“‘The LORD has said to you, O remnant of Judah, “Do not go to Egypt.” Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives’” (Jeremiah 42:19-20a). When the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem, they took captives from the highest levels of society. In the… Continue reading False Security
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God Knew
“God saw the people of Israel—and God knew” (Exodus 2:25). The people of Israel were in Egyptian slavery for several centuries before God finally delivered them through Moses. During that time, they faced horrible oppressions, losing their children to Pharaoh’s paranoia and being tormented simply because they were Israelites. In desperation, they cried… Continue reading God Knew
Inconvenient Power
“Then the LORD said to him, ‘Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak’” (Exodus 4:11-12). Moses’ life is filled with one major… Continue reading Inconvenient Power
M. C. Kennedy 