23-0903: God calls people for His glory and pursues us in our rebellion to save us by His relentless grace. Jonah is an interesting story with a maximum amount of drama compressed into only a few shorts chapters. Like watching a father and his son, Jonah shows us how big, how REALLY big, God’s...
Scholar Robert Mounce reflects, “Nowhere will you find a more accurate picture of sinful humanity pressed to the extreme. One would think that the terrors of God’s wrath would bring rebels to their knees. Not so. Past the point of no return, they respond to greater punishment with increased rebellion. Such is sinful nature...
Pastor Lane continues the Shaped series in Deuteronomy 21:18-21. God’s Law in Deuteronomy calls for severe punishment for a stubborn, unrepentant rebellious child. Although we are all rebellious children in our own sin, Jesus, the perfect son, obeyed unto death to save every rebellious child who trusts in Him. Through the lens of the...