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Saturday, October 17, 2026

In Exodus 6, Dennis Prager examines what happens after Moses angrily confronts God over the suffering of the Israelites. God does not rebuke Moses for questioning Him. Instead, He tells Moses that he will now see what He will do. Dennis uses this powerful passage to explore the difference between believing that God exists and actually trusting God, especially when suffering raises difficult questions about God and His justice.

Dennis then examines the difference between the faith of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the faith required of the Israelites in Egypt. The patriarchs had a deep, personal faith in God, while the Israelites needed concrete evidence of His presence and power. Dennis argues that faith cannot remain purely personal. Questions about suffering, morality, and what God requires of us demand something beyond our own private spiritual experience.

The discussion also leads to Dennis’s argument for the importance of organized religion. Spirituality without an external moral framework can become dangerous when people begin claiming that “God told me” to do something. Sinai provides that framework through God’s commandments, giving people an objective standard for knowing what God actually requires. Dennis explores why genuine faith requires both a personal relationship with God and a moral framework that keeps us from simply hearing what we want to hear.

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