Surprising Grace in the Wilderness

Exodus 16:1-17:7

Speaker: Dan Cruver
Stand-Alone Sermons
09.27.2026

About the Sermon

We often grumble when life does not go as we hoped, when something we need is missing and God’s care looks different from what we expected. Exodus 16–17 shows that our grumbling can reveal something deeper: the story we believe about what God must do if he is truly good. Israel’s hunger and thirst led them to question the God who had already rescued them. From Exodus 16:1-17:7 we consider what the wilderness exposes in us and what it reveals about the God who meets his people there.

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About the Series

Our normal course of preaching is to work through books of the Bible. However, from time to time we take a break from this pattern and preach a single sermon from another part of the Bible. Here are some of those sermons, including sermons from guest preachers.

Our normal course of preaching is to work through books of the Bible. However, from time to time we take a break from this pattern and preach a single sermon from another part of the Bible. Here are some of those sermons, including sermons from guest preachers.

Sermons in the Series

Week 1 —
08.20.17

Song for the Fearful

Psalm 46
Speaker: Abe Stratton

Week 1 —
11.05.17

The God Who Roars for Justice and Worship

Amos
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
01.07.18

Ignorance and Idolatry; Knowledge and Love

Hosea 1-3
Speaker: Abe Stratton

Week 1 —
03.11.18

Life Can’t Get Any Better Than This

Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
Speaker: Andrew Franseen

Week 1 —
03.18.18

Outside the Camp

Leviticus 4:1-12
Speaker: Dan Olinger

Week 1 —
04.01.18

Looking for Jesus

Mark 16:1-8
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
04.15.18

Tracking with the Apostle Paul

Romans 15:14-33
Speaker: Mark Vowels

Week 1 —
05.20.18

The Good and Just God

Nahum
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
10.07.18

God in Our Story

Matthew 3:13-4:2
Speaker: Dan Cruver

Week 1 —
10.14.18

Come, Let Us Sing

Psalm 95
Speaker: Abe Stratton

Week 1 —
10.21.18

Sing, All the Earth

Psalm 96
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
12.30.18

The Incarnation and Two Ways of Living

Galatians 4:1-9
Speaker: Dan Cruver

Week 1 —
01.06.19

Looking to Jesus

Hebrews
Speaker: Abe Stratton

Week 1 —
04.07.19

Entrusting the Gospel for Gospel Advance

2 Timothy 2:1-7
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
04.14.19

The Glorious King

Psalm 24
Speaker: Abe Stratton

Week 1 —
04.21.19

Fulfilled: The Resurrection

John 20
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
05.12.19

Two Ways of Seeing

Psalm 36
Speaker: Dan Cruver

Week 1 —
07.21.19

God Is on Mission

Genesis 3:1-21
Speaker: Mark Vowels

Week 1 —
03.01.20

Nothing Less Than a New Birth

Ephesians 2:1-7
Speaker: Drew Hunter

Week 1 —
04.12.20

A Very Present Help in the Pandemic

Psalm 46
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
09.20.20

Praying the Gospel Into Your Bones

Ephesians 1:15-23
Speaker: Jason Read

Week 1 —
01.03.21

Look at the Birds: Seeking the Kingdom in an Age of Anxiety

Matthew 6:33
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
01.31.21

Singing and Celebrating His Steadfast Love

Psalm 33
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
03.21.21

The Glorious Mystery

Colossians
Speaker: Abe Stratton

Week 1 —
04.25.21

The Generosity of the Father and Christian Obedience

Ephesians 1:3-14
Speaker: Dan Cruver

Week 1 —
06.13.21

Shock and Awe

Isaiah 52:11-15
Speaker: Guest

Week 1 —
07.18.21

The Lord Is Your Keeper

Psalm 121:5
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
01.30.22

Final Peace for Failing Followers

John 16:28-33
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
03.06.22

What You Wear and How You Sing

Colossians 3:12–17
Speaker: Joe Rigney

Week 1 —
06.19.22

Tell the Stories Right

Psalm 78
Speaker: Jason Read

Week 1 —
06.26.22

Engaging in the Glorious Occupation of Worship

Psalm 103
Speaker: Matt Jackson

Week 1 —
07.31.22

Leave Every Trace

Ephesians 4:1-16
Speaker: Jason Read

Week 1 —
01.08.23

From Sinners to Saints

1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Speaker: Justin Harris

Week 1 —
01.29.23

A Staggering Promise that Lasts Forever

2 Samuel 7:1-17
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
02.05.23

Kept

Psalm 121
Speaker: Abe Stratton

Week 1 —
04.16.23

Resurrection Life in You

Galatians 5:16-26
Speaker: Matt Jackson

Week 1 —
07.30.23

Conflict Caused by Gospel Advance

Acts 15:1-21
Speaker: Mark Vowels

Week 1 —
11.26.23

Thanksgiving as The Answer to The World’s Problems

Romans 1:21
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
01.07.24

The Blessed Man

Psalm 1
Speaker: Jim Knauss

Week 1 —
01.28.24

Wrong Can’t Win

Reveation 17:1-18
Speaker: Jeremy Meeks

Week 1 —
02.18.24

A Wardrobe Prayer

Ephesians 3:14-21
Speaker: Dan Cruver

Week 1 —
04.14.24

Strangely Bright

Genesis 1-2
Speaker: Joe Rigney

Week 1 —
06.02.24

Extreme Diligence, Extreme Reliance

Acts 16:1-15
Speaker: Guest

Week 1 —
09.29.24

King Over the Flood

Psalm 29
Speaker: Trent Hunter

Week 1 —
01.05.25

The Glorious Words of the Rock and Redeemer

Psalm 19
Speaker: Jim Knauss

Week 1 —
01.26.25

Walk Warmly with God

Genesis 5:21-32
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
02.02.25

As for Me

Psalm 73
Speaker: Mike Bullmore

Week 1 —
07.06.25

Knowledge: Necessary for Growth

2 Peter 1:1-15
Speaker: Mark Whitcomb

Week 1 —
11.30.25

Did You Give Thanks to Jesus?

Psalm 30
Speaker: David Mathis

Week 1 —
01.04.26

Light and Life in the Word of God

Psalm 119:105-112
Speaker: Christian Hunt

Week 1 —
02.08.26

Strength for Today & Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Revelation 1:3
Speaker: Brad Baugham

Week 1 —
04.03.26

The Folly of the Cross and the Power of God

1 Corinthians 1:17–21
Speaker: Christian Hunt

Week 1 —
09.27.26

Surprising Grace in the Wilderness

Exodus 16:1-17:7
Speaker: Dan Cruver

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