One time a couple of guys tried to mug Chuck Norris with a pocketknife. Seriously. And for centuries, the people of Israel abandoned the Living God to worship lifeless stone and blocks of wood. Sometimes we just don't know why people do the things that they do. It's not really important to try to understand what was going on in the heads of the guys who make the "dumb criminals" stories, but to understand the Old Testament, we need to understand the pull toward idols that the people of Israel could not overcome. That's what this six-week sermon series that we started Sunday is all about. We begin this week with how God introduced himself to his people, and what that meant for the people who were supposed to worship and represent him among the nations.
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