The Mosaic Covenant was conditional and temporary—foreshadowing the new covenant that Jesus inaugurated. So, how does Jesus want us to live in his new kingdom? Do the ten still apply? I went looking for the equivalent or the greater command in Jesus’s teaching and example and in the whole New Testament. Here’s what I found:
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Zipporah: Wife and Protector of Moses
Moses, Israel's great deliverer would not have gotten far without the women in his life. After being saved by the midwives, his birth mother, sister, and adopted mother, he needs yet another woman to protect him—Zipporah.
Moses and the Burning Bush: God’s Character Revealed
God introduces himself as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob and reveals his character. He then commissions Moses to the difficult task of leading the Hebrews out of Egypt. In each answer to Moses's excuses or clarification questions, God offers a portrait of his character. We can be certain he is the same God today.
Pharaoh’s Daughter: A Privileged Princess Adopts a Helpless Boy
Moses's life also depended on another woman—a privileged princess. Her actions reveal her courage to disregard her father's order, her mercy to save a helpless child, and her integrity to pay another to nurse him.
Jochebed: A Mother Saves the Deliverer
Courageous women come fast and furious in the first chapters of Exodus. When his attempt to reduce the Hebrew population fails, the king gives all Egyptians authority to throw them into the Nile river. Then, a brave mother—Jochebed—saves her son despite the edict.
God Certainly Takes Note of You
Do you ever feel like God doesn't notice you or even care? How could he among all the millions of people recognize you and your needs, let alone come to your aid to help? Be assured, God does notice you. We can know this because of how he cared for his people, the Israelites.
My Mom Tells Her Story of Raising Children Overseas
15 years ago today my mother—Marjorie Jo Loomis Dubert—"graduated to glory" (1928–2010). In her remembrance, I’m sharing a talk she gave in October, 1984 to her colleagues about her experience of raising children in Papua New Guinea.
Advent 2024 Third Sunday: Truth
The trappings of the holidays try to convince us that all is well when in reality it is not. But Advent reminds us that these are but falsehoods. Truth, instead, is embodied in the baby born to Mary of Nazareth in the town of Bethlehem in Judea.
