part 1: 3 Things I Learned About The Passover

Here it is folks. Exodus 12 is arguably the most important and significant chapter in the Bible so far. I had this grand plan to write a haunting first-person account of the events but my study of the chapter led me in a very different direction. Instead of a sweeping narrative of the final plague …

Exodus 11: One More Plague

‘I will bring one more plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go from here; indeed, when he lets you go, he will drive you away. This is the final straw. Whatever comes next will  break Pharaoh. He will finally give in to Moses’ demands to let his people go. Blood …