Jesus invites us to marvel at the cross, embrace its mystery, and recognize it as the means of our salvation—God’s unearned, life-giving grace.This sermon explores Jesus’ nighttime conversation with Nicodemus, an insider among Israel’s religious elite. Though respected, educated, and morally upright, Nicodemus still lacks the one thing essential for entering God’s kingdom: new birth.Text: John 3:1-17Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 1 March 2026 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.