Exodus

On October 6, 2022, I spoke on "The Jealousy of God," focusing on Exodus 34:10-14 at Breakfast with Missio as a part of my series on The Emotions… — May 12, 2023

During the time of Noah, God wiped out humanity with a flood (Gen. 6-9).During the time of Moses, God killed all the Egyptian firstborns and then drowned their… — July 26, 2017

IVP has just come out with a new book which could be very helpful to people trying to figure out how to understand the laws of the Old… — February 10, 2017

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw]Today the topic of my Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy course was Incest, so of course I began class by showing the youtube clip of "I'm my own Grandpa"… — November 9, 2015

Here’s my one sentence review — Exodus: Gods and Kings was better than expected, and less weird than Noah. In the full review, I address two questions, 1) How'd… — December 15, 2014

An article appeared in the Guardian last week asking if Moses was just a myth.  I got into an interesting online discussion with a few InterVarsity friends (Jon,… — December 10, 2014

A few days ago some InterVarsity friends (Jon, Dan, Tim, and Jesse) and I were discussing an article that appeared in the Guardian asking if Moses was just… — December 8, 2014

The new film, "Exodus: Gods and Kings" will be released December 12, 2014 (watch the trailer below). I obviously, haven't seen it, but I know what's going to… — November 16, 2014

The Ten Commandments have been smashed a second time.  The first time the perpetrator was Moses.  He got mad when he saw that the Israelites were worshiping the golden… — October 25, 2014

Everyone wanted to kill Moses.  In Exodus 1-2 Pharaoh tried multiple times. He told the midwives to kill all Hebrew baby boys, and when that didn't work he… — September 29, 2014

"Is it possible that the Exodus never happened at all?"   Just to be clear, I think it did (although we might quibble about some of the details),… — November 22, 2013

What is the new Story of God Bible Commentary series?  I'm glad you asked. To answer your questions about the SGBC, Zondervan has prepared a short video (2… — October 21, 2013

Big news on the Old Testament scene, check it out here: Expert discovers ancient Torah scroll in plain sight - CBS News. The "re-discovered" scroll is of the… — May 29, 2013

“God is not man, that he should lie or a son of man that he should change his mind (naham)” (Num. 23:19).  Thus, Divine Immutability. "So the LORD… — April 29, 2013

"What?  They skipped Creation?!?" Last night we watched The Bible on The History Channel.  The big question I had ahead of time was, "What will they skip over?"  You… — March 4, 2013

Typically, I find out about important things to watch on TV after they air, but this time I've programmed my DVR four days early. This Sunday (March 3),… — March 1, 2013