What Can We Learn From Rituals?

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What Can We Learn From Rituals?

Exodus 13

November 3, 2019 • Jonathan Parnell

In Exodus 13 we see God instituting rituals for his people. The reasons for these rituals are clear. God is reminding his people: 1) Worship is the primary he rescues us; 2) Freedom means saying no to sin; 3) Your future will cost you everything. Rituals have the potential to greatly remind us of these truths, and to usher us into greater intimacy with Yahweh.

The Story of Exodus

December 22, 2019 • Joe Rigney

"Yahweh is the Author. He is the Creator. He is the author of the story, and we are his characters. He is everywhere and everywhen. He hears and knows everything. He sees, he hears, he remembers his covenant, and he acts in faithfulness."

The God Who Will Have A People

December 15, 2019 • Jonathan Parnell

What God intended first for a person (Adam), and then a people (Israel), has now been realized in a Person (Jesus) and a people (the church). The church is the people of Jesus. We are men and women brought into fellowship with God by God through faith. We are created new in Jesus. We are forgiven by the cross of Jesus and filled with the Spirit of Jesus, to walk in the way of Jesus.

Jethro's Surprising Visit

December 8, 2019 • Kevin Kleiman

The story of the Exodus is a paradigm by which Christians can understand our own salvation. Through the first seventeen chapters of Exodus, Yahweh consistently and convincingly delivers his people with miraculous, supernatural power. But as we come to Exodus 18, we something much more ordinary. In chapter 18, we see how normal, everyday relationships are transformed by the good news of what God has done. As we review Exodus 18, we see Moses and Jethro’s interactions, and we learn from two very different people, and we see practically, how our lives should look differently after experiencing the saving grace of God. We are reminded to tell the whole story of God’s rescue, take a risk and offer good advice, and to happily receive feedback in humility.