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The First 9 Plagues

Exodus 7-10 records the first nine plagues, revealing Pharaoh’s hard-hearted refusal to submit to God even as he witnesses miracle after miracle. Yet even his willful defiance cannot thwart the Lord’s purpose, as God works through Pharaoh’s rebellion to display His glory and sovereign power to the whole earth. Listen as Thomas Kaneshige warns us against the deceitfulness of sin while assuring us that no sin of ours, however deep, can ever derail God’s good plan.

The Excuses of Moses

In Exodus 4, Moses offers God three excuses to avoid his calling, and God answers each one by revealing His power, His sovereignty, and His compassion. This passage shows that God doesn’t need our strengths but meets us in our weaknesses, calling us to stop making excuses and step into obedience. Listen as David Landis walks through Exodus 4 and challenges us to trade our excuses for trust in God’s sufficiency.

3 Things God Wants You to Know About Himself

In Exodus 3, Moses encounters God at the burning bush and asks for His name. God answers “I am who I am,” revealing that His identity needs no other reference point, He simply is who He is. This same God who rescued Israel from Egypt still invites us today to know Him rightly and find hope in His unchanging character. Listen as Riley Seid unpacks what it means to truly know God.

The God Who Holds Every Piece

In Exodus 2, we trace eighty years of Moses’ life: from a basket in the Nile to his marriage in Midian. Through this timeline, we clearly see that what looked like chaos was always under God’s sovereign control. Listen as Tyler Campbell shows us that the same hand that preserved, positioned, and remained present with Moses is the very same hand holding every piece of your life.

Respect Him, Find Him, Be Him

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 offers God’s design for godly manhood through five commands: be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong, and do everything in love. Using Christ himself as the perfect model, we are called to respect, find, and become this kind of man. Listen as Pastor Chris unpacks what true biblical masculinity looks like this Father’s Day.