Sunday worship At the morning service this past Lord’s Day the focus of the sermon was God’s covenant, from Exodus 34:10-28. The Lord responded with these words to Moses’ prayer that God would continue to be present with his people despite their sin: “Behold, I am making a covenant” (v.10). This was not a brand-new covenant,…

Sunday worship At the morning service on Sunday I preached from Exodus 34:1-9, on the subject of knowing God. In this text the Lord passes by Moses on the top of Mt. Sinai and proclaims to him his name: The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,…

27 below zero – that’s the lowest temperature I saw on our Suburban’s rearview mirror a few days ago at a friend’s house in Wasilla. That’s real cold, but thankfully we have Fairbanks to make us feel better. A friend who was up there for work said it was minus 43 one day. So it…

Sunday worship This past Lord’s Day we returned to the book of Exodus, just in time for what was surely the spiritual nadir of the Israelites’ time in the wilderness: worshiping the golden calf. As Moses was about to come down from Mt. Sinai with the two tablets in hand containing the 10 Commandments, the Israelites ran out…