Logic of God

Send us Fan Mail The final plague has arrived, but before judgment falls, the Exodus narrative suddenly slows down. God gives Israel a new beginning, establishes a memorial that will be remembered for generations, and provides detailed instructions for a meal that will become one of the most important events in the biblical story. A lamb is chosen, its blood is placed upon the doorway, and Israel...

Send us Fan Mail The plagues have brought Egypt to the edge of collapse, but one final judgment remains. Before the death of the firstborn and the institution of Passover, Exodus 11 pauses to show just how dramatically the story has changed. The Israelites who entered slavery are preparing to leave with Egypt’s silver and gold, the Egyptians now look favorably upon Moses and his people, and the ma...

Send us Fan Mail The ninth plague brings Egypt into complete darkness. For three days, a darkness so severe that it can be “felt” covers the land, leaving the Egyptians unable to see one another or even rise from their places. Yet while Egypt sits in darkness, the Israelites have light where they live. After watching Egypt’s livestock, crops, and land progressively dismantled through the previous...

Send us Fan Mail The eighth plague brings Egypt another step closer to complete destruction. Whatever survived the hail is now threatened by an overwhelming swarm of locusts, leaving Pharaoh and his servants with almost nothing left to depend upon. Yet before the locusts ever arrive, God identifies the deeper issue behind the entire confrontation: “How long will you refuse to humble yourself befor...

Send us Fan Mail The seventh plague continues as Moses stretches his staff toward heaven and Egypt is struck by a storm unlike anything the nation has experienced before. Thunder, hail, and fire descend upon the land, destroying everything left exposed while Goshen remains untouched. Yet beneath the destruction, something even more significant is happening. Moses is growing into his role, Pharaoh...

Send us Fan Mail The seventh plague marks another major turning point in the Exodus story. God warns Pharaoh that a storm unlike anything Egypt has ever known is coming—devastating hail that will kill every person and animal left exposed in the fields. But before judgment falls, something remarkable happens: for the first time, Egyptians hear the warning of Yahweh and choose to act on it. Some of...

Send us Fan Mail The sixth plague brings us to another major shift in the Exodus story. Moses takes soot from a kiln, throws it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh, and it becomes fine dust across Egypt, breaking out as boils on man and beast. But this plague does something even more striking: the magicians of Egypt, who once stood opposite Moses and attempted to imitate the works of God, can no...

Send us Fan Mail The fifth plague marks a dramatic escalation in the Exodus narrative. For the first time, death falls directly upon Egypt through the destruction of its livestock, yet Israel's flocks are completely untouched. More than an economic disaster, this plague strikes at the very heart of Egypt's military power, agriculture, religious system, and worldview. As Pharaoh watches t...

Send us Fan Mail The fourth plague marks a dramatic turning point in the Exodus narrative. For the first time, God makes a distinction between Egypt and His covenant people, shielding Israel from the judgment falling upon the land. Pharaoh, confronted with a power his gods cannot stop, begins to negotiate rather than simply resist. Yet beneath the surface, the conflict is no longer merely about fr...

Send us Fan Mail The third plague is easy to overlook. Sandwiched between the frogs and the swarms of flies, it receives only a handful of verses in Exodus. Yet this brief account marks one of the most significant turning points in the entire plague narrative. For the first time, Pharaoh's magicians are unable to imitate God's work, forcing them to make an astonishing confession: "T...

Send us Fan Mail The second plague of Egypt is often remembered as an almost comical story about frogs covering the land. Yet beneath the surface lies a profound theological confrontation between the God of Israel and the spiritual powers Egypt believed governed creation, fertility, and order. What appears at first to be an inconvenience quickly becomes another step in God's systematic disman...

Send us Fan Mail The plagues of Egypt are often reduced to children's stories or dismissed as natural disasters, but Exodus presents something far greater. The first plague marks the opening battle between the God of Israel and the powers Egypt believed governed creation itself. Before a single firstborn dies, before darkness covers the land, and before Pharaoh's kingdom begins to crumbl...

