Our God is The Great Deliverer. He delivers His people through the many and varied trials of life. When we experience the power of His deliverance—the power of His hand upon our lives—our hearts are always filled with great joy and rejoicing. We give God great thanks for His deliverance. And usually, the greater the deliverance, the greater the thanks we lift up to God. Just as the Passover speaks of redemption by blood, the Red Sea tells of redemption by power. The song of Moses, in Exodus 15, is the first recorded song in the Bible, it celebrates the latter.

Randy D'Alessandro

(1952-2021)

Randy D’Alessandro served as pastor for the United Church of God congregations in Chicago, Illinois, and Beloit, Wisconsin, from 2016-2021. Randy previously served in Raleigh, North Carolina (1984-1989); Cookeville, Tennessee (1989-1993); Parkersburg, West Virginia (1993-1997); Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan (1997-2016).