October 15, 2026
Texts to Know Deuteronomy 4.32-40Deuteronomy 7.7-9, 12 (NIV)Psalm 67Isaiah 61.1-6Hebrews 12.18-241 Peter 2.9-10 (Structural Note: We need to remember that the Book of Exodus is itself part of a larger Story of the Torah: Genesis to Deuteronomy. When the freed slaves arrive at Mt. Sinai the narrative slows down. Israel will remain camped at the […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 17, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzSb7HnLTMQ I. Who You Going to Serve: Pharoah or Yahweh? – 3.12, “you shall worship God on this mountain” – 4.23, “Let my SON go that he may worship/serve me” – 5.17 [oppressors] “You say, let us go so we may sacrifice” – 7.16, “so that they may worship/serve me” – 8.1, “so that they […]
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September 12, 2026
START AT 3:00 MINUTE MARK Exodus 3: The NuminousWoodmont Hills ChurchSeptember 9, 2026 “Numinous, arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring” I. Exodus 1-2, the Crises of Refugees & Aliens (The Egypt First Policy) – Irrational fear (1.12)– Shiphrah & Puah (1.15) break the law but “feared God” (v.21)– State Sponsored terror (1.21) II. […]
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June 18, 2026
“The Lord is near the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34 reminds us that when we cry out to God in the midst of our suffering, the Lord hears and acts because God is good and gives good things. The righteous sufferer is protected and endures by pursuing peace, doing good, and […]
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April 7, 2025
If if had not been that God was on our side . . . (Psalm 124). Paul probably had this Psalm in the back of his mind when he asked, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” The pilgrims on their ascent to the temple of God, confess: God is for us, […]
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November 15, 2023
Ruth Meets Boaz (Ruth 2:1-16) Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone in whose sight I may find […]
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