We have an awful tendency to replace life with death, truth with the lie; and that it why it is so critical I am in this book, with His people, and passionately praying, 'Jesus, my Savior and King, give me an eye, a heart, a desire for You alone.'

God the Father asked the Son to come to earth and die for our sins. It was the Father’s plan the Son fulfilled. God loves us even though we rejected Him and His ways. Our sin separates us from God, makes us so unlike Him, so unlike His Heaven. God is loving, but God is just. They go together. Love demands justice, and justice demands wrongs be made right. What Jesus did for us on the cross was make things right.

God the Father asked the Son to come to earth and die for our sins. It was the Father’s plan the Son fulfilled. God loves us even though we rejected Him and His ways. Our sin separates us from God, makes us so unlike Him, so unlike His Heaven. God is loving, but God is just. They go together. Love demands justice, and justice demands wrongs be made right. What Jesus did for us on the cross was make things right.

Why would be proclaim, celebrate, herald the death of someone we love? Because He is alive. He is coming back. His death and resurrection means we can live, and live forever. Death no longer holds me! Death no longer holds me! What better thing can we be reminded of as we come to this table? What better thing can we share with someone?

Why would be proclaim, celebrate, herald the death of someone we love? Because He is alive. He is coming back. His death and resurrection means we can live, and live forever. Death no longer holds me! Death no longer holds me! What better thing can we be reminded of as we come to this table? What better thing can we share with someone?

Our 42 messages through the Bible this year has us in Judges today. Judges is a tiresome story of man’s failure, the good news being, that is the backdrop to the story of God’s faithfulness.

Our 42 messages through the Bible this year has us in Judges today. Judges is a tiresome story of man’s failure, the good news being, that is the backdrop to the story of God’s faithfulness.

Today we’re looking at such an important story in Scripture, especially for the American Christian. We are so independent, individualistic, it is hard for us to see the need we have for each other, the responsibility we have to each other; how our own relationship with the Lord affects the whole. My guess is almost no one here views their own relationship with the Lord as having any impact on the health and strength of this church, an impact for which they are held accountable. Today’s story will give us some insight. Turn with me to Joshua 7.

Today we’re looking at such an important story in Scripture, especially for the American Christian. We are so independent, individualistic, it is hard for us to see the need we have for each other, the responsibility we have to each other; how our own relationship with the Lord affects the whole. My guess is almost no one here views their own relationship with the Lord as having any impact on the health and strength of this church, an impact for which they are held accountable. Today’s story will give us some insight. Turn with me to Joshua 7.

We are all surrounded by voices, some we choose, some we do not; but chosen or not those voices impact whether we remain faithful to the Lord and receive the promises He has for us.