Remember the pattern – Through the waters, to the mountain of God, for life in the presence of God.  ‌ This pattern is the pattern of creation and new creation. It’s the movement from chaos to order, and from slavery to salvation. God has not left his people scattered and confused, he has not left them bound in chains, and he will not leave them to die wandering in the wilderness. His goal is a garden-city where he will dwell forever in the midst of His people as an all-satisfying source of life and light. We’ve seen him walking...

    The biblical story is a fantastic and wildly enchanted story – and it is the true story of the whole world.  There are talking beasts, and dragons, giants, and man-made mountains. It’s a story of exile… but also of exodus. It’s the story of wilderness wanderings, but also a story of a Father who pursues his rebellious children to the furthest reaches of a broken world. The story of the Bible is a story of rebellion, but it is also a story of redemption and renewal. And the creation of the Tabernacle is one of the most wonderful moments in...

The world was broken. All the families of the earth were supposed to be living on God’s holy mountain and flourishing in His life-giving presence, but now, after the great rebellion, they are scattered and confused – hopeless wanderers in the wilderness. Surely all is lost, God’s beautiful plan for creation has been abandoned by his own image bearers. His grand story seems to have ended in tragedy. ‌ But, those who know God, know better. ‌ The heavens hushed, the stars and the planets leaned in to listen. The God of creation was about to speak again.   With...

  God’s people chose darkness over light, death over life.   Why?! What were they thinking?! After all the glorious good that God had done in creation, they wouldn’t listen to the One who loved them most. The world began with words, but when those words were twisted and doubted, the wild and waste that had been subdued in the beginning began rumbling again, but this time in the hearts of humans.     So, God, who had made the world and all that is in it in order to dwell with His people, sent them out of His lush...

In Episode 2, we begin our journey through The Story of God with Us. As we trace the theme of God's presence with his people, there is only one place to start – in the beginning. From the first, "Let there be..." God had a goal for it all. Over the course of six days God is taming the wild and fashioning a home for Him and His people. By the end of Genesis 2 humans are flourishing in God's presence in a lush mountain top garden. Just imagine where all of this leads, Adam and Eve, flourishing in the presence of...

Welcome to The Story of God Podcast! In Season 1 of our new podcast we will be digging deeper into the theological theme we laid out in our family picture-book The Story of God with Us. We will follow the structure of that book – scene by scene – to guide us on our journey. Each episode will be bite-sized, but packed with rich theology. As the story unfolds over Season 1 it is our hope that parents and families will experience the wonder of the Word, and fall deeper in love with the Author of the greatest story ever told....