Our response to the gospel is one of surrendering our entire life over to God's design, authority, and glory.  The wonder of God’s love is that He is the one who enables us to do this!

The mystery of advent speaks to God's full plan in the giving of His one and only Son, Jesus. He is our older brother in God's family, that gives us access to our loving Heavenly Father!

The mystery of Jesus' advent goes far beyond just His birth. We are offered immeasurable blessings in God's provision for our reconciliation by the giving of His Son Jesus.

God's plan for saving the world would flow through a submissive young woman: Mary.  Her response to God's call provides us with an example of a humble, trusting, and yielded spirit - willing to follow where God' leads.

The kingdom of our Lord is breaking into this world through the person, message, and people of Jesus Christ.  We, as Christians, are tasked with engaging our world/culture with the distinctiveness of Jesus; confident of God's ultimate triumph in recreation to establish a new heaven and new earth!

The church today has been given her marching orders for organization and character.  She must the Lord’s design, which, unfortunately, is often easier to say than to do.  Observations: The kingdom of man’s priority isn’t belief in God The kingdom of man’s priority isn’t knowing God The kingdom of man’s priority isn’t knowing the love of God The kingdom of man’s priority isn’t the community of God Grace Sagola is your practice field for the worship and priority of God’s […]

Our country is built upon the years of both the wisdom of the kingdom of God and the idolatry from the kingdom of man.  When we examine the core of America's policy decisions, we will see that they all relate back to the sovereignty of the individual to determine their own pursuit of happiness.

The culture of the kingdom of Rome was the strongest and most powerful yet known on the earth.  As this culture made it way into the church, it would have to be addressed as belonging to the world's ideology - a way of life that Jesus calls His followers to reject.

The kingdom of man will further strengthen its influence upon God's people through a process called enculturation.  The church's response must a be careful engagement and an avoidance of isolation - that we might reach the lost with a creative and intentional reframing of the culture.

The biblical characters exiled in Persia give us a glimpse of what it looks like to engage in a governmental and political system that does not fear or respect God. There's much for us to learn for today in observing how followers of God kept their focus on His promises and purposes while living as aliens.