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Don’t Show Favoritism
RG AUDIO 103019 Acts 10:23b-35 Susie, the youngest of several brothers and sisters, asked her mother, “Which one of us do you love best?” Her mother replied, “I love you all the same.” Susie...
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Good News For Everyone
RG AUDIO 103119 Acts 10:36-48 The encounter between Peter and Cornelius gave the church a super-sized, memorable example of how the Gentiles are to be accepted into the Christian faith as equals with...
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Don’t Get In God’s Way
RG AUDIO 110119 Acts 11:1-18 “I don’t like the new music,” Nancy complained. “Why can’t we use hymnals and real worship music like we used to?” Marge thought about the previous Sunday when her...
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One Race
RG AUDIO 110219 Genesis 2:7, 15-23 In retirement, Bob decided to research his ancestry. He soon came upon a distant relative who claimed to have traced the family genealogy back to Adam. Intrigued,...
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God Cares About Everyone
RG AUDIO 110319 Jonah 4:1-11 Jonah represents all the people who could write a book titled, Now If I Were God. In today’s passage, Jonah explained to God why God was wrong, and how Jonah could have...
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Am I Dreaming?
RG AUDIO 110419 Acts 12:1-10 Peter was sound asleep in a prison cell, chained between two of Herod Antipas’ guards. Two more stood outside guarding the entrance. A toe in his side and the command,...
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Can You Believe It?
RG AUDIO 110519 Acts 12:11-25 What would happen if God immediately answered our prayers? Would we be surprised, startled? The believers in Jerusalem had recently lost James, the brother of John. He...
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Not My Will
RG AUDIO 110619 Mark 14:32-42 The kingdom of this world wants to define us by the things we control and command. It is impressed with power, strength, and authority. Christ’s kingdom operates in a...
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Incorruptable and Compassionate
RG AUDIO 110719 Luke 18:1-8 Aren’t we glad that we don’t have to wear God down? God is not like the unjust judge who finally says of the widow’s persistent plea, “O, give her what she wants and get...
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Suffering and Hope
RG AUDIO 110819 Romans 8:18-27 Suffering and waiting are miserable companions. Without some hope of improvement it all seems so futile: a waste of life. When humans remove God from the equation it...
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The Morning Star
RG AUDIO 110919 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 The apostle Paul and the community of believers at Corinth had sailed rough waters in their relationship. They crossed the unfamiliar sea of what it means to be...
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God The Gardner
RG AUDIO 111019 Psalm 65:1-13 We become troubled when we focus solely upon God as a wrathful judge. While God is God of wrath, He is also God of grace. One cannot be held in isolation from the other....
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An Overripe Harvest
RG AUDIO 111119 Luke 10:1-12 When we tell gospel stories, we often focus on the mission Jesus gave to the 12 disciples. Luke 10 focuses on a larger body, the 72 followers made ready to do the work of...
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Not About You
RG AUDIO 111219 Luke 10:13-24 When we do the work of God and share the word of the God, it can feel like we are laying something personally on the line. When we have the chance to share the good news...
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The Opposition
RG AUDIO 111319 Acts 13:1-12 This was a big moment for Paul and Barnabas. They had a mission to the Gentiles, and influence among the Roman leadership that would go a long way to spreading the news...
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Opportunity Knocks
RG AUDIO 111419 Acts 13:13-25 What Paul did in Acts 13 was especially clever. He quietly sat down as all the other members of the synagogue listened to God’s Word from the Law and the Prophets. After...
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Those Closest
RG AUDIO 111519 Acts 13:26-41 Paul’s mission to the synagogues, and especially to the God-fearing Gentile, was a fairly bold move. Listening and worshipping for a while with them, he waited for his...
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Facing Discouragement
Acts 13:26-41 It looked like things were going so well for Paul. The setup was perfect, the delivery was one point, and the audience looked receptive. As they were leaving, people wanted to hear...
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A Nurturing Parent
RG AUDIO 111719 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Paul faced some very serious accusations from the Thessalonians. They accused Paul of being a flim-flam scam artist of an itinerate preacher. Paul denies that...
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The Church As A Welcoming Place
RG AUDIO 111819 Acts 15:1-11 Having just moved to a new school as a third grader, I discovered what it meant to be excluded. This was my first experience of changing schools, but it would not be my...
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