For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age (Titus 2:11 CSB). The good news is that God has graciously provided us with salvation. Now...

As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless (Titus 1:7a CSB). Paul instructs Titus on the character qualities he should look for in selecting elders. This appears to be no easy task when we look at how the Cretans are described as liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons....

The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle (Exodus 40:34 CSB). It is always about the glory of the Lord. Throughout the Book of Exodus, we have seen the glory of the Lord in the tabernacle, on the mountain top, through the...

Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished. They had done just as the Lord had commanded. Then Moses blessed them (Exodus 39:43 CSB). As we’ve looked at being involved, contributing, and using our gifts, we realize that we do so out of thankfulness to God for all He’s done...

This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, that was recorded at Moses’s command. It was the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that...

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood . . . He constructed the table of acacia wood . . . Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold . . . He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood (Exodus 37:1a, 10a, 17a, 25a CSB). Here...

Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people are to work based on everything the Lord has commanded (Exodus 36:1a CSB). This chapter is a reminder that God is not a God of chance or coincidence; He is a God of order. The tabernacle is a great example of how God...

So the Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts prompted them to bring something for all the work that the Lord, through Moses, had commanded to be done (Exodus 35:29 CSB). Willingness to give. The people of Israel do not contribute to...

As Moses descended from Mount Sinai - with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he descended the mountain - he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the Lord (Exodus 34:29 CSB). The people had rebelled...

Then Moses said, “Please, let me see your glory.” He said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name ‘the Lord’ before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom...