They may have made it safely out of Africa.
They may have food.
but now the Israelites are thirsty.
Here in the Book of Exodus, the people set out from the Desert of Sin, following wherever God leads them.
With nothing to drink, they vent their frustration at Moses.
Moses too is unhappy: he wishes that they would simply trust God and not test him by these outbursts of anger.
Seriously worried that some of them might actually pick up rocks and hurl them at him, Moses begs God to throw him some kind of a lifeline.
Credits:
Written and produced by Chas Bayfield
Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music
Cover art by Lisa Goff
Chapters covered: Exodus 17-20
The inspiration and information:
All of the books and websites below have proven invaluable to putting together this book. Many of the books belong to my in-laws, Lesley and Geoff Tilley in Kingston, Tasmania where a large chunk of the Vible was pulled together.
The NIV Zondervan Study Bible edited by D A Carson, Zondervan, 2017
The Holy Bible Thompson Chain Reference Edition edited by Frank Charles Thompson, Hodder and Stoughton, 1986
The NIV Study Bible edited by Kenneth Barker, Zondervan, 1984
Life Application Study Bible edited by Dr Bruce B Barton, Kingsway, 2011
Holy Bible NIV Version edited by Biblica, Hodder and Stoughton, 2011
The New Compact Bible Dictionary by T Alton Bryant, Zondervan, 1987
Unlocking the Bible by David Pawson, Collins, 2007
The Lion Handbook to the Bible by David Alexander, Lion Hudson, 2009
The New Bible Dictionary by J D Douglas, Tyndale House, 1982
The Compact Bible Dictionary by Ronald Youngblood, Nelson, 2004
The Bible Application Handbook by J I Packer and Derek Williams, Eagle, 2001
The Bible From Scratch by Simon Jenkins, Lion Hudson, 2009
The World Jesus Knew by Anne Punton, Monarch, 2001
I Never Knew That About Scotland by Christopher Winn, Ebury, 2007
Trivia For the Toilet by Gavin Webster, Barnes and Noble, 2006
Biblegateway.org
Gotquestions.org
Quora.com
Biblecharts.org
Livescience.com
Interestingliterature.com
Biblicalarchaeology.org
Answersingenesis.org
I am also hugely grateful for the pearls of wisdom shared by various speakers at events that I have attended and whose wisdom has helped me enormously, to the organisers of New Wine and Greenbelt Festival where I have been able to listen in and to wise and godly friends who have explained things in a language which I can understand. Thank you to:
R T Kendall, former pastor at Westminster Chapel
Dr Jamie Davies, tutor in New Testament, Trinity College, Bristol
Rev Stephen MacLean, pastor at Cricklewood Baptist Church
Mike Yaconelli (1942-2003), former pastor of Grace Community Church, Yreka CA
Steve Chalke, minister of Oasis Church, Waterloo
Nicky Gumbel, founder of the Alpha Course
Canon J John, founder of the Philo Trust
John Grant, former moderator at the London Baptist Association
Tony and Brenda Lenthall, missionaries and friends.
John Peters, Vicar of St Mary’s Bryanston Square
Tony Campolo, pastor and writer.
Shane Claiborne, Christian Activist
Sandy Millar, former vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton
Peter Owen Jones, vicar, writer and broadcaster
Stuart Burgess, former Methodist chaplain to Birmingham University
Rico Tice, Associate minister at All Souls Langham Place
Damon and Sharron, missionaries
John Griffiths, advertising strategist and Bible fanatic
Jon Leach, strategist and atheist
Keith Van der S