Send us Fan Mail Exodus Chapter 7 opens one of the most familiar sections of Scripture, yet it begins in a place many readers overlook. Before the Nile turns to blood or Egypt is struck by devastating plagues, God answers Pharaoh's challenge from Exodus 5: "Who is the LORD?" Rather than beginning with judgment alone, God first establishes His authority, commissions Moses as His repr...

Send us Fan Mail Exodus Chapter 6 follows immediately after Moses' lowest moment. After accusing God of bringing greater suffering upon Israel, Moses receives an unexpected response—not judgment, but reassurance. Rather than abandoning His servant, God reminds Moses of His covenant, His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the certainty that Israel's redemption is about to unfold....

Send us Fan Mail Exodus 5 begins with one of the most recognizable moments in Scripture, yet the story is far different than many Christians remember. Moses and Aaron stand before Pharaoh and deliver God's message, but instead of immediate deliverance, Israel's situation becomes dramatically worse. Pharaoh responds with a question that will shape the rest of the Exodus narrative: “Who is...

Send us Fan Mail Just when Moses finally agrees to obey God's calling, Exodus takes an unexpected and deeply unsettling turn. On the journey back to Egypt, the Lord suddenly seeks to kill the very man He has chosen to deliver Israel. The encounter is brief, mysterious, and has puzzled readers for thousands of years. In Part 2 of Exodus 4, we wrestle with one of the most difficult passages in...

Send us Fan Mail Moses has encountered God at the burning bush, but receiving a calling is not the same as accepting it. In Exodus 4, Moses begins offering excuse after excuse for why he is the wrong person for the task, revealing fears and insecurities that feel surprisingly familiar to modern readers. In Part 1 of this study, we examine the signs God gives Moses, including the staff that becomes...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of our Exodus 3 study continues beyond the familiar Sunday school version of the burning bush and into the tension-filled conversation between God and Moses. Rather than eagerly accepting his calling, Moses resists. He questions God’s plan, his own qualifications, his authority, and even the likelihood that Israel will listen to him at all. In many ways, Moses becomes a mir...

Send us Fan Mail In Exodus 3, Moses encounters the burning bush, but this story is far stranger, deeper, and more confrontational than the version most Christians inherited from Sunday school retellings. The fire does not consume the bush. The Angel of Yahweh speaks as God Himself. Holy ground appears in the middle of the wilderness. And Moses is forced to confront the terrifying reality that the...

Send us Fan Mail Exodus 2 continues to unfold as far more than the setup for Moses’ story. In this second part, we move deeper into the themes of exile, identity, suffering, and divine preparation that shape both Moses and the future of Israel. We explore Moses’ flight into Midian after killing the Egyptian and wrestle with the tension of his actions: was Moses acting in sinful rage, premature del...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we follow the birth, rescue, exile, and transformation of Moses while challenging many of the assumptions modern Christians often bring into the text. Rather than approaching Moses through the lens of popular films, children’s stories, or simplified Protestant retellings, we examine Exodus 2 within its ancient Near Eastern and biblical context — asking what the or...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we begin Exodus by stepping past the familiar Sunday school version and asking what the text is actually doing. Exodus 1 is not just a setup for Moses. It is a story about memory, empire, fertility, forgotten legacies, spiritual conflict, and the dangerous comfort of inherited assumptions. We look at Israel’s multiplication in Egypt, Pharaoh’s fear, and why oppres...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Matthew Bates for a conversation about gospel, allegiance, grace, and what it means to confess Jesus not simply as Savior, but as King. We talk about the royal framework of the gospel, why “Christ” is not Jesus’ last name, and how faith in the New Testament carries the weight of loyalty, fidelity, and embodied allegiance. Dr. Bates helps us th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we close out the Didache with chapter 16 and turn our attention to the end of all things. What begins as a reflection on transition quickly becomes something much deeper. As life shifts around us, the final chapter of the Didache meets us with its call to vigilance, endurance, and faithfulness in the last days. We talk about what it means to keep watch over your l...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we move into Didache chapter 15 and wrestle with one of the most uncomfortable questions in the life of the church: who should actually lead, and why. This is a conversation about bishops, deacons, prophets, teachers, authority, humility, and the terrifying weight of being trusted to shape other people’s faith. We talk through the Didache’s call to appoint leaders...