Connection Church Sioux Falls

In the same way that God shows His love for Israel in that while they were slaves, He delivered them, God shows His love for the whole world in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

People doing what is right in their own eyes is visible in man-made, man-centered religions.

Samson’s victory through death points us to a greater hero who destroys the enemy through His death and is resurrected victoriously over it.

The first thing God does to deliver His people is to create conflict with their idols with which they’ve grown comfortable and apathetic because God loves His people too much to allow them to remain comfortable with false hopes.

God has a plan for the redemption of His people from the tyranny of the enemy and is working in the midst of their cultural enmeshment to call them out and deliver them for His good purpose.

The Gospel fundamentally transforms how we relate to each other: with radical others-centeredness.

Success in ministry is not measured by the end result, it is measured by our faithfulness to the task.

Jesus has restored our created purpose and identity as image bearers.

It turns out that the baby Zechariah was longing for wasn’t his own, because the Light of Jesus had broken into the darkness to visit and redeem us.

Jesus is the satisfactions to the longings you’ve never even expressed, the answer to the questions you are too afraid to ask.

God sends a savior to redeem the unrepentant and sends grand signals to pave the way so that we won’t miss it.

Jesus was the chaste sacrifice devoted to death by the Father in order to lift the curse on His people and to secure victory over the enemy.

Demonstrating His grace by saving His people is an ordinary act for God overflowing from His character, and rebelling against Him always leads to a longing for a savior.

The enemy doesn’t want it to be public that God conquers through weakness, yet God will give His people an unexpected and unlikely salvation through the crushed head of the enemy.

If Gideon in his fear, vengeance, and disobedience could be anointed by the Spirit of God to save Israel; then Jesus, a truly obedient, covenant-keeping man could save the whole world.

God is on a mission for His Glory in the world, and He is inviting the weak and helpless to show Himself to be powerful and gracious.

The way out of despair and into lasting hope is to confess and repent of our idolatry and trust in the God who has come near and given us a sure sign in Jesus.

God delivers His people by remembering the victimized and inviting them to be a part of His stunning salvation and victory over the enemy.

God delights to deliver his people from their troubles such that they are even able to laugh after their sorrow and to smile after their grief.