Cross Of Grace

Our greatest joy is to know Christ and to be known by Him.

When we genuinely repent of our sins, God is faithful to forgive us, cleanse us, and restore us.

God’s works and His words are meant to reveal His glory and inspire worship.

Even in my trials, I will pray to God because He has always been faithful.

Realizing God’s forgiveness toward us changes us and reveals what true joy really is.

Only when you know God intimately will you worship Him fully.

“One generation believes the gospel, the second assumes it, and the third rejects it.” -D. A. Carson The Book of Judges shows us what life becomes when a people wander away from God. And in the last few chapters, it gets darker than ever. Thankfully, God does not abandon His people. And sometimes He will even use the consequences of our sin to draw us back to Him...

Can God use me even with all my flaws and failures? Is God faithful to rescue me even when I don't know I need rescuing? How should all of my imperfections remind me to lean on the perfect Savior? Lessons we learn from one of the strongest (and weakest) men in the Bible...

We are to bless the Lord with all that is within us. One way we do that is to count our blessings, to consider how good God has been to us. And the greatest of these blessings is to be forgiven of our sin.

Jephthah points us to the true and better Judge, the Lord Jesus, the Spirit endowed Savior who would came to redeem his people.

The story of Gideon is not about powerful military exploits, but gives us a picture of Israel (and us), when they trust in God’s Word, he can use flawed people for his Kingdom. It ultimately anticipates a great Rescuer, Jesus, who leads His people faithfully into salvation.

The story of Gideon is not about powerful military exploits, but gives us a picture of Israel (and us), when they trust in God’s Word, he can use flawed people for his Kingdom. It ultimately anticipates a great Rescuer, Jesus, who leads His people faithfully into salvation.

"Israel needs a faithful leader to rescue them once again. We see with Deborah, Barak, and Jael, again God using the unlikely people and unlikely methods for the salvation of his wayward people."

We discover that God uses unlikely ways, through his chosen rescuers to deliver his people, and exposes the powerlessness of idols and God’s enemies.

We intro the book of Judges, and as “every man was doing what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6; 21:25), we begin to see how a little compromise leads to destruction.

Good news is meant to be shared, and Jesus rising from the dead is the best news of all.

Jesus, facing death in a matter of hours, sits with His disciples, and His last act with them was to eat the Passover meal. Why is this significant, and why should it matter for us today?

The more you know of the life of Jesus, the more you know He rarely did what people expected. And today’s text is one more example – the King of kings and Lord of lords, riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.

Every Christian is locked in a spiritual battle, and God equips us with spiritual weapons, to fight and to win with His strength.

Whether you are in authority or under under authority God uses it for His glory and our training in righteousness.