Water is life. As the Hebrews walk through the desert, they must find water. God provides it miraculously in this case. What might this story suggest about water and access to it for the majority of the world’s population? Exodus 17:1-7
The Ten Commandments are probably the most famous laws in all of human history. They serve as a short summary of the Jewish law, the Torah. How might Christians engage with these rules in contemporary society? What do they have to say to us about God and the good life? Exodus 20:1-20
The episode of the golden calf Is one of the essential examples of Israel’s fall into idolatry. It is even more striking since they are not simply adopting the ideas of the surrounding culture but developing their own notions in the desert. How might this inform our understanding of the beliefs of our own culture...
