Golden calf
240Times Change
16 Mar 2026
25:01¶ 95
“You’re talking about the traditions of the fathers. Do you know how your fathers treated the prophets? Or how they treated Joseph and how…”
25:22¶ 96
“And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.”
24:46¶ 92
“So this is the wilderness journey, where on more than one occasion they said, “Let’s forget all this and let’s go back to Egypt.…”
143The Point of No Return
7 Nov 2022
15:41¶ 53
“But then there’s that thing with the golden calf, because in the middle of this God’s people, while they’re standing in the shadow of…”
16:35¶ 55
“Well, two years ago you were slaves and now you’re not. So you’ve been 40 days without a direct spokesman and you’re just kind…”
19:17¶ 65
“Except that they already had. That sets up more of the context or helps define the context. This is not God striking out blindly…”
120When the Fire Falls
30 May 2022
28:08¶ 102
“Moses initiated the covenant as the mediator of the old covenant. Now Elijah has come to tear it up and say it didn’t work,…”
115The Idol State
25 Apr 2022
12:55¶ 42
“But he made a big deal out of it. And of course if we go back to the Exodus account, the people had appealed,…”
13:17¶ 43
“Moses has been our leader. He’s been gone for 40 days and 40 nights. We want something we can latch onto. We want someone…”
11:37¶ 37
“And without necessarily saying in so many words, “This is the old-time religion,” he sure seems to be implying it, particularly when he says,…”
74Joshua the War-Leader
11 Jul 2021
13:37¶ 52
“The next time we run into him is the whole incident with the golden calf. This is a few chapters later, Chapter 32. You…”
15:32¶ 56
“Sorry, Joshua. You just failed your observation role. You completely missed this one. Quit thinking like a soldier. This is not a military attack.…”
16:13¶ 57
“We’re not told what Joshua was doing during all this, but he’s watching most certainly, and he’s learning that idolatry has consequences – mortal…”
37Image and Word (part 1)
13 Sep 2020
14:23¶ 46
“Call it by the right name. People have wondered about the golden calf thing, and most commentators look back to Egypt and the Apis…”
14:48¶ 47
“Now, if Aaron had said, “Let’s make a golden lamb,” everybody would have got it because we’re used to thinking of Jesus as the…”
15:18¶ 48
“The cows give us so much. They give us milk and meat and leather, and they pull our carts and our plows. They just…”