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To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many of todays conflicts stem from deep-rooted racial or ethnic strife. It seems there is no human solution in our institutions, systems, and even homes, but there is a divine solution. There is a place of common ground for those who cannot stand the sight of each other.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 On the day that Jesus died just outside of Jerusalem, many people passed by, as many do today, without realizing the eternal consequences of what was happening on that cruel Roman cross. It may seem unjust to our finite minds, but it was because of Gods love that Jesus suffered.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 As we run lifes race, let us not forget that mercy is not getting what you deserve. God was not obligated to save any of us, and yet He has. When skeptics question Gods love, we must point them first to the cross where the Son of God suffered and diedfor us.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 These days, polling data is king. In the mainstream media, truth seems to lie with the majority opinion. But when it comes to the cross, the majority culture hates it and finds it offensive. So what should Christians do to demonstrate that the cross reveals Gods power and grace?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The cross is the centerpiece of history and the core of Gods redemptive agenda. Even before time, God planned the cross of Calvary in order to save people from every nation. But not everyone views the cross this way. As we will soon see, the contrast is startling.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The cross of Jesus was in Gods mind from eternity past. Its benefits extend to eternity yet to be. It is historys great intersectionthe place where God expressed His love to fallen mankind most clearly.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 It is in the cross that we glory. But our eyes are often drawn to secondary things such as political advantage. Therefore, we need to have a clear view of how important the cross really is. Today, we will learn what God the Father thinks of His Sons cross.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 We need to learn one lesson well. Those who mix the cross and any nations flag do a disservice to both. For believers, keeping them distinct is the only way to fulfill our prime mission as ambassadors for Christ to a needy world.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When it comes to being citizens of both heaven and earth, believers running the race of life need to keep first things first. But how do the two kingdoms of church and state relate? Jesus commanded us to give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The cross of Christ is inherently in conflict with our culture, especially when the media flaunts immorality as normal. Politicians compete for position, while debating issues the Bible settled long ago. Thankfully, the cross can do what politics cant.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Our society is disintegrating and many Christians active in politics find themselves increasingly out of place. That is because the cross of Christ is inherently at odds with the culture. But how should we respond?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 In the face of Gods abundant mercy to Nineveh, Jonah was angry. So, God illustrated to Jonah, through a plant and a worm, that his anger was selfish and childish. And yet, the book ends with Jonah being confronted, while he is still demanding his right to feel comfort.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Jonah finally obeyed God, but he took no joy in the revival following his preaching in Nineveh. His self-focus kept him from seeing the big picture. Instead, he sat down and complained to God. Will we learn from Jonahs mistakes? Will we stop clinging to our own desires?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Some of Gods servants have to go through the school of hard knocks before they learn to obey God from the heart. Jonah finally went to Nineveh, but still with a hard heart. He had no real concern for the people of a great pagan city.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 God wants His servants focused on Gods agenda, not their own. It took extraordinary measures to get Jonah back on the road to Nineveh, but he finally went, in body if not in heart. Lets learn how Jonahs lessons continued, and the importance for us today.