For 430 years the descendants of Abraham were enslaved in Egypt. Their sons were killed, their backs whipped, their ankles shackled, and their prayers unanswered. But then God sent Moses to deliver them from Pharoah and, well, you know the story: the plagues, the blood applied on the door frames,… Read More
Scholars now believe that 80% of Christians living in Jerusalem in Paul’s day were “poor.” Not poor like I was in college, surviving on Ramen and Kool-Aid. Biblically poor: they didn’t have daily bread. Paul’s plan to care for them was to ask Corinthian Christians, who had more than their… Read More
I local business asked me to speak to a large gathering of employees this morning. What a privilege! So I told them about the first law God gave his people after Egypt: Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out… Read More
I tell the story often. God’s kids hungry and whiny on the long road trip from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land. God pulls over the minivan and has a word with them through Moses. “Tell the people I will rain down bread from heaven for them,”… Read More
Shaun Groves