In our pursuit of holiness and doctrinal purity, we cannot lose sight of our love for God and others.

Living the exile life means we live by faith and not sight. This faith shapes and influences every area of a person’s life. It's a faith that doesn't live in fear of death, but trusts the outcome to God alone. 

The exile life, many times, will be in contrast to the surrounding culture. Fiery trials are the rule in Babylon, not the exception. But the furnace can actually serve God’s purpose.

As exiles, it’s extremely difficult to be faithful to our purpose. That’s why our faith isn’t built upon the efforts of man but the will of God. Kings come and kings go but our God is rock solid.

To be a Christian is to be an exile.  We are citizens of a new kingdom. But for now, we are living as exiles in a foreign land. And the Bible has a name for the country we’ve been exiled to: Babylon. As exiles living in Babylon, we need to think biblically, Christianly, through cultural and political issues. In this series, we will discuss ways we can disentangle our Babylonianism from our Christianity and live the exile life.

God's reconciling work in our lives mirrors the design of a cross - both vertical and horizontal.

The cross is more than a means God used to save His people. It is also the method God uses to mature and shape His people because anyone called into God's kingdom is called to live in light of the story of the cross.

Was God just sending a message through the cross, or did something actually happen? Ask a Christian that, and they'll probably say something like, "Jesus died in my place" or "Jesus was the perfect sacrifice." But do we understand how statements fit in God's story and in our own stories?

The biggest theme of Christian mission is also the biggest obstacle to its warm reception. But in the subversive message of the cross, God makes His power known.