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“2025 Preaching Theme: Mid-Year Recap”
Categories: Midweek FR articles, Northside COC, Old Testament
“And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves.” (Lev. 26:12-13)
The Exodus story is simple, yet it’s anything but simplistic. The complexity and beauty of the story is the kind of thing that a person could study for a lifetime and always be able to find fresh insights and teachings in it. Even the Ten Commandments, while they might seem like basic principles, have far-reaching wisdom as they reveal the very heart of God. They, along with the entire Exodus arc, are one of the main areas of the Bible where God has revealed a large picture of his nature and his plan to save and bless humanity.
I pray that our preaching theme for this year has been a blessing to you. I pray that it’s helping us all expand our view of God’s scheme to redeem mankind. I pray that it’s helping us see how we should rightfully respond to him—with humility, gratitude, awe, and obedience. I pray that it’s helping us to clearly see and sincerely embrace his eternal love. I pray that it’s helping us to be comforted by his divine, righteous judgment. I pray that it’s helping us to grow in our faith.
The core promise of all that we’re studying this year is the one quoted above: “I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.” That’s the promise for us too, if we believe in him, obey him, and love him with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength.
- Dan Lankford, minister
