What Does Love Look Like?
RG AUDIO 081119 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 Parenting can be a joyful, and yet overwhelming role. Parenting never takes a break—there are no vacation days from your job as a parent. Sometimes it can be a...
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RG AUDIO 081219 Leviticus 19:1-10 In Leviticus, Moses tells the people what it looks like for them to live as a people who reflect God’s holiness to the world. God commands His people not to get...
View ArticleNew Sight
RG AUDIO 081319 Leviticus 19:30-37 Pharaoh looked out at his domain and he saw something gross. He saw a people who spoke a different language and had been welcomed in by the prior administration. He...
View ArticleThe Extra Mile
RG AUDIO 081419 Matthew 9:1-13 My daughter has a fairly rare skin condition. She has a mild case of it, so it almost never affects her life. Recently she needed surgery. Her skin condition meant that...
View ArticleWhat Was Old Is Now New
RG AUDIO 081519 Acts 9:32-43 A man named Aeneas had been paralyzed. For eight years he had been stuck in bed. Then Peter came and told him to get up and pick up his mat in Jesus name. Aeneas was...
View ArticleInvitation To The Party
RG AUDIO 081619 Luke 14:1-14 Jesus is planning a party. When He returns and finally restores His broken creation, there is going to be a giant feast. Jesus tells us that those at the top of his...
View ArticleTemporarily Disconnected
RG AUDIO 081719 Hebrews 13:1-8 Our world has become a super connected place in some ways. With the internet, and e-mail, and the ever increasing number of social media sites, we can easily stay in...
View ArticleAgents of God’s Will
RG AUDIO 081819 Psalm 10:8-18 Whenever disaster strikes, whether it is a tornado that destroys homes and lives, a sickness that ravages a person, or a death that leaves a hole in a family, the same...
View ArticleKeep The Blessings Coming
RG AUDIO 081919 Matthew 5:1-12 One day I headed into a large city with a clipboard, a good friend, and a video camera; I wanted to talk to people. One question on the clipboard was simple: “Do you...
View ArticleSwallow Not The Camel
RG AUDIO 082019 Matthew 23:13-24 “Strain a gnat but swallow a camel” is a common phrase, often associated with inconsistent behavior or sporadically applied standards. Unexpected moments, last minute...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Story?
RG AUDIO 082119 Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus is Chief Storyteller. In Matthew 25, He crafted a story of His future return to earth, glorified as Son of Man, rewarding Christ-followers. To make criteria for...
View ArticleThe Neighbor In The Road
RG AUDIO 082219 Luke 10:25-37 I passed a hitchhiker on the road. I didn’t think too much about it until God said, “Go back.” Reservations anyone’s mother might have had ran through my mind as I...
View ArticleWho Pays The Power Bill?
RG AUDIO 082319 Acts 3:1-10 Where is the power? I bring spiritual gifts and talents to the table of God’s mission, but the power is not in my name. I did not conqueror death nor give my life to save...
View ArticleWhen A Gift Is Not A Gift
RG AUDIO 082419 Acts 4:31—5:4 Some say that the new Christian community forming in Jerusalem is experiencing a second Pentecost. Sensing divine blessing and filled with the Holy Spirit, they boldly...
View ArticleDeeds That Complete The Faith
RG AUDIO 082519 James 2:14-26 Have you ever been around a stranger and instinctively sensed they were a Christ-follower? What gave them away? Was it something they said or did? James was teaching...
View ArticleAwesome, Fearful Power
RG AUDIO 082619 Isaiah 42:1-9 We tend to think of power as force, authority, or influence. We often look for it in the realms of technological, military, financial, or political might. God’s servant,...
View ArticleBlow A Trumpet!
RG AUDIO 082719 Joel 2:23-32 A locust plague, more devastating than any in memory, scoured and scarred Judah like a vast invading army. Fields, pastures, orchards, and vineyards were stripped and...
View ArticleThe Baptism Of The Spirit
RG AUDIO 082819 John 1:24-34 John was the one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind. Unlike the proverb, instead of making him king some wanted to brand him a crazed, deluded, even dangerous prophet....
View ArticleThe Spirit’s Schoolroom
RG AUDIO 082919 John 14:15-26 I remember a schoolroom. It was the beginning of the sixth grade. I was a new student in a new school in a new town. There were nearly 40 students, in two grades. About...
View ArticleFinal Words, Future Hope
RG AUDIO 083019 Acts 1:1-11 A cold wind shook the funeral pavilion. The tarp flapped and the ropes tugged against their pegs, seemingly anxious to flee the gale. Soon to be frozen flowers bent to the...
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