Exodus 15:1-18 {Prayer} In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, there is a tomb which is known as the “opened grave”. It is the tomb of a noblewoman, Henriette von Ruling, who died in 1782. Her tomb, her above ground vault is immense and is constructed of heavy stone with a large and imposing…
Exodus 16:1-12 {Prayer} I hate going to the eye doctor. It’s not because of the “which is better, a or b?” kind of questions. As much as I don’t like things touching my eye, even the little tapping pressure machine isn’t that bad. The thing I hate about the eye doctor are things like…
Exodus 20:17 Dear Friends in Christ, The human body…a subject that I have to confess has fascinated me ever since I took an anatomy and physiology course in college. It is a masterpiece of intelligent design. It is amazing how all of its different parts – heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, muscles, bones, nerves, skin,…
Exodus 19:1-9 “First Encounters” {Prayer} First impressions … first impressions are huge. First impressions play a large role especially in the world of human resources. As a Human Resource Manager for a private food manufacturing company before going to seminary and becoming a pastor, how the application looked when I received it made…
Exodus 20:16 ESV16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Dear Friends in Christ, Most of you here today have probably heard the phrase, “the shot heard round the world,” and you might even remember from your days in history class that this was the first shot fired in Boston back in April of…
Exodus 24:8-18 (ESV)8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet…
Exodus 20:15 (ESV)15 “You shall not steal. As best as I can recall, it happened to me the first time during my 3rd year of college. I was living in a dorm at that time attending Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN, a Lutheran college that was geared primarily toward the training of future pastors.…
Exodus 40:34-38 (ESV) The Glory of the Lord34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. 36 Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people…
Ex. 20:14 Exodus 20:14 ESV 14 “You shall not commit adultery. Dear Friends in Christ, Just when you think you’ve heard it all, something comes along that lets you know you haven’t. That happened to me recently when I read an article about an online dating service that caters – are you ready for this –…
Exodus 20:13 13 “You shall not murder. Dear Friends in Christ, I came across a true story recently about a 19 year old fellow from Washington, D.C. who was driving around our nation’s capital one day and according to his own testimony, he was bored. So when he saw a 36 year old woman sitting…