We need to face up to the fact that our idols hold us in bondage to themselves. Our idolatry not only deserves God’s judgment, but it holds us back from the spiritual freedom that is only found in wholehearted devotion to Him.
Moses had been raising sheep in the wilderness for 40 years when God appeared to him in a burning bush at Mt. Horeb. It was time to go back to Egypt and bring Israel out.
Some of us have grown accustomed to thinking in terms of “Bible stories” – as in, the Bible is a collection of stories. That may be true at one level. At another level it is helpful to think in terms of “the Bible story,” that is, one continuous storyline from Genesis to Revelation.
There was a time when everyone more or less knew what marriage meant. That time is gone. Marriage is being reexamined, redefined and reimagined. The Bible has much to say about this. We will only scratch the surface, but the definition and boundaries of marriage are what will concern us today.
Central Reflections 