At the same time that Jesus was being stripped of his clothes, his dignity and ultimately his life, he was stripping away evil’s power over those who claim him as Savior. Through the fullness of our Savior and the salvation He provides, we are set free.

We continue our look at what the book of Esther can tell us about living faithfully in a diverse city.

We continue our look at what the book of Esther can tell us about living faithfully in a diverse city.

We continue our look at what the book of Esther can tell us about living faithfully in a diverse city.

There are times when an event reveals the core character of a person or society. For the Jews in exile in Persia, such a moment came when a powerful magistrate convinced the emperor to wipe the Hebrews out. It was a moment of life-or-death, with two of God's people placed close to the center of the action—but decidedly on the outside.

There are times when an event reveals the core character of a person or society. For the Jews in exile in Persia, such a moment came when a powerful magistrate convinced the emperor to wipe the Hebrews out. It was a moment of life-or-death, with two of God's people placed close to the center of the action—but decidedly on the outside.

There are times when an event reveals the core character of a person or society. For the Jews in exile in Persia, such a moment came when a powerful magistrate convinced the emperor to wipe the Hebrews out. It was a moment of life-or-death, with two of God's people placed close to the center of the action—but decidedly on the outside.

Within months of Jesus’ crucifixion, the earliest Christians had begun forming relationships that crossed ethnic, religious, cultural and class boundaries in ways the world had never seen before. This archived sermon from 2012 asks what the earliest generation of Christians understand about the cross that made radically diverse relationships spring up in their lives? And are the things they understood still true today?

Within months of Jesus’ crucifixion, the earliest Christians had begun forming relationships that crossed ethnic, religious, cultural and class boundaries in ways the world had never seen before. This archived sermon from 2012 asks what the earliest generation of Christians understand about the cross that made radically diverse relationships spring up in their lives? And are the things they understood still true today?

Within months of Jesus’ crucifixion, the earliest Christians had begun forming relationships that crossed ethnic, religious, cultural and class boundaries in ways the world had never seen before. This archived sermon from 2012 asks what the earliest generation of Christians understand about the cross that made radically diverse relationships spring up in their lives? And are the things they understood still true today?