Cross Of Grace

God loves to meet the needs of His people. That first requires for us to be in need, and to look to God to provide. For Israel, God provides bread from heaven. But this was not just about God meeting their physical needs. There was a greater provision in mind. For them, and for us...

“I am Yahweh, your healer” (Exodus 15:26). Sadly some twist this into a promise to guarantee physical health and prosperity in this life. That false interpretation misses the point. And frankly, it aims too low...

od created song so that when we sing of His goodness, that we would not only remember the facts of what He’s done, but our hearts would also be moved as well with gratitude, with awe and wonder, with joy and peace. Song helps to join the head and the heart in worshiping God...

One of the greatest miracles in the Bible, the parting of the Red Sea and God saving the Hebrews. And it many ways, it points to the greatest miracle of all, God saving all His people through Jesus Christ...

"We should not live in past, but we also must not forget the past. We grow through constant reminders of the awe and wonder of being redeemed, the joy of knowing you belong to God, that His is faithful in all His promises to you in Christ, and that He will never leave you. These truths are worth fighting for...fighting to remember."

There are moments in history that change everything. This is one of those moments, not only for the Hebrew people, but a pivotal moment in God’s redemptive plan for all His people...

Interpreting Biblical Narrative (Part 3)

Egypt's false gods are exposed as fairy tales. Mighty pharaoh is powerless. And through it all, God's people are protected. God does all this so His mighty works to be remembered, celebrated and proclaimed among all future generations...including us.

Interpreting Biblical Narrative (Part 2)

Through the ten plagues, God revealed Himself to the Egyptians by exposing the impotence of their false gods. And God has reveals Himself to us by exposing our idols and destroying our functional saviors, and showing us the real Savior.

Interpreting Biblical Narrative (Part 1)

If God were sovereign, but not good, He would be a tyrant. If God were good but not sovereign, He would not be God. But because God is both sovereign and good, that's a God we can trust...

"To be broken in spirit is not always something to be rescued from. Sometimes being broken is actually a condition God leads us into – to humble us, or prepare us, to remove what is harmful, and fill us afresh with His Spirit."

In Christ we can find hope in every burden that comes from broken expectations.

"In the cultural debate of choosing life, Christians should not be known only for what we are against. Not only pointing at the problem, but we should be offering the solution. Not just standing against abortion, but also promoting adoption – starting with our own families, and also helping to support other families who adopt with our prayers and our resources."

Every Christian knows the struggle to be consistent with our Bible reading. Guilt doesn't work. New Year's resolutions don't work. Here are some ways we can we grow in our desire to be in God's Word...

In Luke 11, Jesus answers a request from one his disciples to teach them to pray, so he instructs his disciples on the content of and the confidence we can have in our prayers.

Those who had a difficult 2018 could be tempted to feel exhausted and a little discouraged facing a new year. But God wants to revive your weary heart so that you can face a new year with new strength and hope, not rooted in your performance or in your circumstances, but in His grace...

The miracle of Christ’s birth reminds us our hope in God is secure. The Incarnation - Jesus coming to earth – reminds us that we have a God who is faithful in the lives of His children. He is the source of all our hope. And in Him our hope is secure...

God Specializes in the impossible and delights in using the humble to exalt His name.