Exodus 32: You've Gotta Be Kidding Me

Forty days. That’s all Moses is gone, and Israel goes from witnessing world-shaking miracles to dancing around a golden calf. Exodus 32 is frustrating, sobering, and way too relatable, because it exposes a pattern we still live out: when God feels slow, we look for something faster, louder, and more controllable. We retell the scene from the ground up, from the people’s impatience to Aaron’s stunning failure of leadership. We talk about how quickly their language shifts from gratitude to dis...