In Light of the Cross

Episode 8: The Stairway to Heaven In episode eight of the In Light of the Cross Podcast, we trace what unfolds after Adam and Eve’s sin: Cain and Abel, Cain’s exile, and the escalation of violence and pride in Cain’s line culminating in Lamech, who boasts in vengeance and introduces polygamy. We contrast this with Seth’s line, highlighting Enoch, who “walked with God,” and follow the story into No...

Adam, the Second Adam, and the Scarlet Thread of Grace In this episode of In Light of the Cross, we keep exploring salvation by returning to Genesis 1–3 as an “overture” that sets a repeating biblical pattern: human failure intertwined with God’s grace and promise. We revisit Adam and Eve’s sin as more than rule-breaking—it's rejecting God’s authority and grasping autonomy—and we see grace immedia...

Salvation in Light of the Cross: The Scarlet Thread Through Scripture In this Lenten episode of In Light of the Cross, we reflect on last week’s four dimensions of sin: breaking God’s command, betraying relationship with God, siding with God’s enemy and becoming enslaved, and forfeiting the good life that leads to death. From there, we frame the Bible not as a rulebook but as the unified story of...

Day 5: We Can’t Fix Sin—Grace in Light of the Cross We wrap up week one of In Light of the Cross by looking at sin as a problem we can’t fix ourselves and why we need God’s grace. After praying, we read Ephesians 2:1–10 and focus on Paul’s point that we were dead in sin and saved by grace through faith, not by works. We use a story from Master and Commander to show why “trying harder” can’t solve...

Sin, Brokenness, and the Life Jesus Brings In week one, day four of In Light of the Cross, we kept exploring sin through the lens of the cross, focusing on how sin doesn’t just break God’s commands—it also forfeits the life God designed for us. Using Genesis 3, we talked about death as being cut off from the source of life, and read John 10:10 to see that Jesus came to give life to the full and un...

Week 1, Day 3: Sin Is Siding With the Enemy In this Week 1, Day 3 episode of In the Light, we slow down with a brief pause and then unpack another dimension of sin: it’s not only breaking God’s commands or betraying relationship with him, it’s also switching allegiance and siding with God’s enemy. We look at Adam and Eve’s disobedience as trusting the tempter’s word over God’s, and then turn to Lu...

Week 1, Day 2: Breaking and Betraying In this episode of the In the Light podcast (week one, day two), we continue a Lenten journey by pausing to pray and then reflecting on sin as the great problem we’re saved from so we can better see God’s grace. We revisit the four dimensions of sin (breaking God’s commands, betraying relationship with God, siding with God’s enemy, and forfeiting the life God...

Visuals for Day 1 Week 1, Day 1. Romans 5:12 emphasizes that sin is the fundamental problem underlying other problems, and that understanding sin highlights the greatness of salvation in Jesus—his life, death, resurrection, and ascension—anticipated during Lent and Easter. This episode outlines four biblical dimensions of sin, primarily from Genesis 3: breaking God’s command, betraying relationshi...

Visuals for this podcast We created this 40-day Lent devotional to help our church set this season apart by putting the cross before our minds daily, not just on Sundays, so that we can be transformed in our thoughts, attitudes, affections, and actions. Each day we’ll follow the PRAY rhythm: Pause (invite the Spirit and center ourselves), Reflect (scripture and reflections), Apply (how the text sh...