We left off the story at the end of Genesis with Joseph’s coffin in Egypt and his words about God visiting his people in the future to bring them up from Egypt. In Exodus, we pick up the story some generations later when the Hebrews found themselves enslaved and calling out to God for rescue. He heard them and did indeed rescue them through the agency of a man named Moses. However, things did not go smoothly in the aftermath, which points to the fact that this visitation was not the ultimate one. Exodus points us forward to a greater visitation and a greater rescue.
Jesus told more parables to show that the kingdom of God is free to enter but demands everything.
Because Christians are sometimes tempted to add human traditions to the teaching about Jesus, Colossians 2:6-15 reminds us that the fullness of God dwells...
In a series of events that recall important Old Testament stories, God delivered James THROUGH death, delivered Peter FROM death, and handed Herod over...
