When husband and wife take wedding vows, they promise to love "till death do us part." Why stop there? The reason is simple: it's hard to keep your promises once you're dead. In the end, death swallows up everything. Nothing lasts beyond the grave. And yet ... what if love is stronger than we think? What if in the end, it is death that is swallowed up? There is a seal of love whose strength death cannot break. What is Easter if not the celebration of love's triumph over the grave? "Love Is Strong As Death," a sermon from Song of Solomon 8.6-7, doesn't minimize the power of the grave; it exalts the power of God's love, even over sin, death, and hell. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

If we are rewarded, then we must be deserving, right? Not so fast, Moses insists in Deuteronomy 9. We receive God's favor not because of our own righteousness (we are rebellious and stubborn, he says) but because of God's covenant promise ... and the intercession of another. We've already seen how the wilderness tests our faithfulness, how it humbles us, and how it won't let us forget. Now we find that the wilderness, first and foremost, is a proof of Christ's love. "The Wilderness Will Prove Christ's Love" is the fourth and final part of our series Love in the Wilderness, exploring the love lessons from Moses' words in Deuteronomy 7-9. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

Life makes us feel powerless, so we look to God for power. Give us more control, we ask. Give us more strength. Give us more power over other people and over our circumstances. And God, to our dismay, says no. "My grace is sufficient for you," God declares to the Apostle Paul, "for my power is made perfect in weakness." How can weakness bring glory to the omnipotent God? How is his power perfected in our weakness? Answering these questions will help us find our sufficiency not in power but in grace. "The Weakness of Strength" explores Paul's words about power and powerlessness, humility and pride in 2 Corinthians 12.1-10. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

When you forget what you've been through, you forget who you are. History matters, especially to God. That's why Moses warns the people of Israel not to let the prosperity they're about to enjoy in the Promised Land lull them into spiritual amnesia. In the wilderness, you are conscious of how much you depend on God for everything; when everything is easy, not so much. Sometimes we need to be reminded of what Christ has delivered us from. "The Wilderness Won't Let You Forget" is the third part of our series Love in the Wilderness, exploring the love lessons from Moses' words in Deuteronomy 7-9. Visit us online at graceforsiouxfalls.org.

If God wants us to thrive, why lead us into the wilderness? If he wants us to be strong, why humble us? In Deuteronomy 7, we saw that the wilderness tests our faithfulness by exposing our fears and desires. In the first half of Deuteronomy 8, Moses reveals that the wilderness humbles us to teach two essential lessons: obedience and dependence. It's not until we find ourselves with nothing that we rely on God for everything. "The Wilderness Will Humble You" is the second part of our series Love in the Wilderness, exploring the love lessons from Moses' words in Deuteronomy 7-9. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

What if you threw a wedding feast and none of the honored guests bothered to show up? They went about their business as usual, and when you sent messengers to remind them, they ignored the invites -- or worse. When Jesus tells the story, the solution is clear: open the doors to other guests. But if you attend the feast, it matters what you wear! Find out why in "Bon Appetit," a message from Rev. Philip Postma illuminating Christ's parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22.1-14. Join us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

Fear kept the people of Israel from entering the Promised Land. Instead, they endured forty years in the wilderness, living on manna and reliving their mistakes. At the end of that time, Moses spoke to them about the things they had to learn before leaving this place of testing. We live in a wilderness, too, and need to discover the same truths. Will we let fear hold us back? Will we let desire drive us into the arms of other gods? Or will we, even in the wilderness, love God with all our hearts? "The Wilderness Will Test Your Faithfulness" is the first part of our series Love in the Wilderness, exploring the love lessons from Moses' words in Deuteronomy 7-9. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

We go to the wilderness to fast and pray, expecting to draw closer to God. But the voice Jesus heard in his time of hunger and weakness was the voice of temptation. What if the purpose of spiritual disciplines in the wilderness is not to hear the voice of God anew, but to learn to listen to what he's already said: "It is written." Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

When will all the strife cease? We are at war with each other, at war with ourselves. We are at war with God, too, assuming we still believe there's such a being. In a word, life is conflict -- and the only thing left to do, it seems, is to fight. Into this hard-nosed reality, Jesus declares: "Blessed are the peacemakers." Because Jesus doesn't just talk peace ... he creates peace. "It Won't End in Tears," the sixth and final part of our series on The Preeminent Christ, shows Jesus as the peacemaker whose sacrifice reconciles God and creation. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.

How can anything be born from death? Well, in Jesus death bit off more than it could chew. The great destroyer could not overcome the creator and sustainer of all things, and now death has no power over Christ or those who are in him. Colossians 1 calls Jesus the firstborn from the dead, meaning we too will be born from death. Or, as Johnny Cash put it: "Ain't no grave can hold my body down." "Ain't No Grave," the fifth part of our series on The Preeminent Christ, reminds us that the great hope of the Gospel is physical resurrection. Visit us online at www.graceforsiouxfalls.org.