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.
The golden calf incident in Exodus 32 is a paradigm for idolatry in the Bible. Examining this story helps us understand the nature of idolatry and...
It is not uncommon to hear the phrase "filled with the Spirit" in connection to some kind of erratic spiritual experience. But in the Bible, that...
The worship of the tabernacle involved a lot of visceral components that people experienced through the senses. Incense, fire, smoke, water, and...
The coming new creation is one of the big themes of the New Testament. This new creation is so deeply related to our current redemption in Christ...
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together...
Exodus 28 is all about the clothing that the high priest wore when serving in the tabernacle. Examining the details of the high priestly clothing...
A crucial aspect of the tabernacle construction is its dimensions and geographical order. While we might scratch our heads and wonder why all these...
God has a purpose for his people. He didn't just save them from Egypt, he reconciled them to himself and made them a new people that were to live...
When God instructs Moses on the construction of the tabernacle, there are details...lots of details. While these things may seem foreign or...
Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests...
How do the covenants of the Bible relate to the new covenant? How is Sinai related to the coming of Christ? Is Sinai a gracious covenant? In this...
God is against partiality in justice. But today, we are seeing an intentional institutionalization of partiality in the law. For example, in many citi
Can you legislate morality? Many Christians answer with a confident "no." But the same people who answer that way would likely not be in favor of...
Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy ...
When was the last time you heard a sermon preached on Exodus 21? It contains laws about slavery, laws about justice, laws about capital punishment...
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