Our small groups at Christ Presbyterian Church are currently going through Ligonier’s course, The Attributes of God, taught by Steven Lawson, and the first attribute discussed was on the aseity of God. “Aseity” is not a term most people are familiar with, but it comes from Latin and according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary refers to the … Continue reading The Aseity of God (WCF 2.2)
“Who is the LORD, that I Should Obey His Voice?” (Exodus 4:29-6:27)
In wrestling with God’s providence, one thing we particularly struggle with is God’s timing. We want God to change things NOW, and we do not understand why God seems to be so laggard, so willing to let evils persist or even intensify without addressing them. We need to remember that God is neither passive nor … Continue reading “Who is the LORD, that I Should Obey His Voice?” (Exodus 4:29-6:27)
God’s Call Upon Moses (Exodus chs. 3-4)
What would it be like to directly encounter God in person? This question bears much more reflection than we are typically inclined to give it. We live in a day and an age characterized by glibness and superficiality, and we are inclined to approach God with the same kind of casualness that we would approach … Continue reading God’s Call Upon Moses (Exodus chs. 3-4)
From a Son of God to a Shepherd in the Wilderness (Exodus 2)
In this chapter we have three vignettes of Moses’s life: how he was saved from the genocide being perpetrated against his people; his failed attempt at delivering his people, and his flight to Midian (today in northwestern Saudi Arabia). Interestingly, when Stephen the Deacon recounts Moses’s role in redemptive history in Acts 7:17-43, he spends … Continue reading From a Son of God to a Shepherd in the Wilderness (Exodus 2)
Strangers in a Strange Land (Exodus 1)
The Book of Exodus begins with a listing of the members of Jacob’s family who came to Egypt when Joseph was vizier over the land and connects Exodus seamlessly to the final chapters of Genesis. The transition is so seamless, in fact, that one does not notice the fact that more than four hundred years … Continue reading Strangers in a Strange Land (Exodus 1)
