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Explore the data →Data, argument, and supporting material
The people of God are being called out again.
The Exodus was not only an event. It was a pattern — oppression, cry, deliverance, covenant, wilderness, promised land. The argument here is that we are living inside that pattern again, and that the church needs language clear enough to see the moment for what it is.
This site is meant to function as a repository of reviewable information. Start with the data, then move to the paper if the pattern looks credible enough to examine in full.
Begin with the repository of claims and sources. Move into the paper once the evidence feels sturdy enough to test.
How to use the site
A simple way to evaluate the thesis.
The site works best when read in order: evidence first, then the longer argument, then the shorter essays that extend it.
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If the evidence holds together, move into the full argument and its theological frame.
Read the paper →Follow the essays
Track the shorter pieces that extend, test, and apply the argument over time.
Browse articles →The numbers behind the thesis
A small sample from the data repository.
The full data page carries the longer explanations and source trails. These figures show the type of reference points the case is built on.
M2 Money Supply
Since Jan 2020
The Fed expanded the money supply by 40% in two years — the fastest in modern history. Prices followed.
Source: Federal Reserve
Purchasing Power
USD, 2000–2024
A dollar today buys what 70 cents bought in 2000. The slow erosion of ordinary savings.
Source: BLS CPI-U
CPI (All Items)
2020–2024 cumulative
Official inflation since the pandemic. Shelter, food, and energy have run significantly higher.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
What the paper argues
A theological reading of the present moment.
The Exodus narrative in Scripture is more than history. It is a paradigm — the shape of how God moves when his people are trapped under oppressive systems. Brueggemann called it the "core testimony" of Israel's faith.
The thesis is that present-day conditions — economic extraction, institutional decay, and the slow erosion of the commons — map onto the Exodus pattern with striking precision. We are in a moment of structured oppression. The question is whether the church will recognize the season.
Exodus 6:9 records that the people could not hear Moses because of their "broken spirit and cruel slavery." Harsh labor had eaten their capacity for hope. The same dynamic operates today. This site exists to restore that capacity through data, analysis, and theological reflection.
What this project is for
- Give the church a legible account of the present moment.
- Maintain reviewable evidence and current reference points.
- Offer theological reflection without diluting urgency.
Key Scripture
"They did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery."
Exodus 6:9
The Pattern
- 01Oppression
- 02Cry
- 03Deliverance
- 04Covenant
- 05Wilderness
- 06Promised Land
Recent articles
Essays are still forthcoming, but the lanes are defined: economics, theology, and formation.
Economics
The Pharaoh Economy: Extraction, Inflation, and the Commons
How modern monetary policy functions as a form of systemic extraction — and what the Exodus narrative has to say about it.
Coming soonTheology
Broken Spirits: Why the Church Isn't Hearing
The Exodus 6:9 problem. When people are ground down enough, even the word of liberation falls on deaf ears.
Coming soonFormation
What Does Wilderness Look Like Now?
Wilderness in the Exodus was not punishment — it was the necessary in-between. The place where a people is formed.
Coming soonPrimary invitation
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