Rusten leads our Youth Community and also provides teaching/preaching support. He and his wife live in Kingston with their four kids. He loves reading, writing, cooking, feasting, music, and family dance parties.
God meeting his people on Mount Sinai is a grand and terrifying event. First comes fire and smoke, then thunder and lightning, and finally the...
See moreWho is Jethro? Is he a pagan priest who comes to faith in Yahweh, or is he a Gentile believer who already knows God? What does Jethro bless Moses...
See moreA historian might be tempted to label the crucifixion as just one more tragedy among the heap of historical tragedies...
See moreHow should Christians seek to positively impact their culture for Christ? Instead of only looking to politics, how can Christians work to reform...
See moreAfter God delivers his people from Egypt, he teaches them to rely on him as their Father by providing food and water in the wilderness. In chapter...
See moreThe Exodus isn't just about delivering the Hebrews from slavery to the tyrant Pharaoh; it's also about delivering God's people from the tyranny of...
See moreWhen God's people are finally delivered from their Egyptian enemies, they respond by singing a song of praise. They praise God for bringing...
See moreThe Red Sea crossing is one of the most celebrated acts of God's deliverance in the entire Bible. In an epic way, God saves his people from slavery...
See moreWhat does it mean that the first-born sons of Israel were to be consecrated? Some critics of the Bible claim that the Old Testament originally...
See moreThroughout Scripture, God divides days and seasons. He gives us holidays and feast days, and he gives us the Sabbath day. In this episode of...
See moreRebelling against God makes you stupid. We see this principle in Pharaoh's refusal to let the Israelites go free when his son's life is on the line...
See moreThe family is the fundamental building block of society. Pagan tyrants feel threatened by Christian family and the Church because they represent a...
See moreWhat does it mean for God to be sovereign? The story of the Exodus reveals the answer to that question. God demonstrates his sovereignty through...
See moreWhy does God judge? Why does God send ten different plagues to Egypt? Why frogs? Why flies? Why gnats and other swarming things? In this episode of...
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