Mars Hill Church - Mobile, AL

Esther 6 shows God’s hidden providence at work through ordinary moments—a sleepless night sets off a chain of events that honors the overlooked servant and humbles the proud enemy. This reversal points us to Jesus, the rejected and humbled servant who is now exalted, having triumphed over sin, Satan, and death. Because of that, we can rest in His care, trust His timing, and take heart knowing He i...

Esther 4 shows us that God’s hidden providence does not remove suffering but meets us in it, calling us to trust His promises and step forward in costly obedience. As Esther moves from fear to faith, we are reminded that God works through ordinary people and moments to accomplish His purposes.

Esther 3 reveals an ancient enemy plotting to destroy God’s people. Yet behind the scenes God is already at work, raising up a faithful servant—one who refuses to bow to the enemy, stands silent before his accusers, and through whom the enemy will ultimately be crushed.

Esther 2 exposes a dark empire where people are disposable, and God’s people appear weak and vulnerable. Yet even in the midst of darkness and sin, God is not absent—behind the scenes He is quietly working to accomplish His purposes and rescue His people.

When God seems absent and the world appears sovereign, Esther shows us that He is quietly and meticulously ruling through ordinary circumstances to accomplish His purposes and rescue His people. Esther 1 exposes a kingdom that looks powerful and seductive but is deeply fragile, while slowly unveiling the hidden providence of God over all things.

In Galatians 6:11–18, Paul expresses his final concern about false teachers who undermine the gospel and boast in outward performance to gain approval. He contrasts them with a gospel identity that boasts only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of the cross, the world has been crucified to us, and what truly counts is not religious status but new creation. Paul ends by reminding us tha...

In Galatians 6:6–10, Paul shows us the life a gospel identity produces. A Spirit-filled life supports the ministry of the Word, cultivates daily habits that strengthen the soul, perseveres when growth feels slow, and overflows in love and good deeds—especially to the household of faith. It is a life shaped by the One who poured himself out for us.

In Galatians 6:1-5, Paul provides us with instructions on the Christian life and our life in Christian community. He assumes we will struggle and sin, and he also assumes that brothers and sisters will care enough to step in and help. The language Paul uses gives us a brief roadmap on how: we confront, we repair, we restore, and we do it all in gentleness and humility knowing that we will each giv...

In Galatians 5:25–26, we are reminded that our life in Christ began by the Spirit and continues by the Spirit. Paul urges us to keep in step with the Spirit, freeing us from the pursuit of a self-made identity that only leads to comparison, pride, and insecurity.

How do we know the Spirit is at work in our lives? In Galatians 5:19–24, Paul provides evidence  by contrasting the works of the flesh with the fruit the Spirit produces in those who belong to Christ. 

In Galatians 5:16–18, Paul teaches us how to live the Christian life. The Christian life is lived not by self-effort but by walking in active dependence on the Holy Spirit. As we walk by the Spirit, we are freed from gratifying the desires of the flesh. But the Christian life is not easy! Paul shows us there is a real conflict we should expect. But that tension is evidence of the Spirit’s work wit...

In Galatians 5:7-15, Paul warns believers to beware of those who would distort Christian freedom into merit, performance, and self-reliance. He reminds us that Christian freedom is neither legalism nor license, but the freedom to serve Christ and love others with the same love we have received.

We’re back in Galatians this Sunday, looking at Galatians 5:1–6. In these verses, Paul calls believers to stand firm in the freedom Christ has secured by refusing every form of self-salvation or law-keeping as a way to be right with God. Rather than returning to slavery, we are invited to cling to Christ alone—living by faith through the Spirit, a faith that expresses itself in love and good deeds...

As we close 2025, we prepare to resume our study through Galatians by reflecting upon how our identity is grounded in our justification. We are saints chosen by God; a peculiar people.

During the Advent season, we take a break through the book we are teaching to prepare our hearts to celebrate Christ's incarnation at Christmas. This year our Advent series leads us through the Psalms to see how Christ is both the subject and the singer of the Psalms.

During the Advent season, we take a break through the book we are teaching to prepare our hearts to celebrate Christ's incarnation at Christmas. This year our Advent series leads us through the Psalms to see how Christ is both the subject and the singer of the Psalms.

During the Advent season, we take a break through the book we are teaching to prepare our hearts to celebrate Christ's incarnation at Christmas. This year our Advent series leads us through the Psalms to see how Christ is both the subject and the singer of the Psalms.

During the Advent season, we take a break through the book we are teaching to prepare our hearts to celebrate Christ’s incarnation at Christmas. This year our Advent series leads us through the Psalms to see how Christ is both the subject and singer of the Psalms.

In Galatians 4:28–5:1, Paul reminds believers that we are children of promise, not slaves, and urges us to reject legalism, remember our true identity in Christ, and stand firm in the freedom His grace has secured.

In Galatians 4:21–27, Paul uses the stories of Hagar and Sarah to contrast two ways of relating to God—one through human effort and one through divine promise. Those who depend on their own wisdom and strength find only frustration and bondage, but those who trust God’s promise experience true freedom and joy. The gospel reminds us that freedom is found not in what we do for God, but in what God h...

Presenting the truth, even in love, can be costly. In Galatians 4:12-20, Paul urges the Galatians to return to the freedom and joy they once knew and reminds them of his affection for them. Like a loving Father, he contrasts his longing for Christ to be formed in them with the false teacher's desire to use and enslave them. 

In Galatians 4:8-11, Paul reminds us that before Christ we were enslaved to false gods—impersonal masters that demanded everything and gave nothing. But now, through Jesus, we are known and loved personally by the living God who calls us His sons and daughters. Paul has argued that in Christ we exchange our slavery for sonship, and now he grows deeply personal—pleading with the Galatians not to re...

In Galatians 4:1–7, Paul paints a powerful picture of our adoption into God’s family—no longer slaves but beloved sons and daughters. Through Christ’s redemption and the Spirit’s witness, we are free to live with confidence, intimacy, and joy as heirs of our Father’s kingdom.

In Galatians 3, Paul shows that the law’s purpose was never to save but to reveal our sin and point us to Christ. In verses 23-29, he explains that the law imprisoned and guarded us until faith in Christ was revealed. Now, in Christ, we have a new identity, a new unity, and a new inheritance. The gospel truly changes everything!

In Galatians 3:15–22, Paul explains that God’s promise to Abraham came long before the law—and the law didn’t cancel or replace it. The promise was always pointing to Christ, the true “offspring” of Abraham, through whom the blessing would come. The law was given later to reveal sin, not to give life or replace faith. In short, God’s promise stands firm—our inheritance comes by faith in Christ alo...