{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"RESCUE: Learning to Live Free","description":"Karl Ihfe opens his sermon with the movie "The Shawshank Redemption," focusing on the pivotal moment when Andy tells Red to choose between "get busy living or get busy dying." This sets up the central theme that while getting free from bondage is one challenge, learning how to live in that freedom is often much harder. Ihfe connects this to Israel's experience in Exodus and Numbers, where God rescued them from Egyptian slavery but then had to teach them how to live as free people during their wilderness journey. Throughout the sermon, Ihfe demonstrates how fear consistently tempted the Israelites to romanticize their past bondage and retreat from the uncertain freedom God was leading them toward. When faced with challenges like lack of food in the wilderness or intimidating giants in the Promised Land, they repeatedly wanted to return to Egypt's familiar slavery rather than trust God's provision and promises. Ihfe emphasizes that this same pattern affects us today - we often retreat to familiar but unhealthy patterns when God calls us to new freedom. He concludes by challenging listeners to identify both an "Egypt habit" they need to confront and a "promised land" step of trust they need to take, reminding them that wilderness seasons aren't evidence of God's abandonment but of His transformative work in our lives. https:\/\/bwaychurch.org ","author_name":"Broadway Church of Christ Sermon Series","author_url":"http:\/\/bwaycofc.libsyn.com","html":"