The Golden Calf: Part 1

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🗓️ 8 February 2026

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# 90 - The Golden Calf: Part 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People, as the Israelites waited for Moses to return from Mount Sinai, fear and impatience led them to craft a golden calf, turning to an idol for comfort instead of trusting in God’s timing. This episode explores the dangers of misplaced worship, the pull of tangible security over faith, and the consequences of losing sight of the unseen yet ever-present God.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 90 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Exodus.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Exodus 20:3, "You shall have no other gods before me."Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.4	Previously on the chosen people.
1:07.9	Do not have any other gods before me.
1:13.6	Lightning split the sky, lighting the darkened world around them, and thunder shook the ground again.
1:20.6	Aaron spied more than one burly man buckled at the knees.
1:24.6	He turned and saw a warrior wetting his tunic in fear. Aran had never
1:30.1	seen any god, Egyptian or otherwise do the things his god could do. But he had often wondered
1:36.5	where these foreign gods fell in this divine hierarchy, or even if they truly existed, if they ever
1:42.8	had at all. It was now unmistakable that the God they followed into the Willness reigned above them all.
1:50.0	Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above, the earth below, or the waters under the earth.
2:02.8	My God!
2:04.9	You are the god of our fathers, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
2:10.9	The one who has brought us from our misery in Egypt.
2:15.6	Your servant and your people stand before you.
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