The beginning of Exodus 18 recounts, what many would consider, the conversion narrative of Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law. In Exodus 2,...

Finding Christ in the Old Testament, at times, can seem like Mel Gibson’s apartment in the movie “Conspiracy Theory.” Yet, we know that...

Exodus 16 describes God’s gracious provision of bread from heaven for his people while they sojourned in the wilderness. It is a chapter...

In last week’s reflection, I made the observation that music can have a physiological impact on us, influencing even the rate at which...

After the mighty miracle of Israel’s Red Sea crossing and Egypt’s Red Sea drowning, the people of God, whose fear of man had been turned...

In the lead-up to the crossing of the Red Sea, YHWH tells Moses to lead the Hebrews along an erratic escape route from Egypt,...

As the description of the Exodus resumes at the end of Exodus 13, we are invited to reflect on God’s choice of escape route: “When...

Immediately following the narration of the exodus from Egypt, we read in Exodus 13 that God has a claim on the firstborn of man and...

On Easter Sunday, we have an opportunity not only to reflect on what Christ has done for us but also the effect of Christ’s death and...

In general, we can appreciate how sights, sounds, and smells can be strongly associated with certain memories. Because we inhabit time...

With the eighth and ninth plagues, the book of Exodus testified to the concept of God’s common grace, which is both a restraining of evil...

In Exodus 10, the plagues upon Egypt continue to increase in intensity, moving from a category of severity to extremity. The eighth and...