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2026.06.28 Numbers 23:1-12; If God Is For Us; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260628_numbers-23_1-12.mp3 Miriam is dead. Aaron is dead. Moses will not enter the land. He is absent from the narrative of Numbers 22-24. Aaron was commissioned to put YHWH’s name on the people in blessing: Numbers 6:24 The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 […]

2026.06.21 Numbers 22:14-41; The Blind See-r and his Seeing Donkey ;Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260621_numbers-22_14-41.mp3 Israel is spread out on the plains of Moab, camped opposite Jericho, the rebellious generation buried in the wilderness, their children now poised to enter the land. Moab, under God’s protection because they were descended from Abraham’s nephew L...

2026.06.14 Numbers 22:1-13; Spiritual Warfare and Divine Blessing; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260614_numbers-22_1-13.mp3 God has brought his people out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, to Mount Sinai, where he entered into a covenant relationship with them, extended forgiveness to them even when they broke his covenant, led them through the wilderness to his promised l...

2026.06.07 Numbers 21:10–35; Turning Sorrow into Song; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260607_numbers-21_10-35.mp3 Numbers 20 chronicles death; death of Miriam, death promised to Moses and Aaron, the death of Aaron the high priest, and the transfer of his responsibility to his son Eleazar to serve the next generation. Numbers 21, this next generation faces oppositio...

2026.05.31 Numbers 21:1-9; Look and Live; The Curse Crushed; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260531_numbers-21_1-9.mp3 We’re in Numbers 21. Numbers 1-12 record the exodus generation organized and on the march to God’s promised land. Numbers 13 they sent spies to survey the land, 10 of whom brought back an evil report, the people turned away in fear […]

2026 05/24 Pentecost; Promise and Fulfillment [Leviticus 23; Acts 2]; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260524_pentecost.mp3 Today is a really important day for the church; today we celebrate the birthday of the church. No, I’m not talking about Ephraim Church of the Bible; I’m talking about THE Church, Jesus’ church, of which we are a tiny part. […]

026.05.17 Numbers 20:14-29; Death of the High Priest; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260517_numbers-20_14-29.mp3 In Numbers 20, we are in the first month of the 40th year after the Lord set his people free from slavery in Egypt. That first generation witnessed the ten plagues, went through the Red Sea, saw God destroy their enemies, saw God […]

2026.05.10 Numbers 20:1-13; Speak To The Rock ;Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260510_numbers-20_1-13.mp3 Number 20 begins a movement in the book of Numbers on a different trajectory. So far in Numbers things had looked promising, the people obedient, organized, following God’s leading, and they quickly spiral into failure, disobedience, rebellion. This chapter sounds a b...

2026.05.03 Numbers 19; Instant Purification, Just Add Water ;Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260503_numbers-19.mp3 Defiling Death and the Wages of Sin We’re in Numbers 19; the Lord brought his people to the border of his promised land, but in Numbers 13 they rejected their Lord, his land, and his leaders. God offered them freedom, relationship, the abundant […]

2026.04.26 Numbers 18; Fear the Lord; The Lord is My Portion; Audio available at: http://www.ephraimbible.org/Sermons/20260426_numbers-18.mp3 Holy Justice Last time we saw 14,700 people experience the wrath of God and die because of their hard rebellious hearts, before Aaron was able to take his stand between the dead and the living and make atonement. They all […]