We Really Do Need Each Other
RG AUDIO 072219 1 Corinthians 12:18-31 God has given each person in the church such incredible gifts! Once I was leading a church board meeting where the vote was not unanimous. Thankfully, we valued...
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RG AUDIO 072319 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Skip’s first wife died of cancer and later his second wife was diagnosed with the same type of cancer. Just a few months before his second wife died, he...
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RG AUDIO 072419 1 Corinthians 16:1-14 Dozens of children had walked for miles, some unaccompanied, to the Campus Church on Sunday. They knew that day there would be stories, crafts, and most...
View ArticleLove Is Sacrificial
RG AUDIO 072519 John 3:11-21 “I’ve been waiting all my life for someone to tell me this,” 80-year-old veteran Skip said. We had just presented the gospel to him around his kitchen table. Although he...
View ArticleLove Comes Only From God
RG AUDIO 072619 2 Thessalonians 3:1-10 The day I was asked to be the prayer coordinator for our district was the day the minister of satan moved next door. Being neighborly, I took them a plates of...
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RG AUDIO 072719 Proverbs 10:1-12 “Is there anyone you trust?” the judge asked a divorced couple who had been arguing before him. “Yes, my pastor is here.” Sitting in the peanut gallery, the judge...
View ArticleLove Endures Forever
RG AUDIO 072819 Psalm 138:1-8 David wanted all the kings of the earth to praise the Lord. Yet King Saul wanted him dead. Time and time again, the Lord preserved David’s life, and in a turn of events...
View ArticleWorthy of Praise
RG AUDIO 072919 Psalm 71:1-14 The longer you live the more you may have the temptation to become jaded and think that the only person you can really trust is yourself. You see people being...
View ArticleDeclaration of Hope
RG AUDIO 073019 Psalm 71:15-24 It’s a pretty natural thing to desire to not be forgotten when we get older. What if this desire was bigger than our legacy? Others-focused is where we find this...
View ArticleDon’t Wait—Care Now
RG AUDIO 073119 1 Timothy 5:1-8 In Matthew 9:36, we are told Jesus was moved with compassion as he saw the situations of hopelessness around Him. The Sermon on the Mount is filled with ways we are...
View ArticleNew Normal
RG AUDIO 080119 1 Timothy 5:9-16 Widows sometimes feel abandoned by the church and the people around them, weeks or months after the loss of their spouse. The world for everyone else goes back to...
View ArticleAll That I Know
RG AUDIO 080219 Matthew 15:1-9 When I was a young teenager, I loved my parents, but sometimes I didn’t really feel the need to listen to their advice. After all, I knew just about everything. My dad...
View ArticleFocus On This
RG AUDIO 080319 John 19:16-27 John 19 is a fantastic example of being focused on others! Jesus is in tremendous turmoil on the cross but is taking time from focusing on his personal pain to make sure...
View ArticleKeep To The Light
RG AUDIO 080419 Proverbs 20:20-30 Insulting and thinking less of our parents can be our downfall. The author of Proverbs 20 assumes the parent is seeking the wisdom of God, training a child in the...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters
RG AUDIO 080519 Genesis 4:1-12 I have two sons and one daughter. The boys are relatively close in age and have had each other as playmates for awhile now. Beatrice is the newer addition to the...
View ArticleDistinctive Image
RG AUDIO 080619 Genesis 9:1-11 One of our family members owns an English Bulldog named Lola. Lola is everything you think of when you think of a bulldog. Whenever our toddler Beatrice visits Lola,...
View ArticleWhen You Hate…
RG AUDIO 080719 Exodus 20:1-17 Some rules seem to go without saying: wash you hands before returning to work, do not text and drive, always extinguish your campfire, do not murder. Despite the basic...
View ArticleHold My Hand
RG AUDIO 080819 Psalm 139:1-12 My little girl has very little fear. She will spring forward with enthusiasm and dance with her whole heart. She runs to catch up with her brothers and does a pretty...
View ArticleGod Knows Me
RG AUDIO 080919 Psalm 139:13-24 Think of someone close to you, perhaps a family member or a dear friend. Can you see his or her face in your mind clearly? If this person is someone you’ve not seen in...
View ArticleI Can’t Hear You!
RG AUDIO 081019 Acts 7:51-60 Sometimes when a young child (or even older people) does not want to hear something he plugs his ears. It’s as if stopping the sound waves from entering his ears will...
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