The Story of God - City Alive Church

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• In the Wilderness E5 - Phinehas 08.06.2026 49min

  At the edge of the of the Promised Land, Israel is enticed into idol worship and sexual sin. When an Israelite man brings a Midianite woman into the camp, Phinehas kills them both and is approved by God. Stories like this teach us about our own battle with the enemy. Sin has to be put to death.
• In the Wilderness E4 - Balaam 01.06.2026 38min

  Across the Jordan River from Jericho, Israel is camped in the Plains of Moab. The King of Moab hires a prophet to curse them, but instead he blesses them four times. This story teaches us that nothing can curse what God has blessed.
• In the Wilderness E3 - The Bronze Serpent 18.05.2026 42min

  Israel becomes impatient in the wilderness. They rebel. God's judgment comes. They ask for mercy. God forgives. This pattern repeats again and again throughout Israel's wilderness journey. And it reveals to us one of the core ideas of the Bible: God has provided a priest for sinners.
• In the Wilderness E2 - Scouting the Land 11.05.2026 34min

  Moses sends spies into the land, who find that it's just as good as God said it was. But they also find giants. Ten of the spies want to turn back to Egypt, but two believe they should move ahead and conquer the land. Their choice is the same as ours: will we turn back in unbelief or will we boldly step into the promise of God?
• In the Wilderness E1 - Welcome to the Desert 04.05.2026 39min

  After spending a year at Mount Sinai, Israel sets out for the Promised Land. They have a salvation in their past and a promise in their future, but in between they have a desert. The wilderness is the "in-between" place, full of trials and tests. How we handle the wilderness determines whether or not we make it into the Promised Land.
• Sinai E8 - Cloud Culture 02.12.2025 45min

  The Israelites depart from Mount Sinai with the newly constructed Tabernacle. The Cloud of God's personal presence is in their midst as they move through the wilderness. They move when and where the Cloud moves. And they camp around the Cloud when it stays still. They orient their entire culture around the presence of God.
• Sinai E7 - Seeing the Glory 25.11.2025 46min

  Moses prays one of the greatest prayers in the Bible: "Lord, show me your glory!" And God answers. Yahweh appears before Moses on Sinai, declaring his own name and identity. When Moses comes down the mountain, his face is radiating with the glory of God.
• Sinai E6 - Tabernacle, Law, & Sacrifice 18.11.2025 46min

  God gives Moses precise details for how to build the tabernacle, various laws for the people follow, and specific instructions for the sacrifices. These are the terms of the Sinai Covenant. For the first time since Eden, God brings his own personal presence and glory to live among humanity.
• Sinai E5 - The Golden Calf 04.11.2025 42min

  Moses is receiving the Law on top of Sinai, but the Israelites down on the ground get nervous and impatient. They decide to make a golden calf and worship it as their new god instead. Although the covenant is broken shortly after it began, Moses the Mediator asks God to have mercy on them.
• Sinai E4 - The Ten Commandments 28.10.2025 38min

  On Mount Sinai God gives Moses the Law. The Ten Commandments are at the heart of God's Law. And God himself carves them on tablets of stone. Through them God reveals his heart for how we should live as his covenant people.
• Sinai E3 - The Covenant Ceremony 21.10.2025 38min

  Moses arrives back at Sinai with the Israelites. But this time the entire mountain is on fire. Thunder and lighting, a trumpet blast, and an earthquake occur as God himself descends onto the mountain. He enters into a covenant with the Israelites. It's a covenant marked by: grace, relationship, mission, blood, and meal.
• Sinai E2 - Yahweh Our Banner 14.10.2025 31min

  Israel takes up the sword for the first time as the Amalekites attack. As long as Moses holds up his hands, victory is assured. Yahweh is the banner of victory for his people.
• Sinai E1 - Manna & Water 07.10.2025 40min

  A month out from the Exodus, Israel grumbles without food and water. But God reveals his glory to them. He provides manna from heaven and water from a rock. Even though Israel is in new territory, they have the same God.
• Exodus E6 - The Cloud & The Sea 08.04.2025 35min

  Israel comes out of Egypt in battle formation, with Yahweh himself as their champion leading the way. The Lord manifests his presence as a pillar of cloud and fire. Pharaoh and his armies pursue the Israelites to a dead end, but Yahweh parts the Red Sea and leads Israel through on dry ground.
• Exodus E5 - The Passover 01.04.2025 43min

  Pharaoh's continual rebellion leads to the tenth and final plague. God himself descends to strike all the firstborn across the land of Egypt. This plague will not spare Egyptian or Israelite. But for Israel, God provides a way of escape: an unblemished lamb. When he sees the blood of the lamb, he will pass over the house and it will be saved.
• Exodus E4 - The Plagues 25.03.2025 40min

  God reveals the greatness of his name through powerful signs and wonders. The Lord demonstrates his mastery and sovereignty over every power in heaven and earth by plunging Egypt into chaos, darkness, and death. Pharaoh resists and offers Israel counterfeit freedoms. But God is committed to a full exodus for his people.
• Exodus E3 - The Burning Bush 18.03.2025 43min

  God reveals himself in fire to Moses in a tree on a mountain, and that random place becomes a holy place. Over the course of Israel's journey in Exodus, God will continue to manifest his presence as fire. God also reveals to Moses his Name: YHWH / I AM. And he commissions Moses to rescue his people.
• Exodus E2 - The Wilderness 11.03.2025 39min

  Before Moses parted the Red Sea, encountered God on the mountain, or brought down the 10 Commandments, Moses had to make a choice: was he going to be an Israelite or an Egyptian? Moses decides to get out of Egypt, but in the wilderness God gets Egypt out of him. He was looking ahead to a better city, whose Builder and Maker is God.
• Exodus E1 - The Deliverer 11.03.2025 29min

  Jacob's large family in Egypt has become a small nation. God's promises to the patriarchs are coming true. Pharaoh enslaves the Israelites, but his plans are no match for the promise of God. The more he oppresses them, the more they multiply. And God's response is to raise up a deliverer who will rescue his people.
• Joseph E2 - Up 17.12.2024 42min

  Joseph has been cast down, but God raises him up. Joseph learns that his calling is bigger than he is, and that God has positioned him to prepare for a coming famine. In the middle of terrible evil, the Sovereign God has been working all of it for good. Joseph's redemptive suffering rescues his people and saves many lives.