Although church laws added by humans have been layered on top of the original covenant (faith in Jesus makes the believer belong to God), their addition doesn't change that belonging to Jesus is the gift. Don't get so lost in attempting to please God, that you miss the gift of being one of God's own through faith alone. Instead, look to those laws as guides to point you in the right direction to relationship with God.

As a Navy SEAL, Todd Peters had to lead his men into the most dangerous places in the world and bring them back safely. And that’s what dads are called to do today. This Father’s Day weekend, Todd will share stories from the field and will challenge men to step up to their calling.

The grace of God is what draws us to God in the first place. We experience it as the Holy Spirit working in us so we can begin living righteous. In terms of who we are and how we live Grace allows our believing to lead to belonging and on to behaving as the people God intended us to be. Grace holds it all together.

We continue in Galatians with the confrontation of one believer of another on how their actions were not matching their words. As Christ followers, when we have others join us in actions that differ from our declarations, we can undermine the work of the gospel. If you're looking to take the message further, check out Craig's reference to our weekend message from our series titled, "Potholes" from the weekend of Aug. 18-19, 2019: https://www.missionhills.org/potholes/

Don't let arbitrary rules be the thing that causes church divisions. God created the church to give believers a community to operate within. A strong community builds up individuals. God can use individuals to further his kingdom.

God loves you for who you are not that you can follow rules. He used Paul, a prosecutor of Christians, and transformed him so greatly that he became a preacher for Christ. Paul went on to help people move from pleasing people to living for Jesus. You can get the same grace given to Paul and live on mission too.

This is the first in a new series based in Galatians, a book based in a letter by Paul who originally was against Christ but after meeting the resurrected Christ, he became a staunch advocate for Christ. Paul preached the truth that belonging to God depends on believing in the resurrection. That's it; the message at the heart of the Gospel.

With the conclusion of our Noah series, we get to the heart of the story. At the center of the tale is that God is always at work, even when we can't see that work in action. You are remembered and cared for and anything that God tears down is done so that he can rebuild for something better.

This week we are reminded that sometimes God hits reset to redirect us back to good. You may be wondering if God is really good or if he's committed to getting to good in your life. The answer is yes. A hidden truth of Noah and his ark is that God never gives up on getting to good, and he will provide what is needed to get there.

The story of Noah and the Ark isn't the fairytale it's advertised as. Noah acted by faith on something he couldn't see, requiring repeated acts of faith to move forward because there was so much uncertainty in what God was asking him to do. If we see God for who he is, it helps us to respect his discipline, boundaries and directives.