We believe that God is the Creator of the universe, everything he made is good, and He is the King who rules over it all. But instead of living in harmony with their Creator, humanity has chosen to rebel against his rule with devastating consequences.

It’s not hard to see that the world around us is broken. People are constantly finding new ways to hurt each other and to hurt themselves. If we’re honest, we recognize that we participate in the pain as well. Instead of looking out for the interest of others, we look out only for ourselves. Instead of welcoming God as our king, we defiantly try to rule our own lives. The Bible calls this sin.

Sin only ever leads to one place: death. And when we refuse to abandon our sin, eternal death and separation from our good God is our destination. But God, being rich in mercy because of his great love for us provided a way for us to be free from sin and to escape the looming death. He gave us His Son, Jesus Christ.

Jesus was a real human who walked through life denying sin’s lure at every moment. And though he lived a perfect, sinless life, he was crucified like a criminal. He was pierced for our sin and crushed for our wrongdoing. Upon him was the punishment that brought us peace and by his wounds we are healed. Jesus saves us.