More Than Enough
RG AUDIO 042720 John 6:1-13 Taught that nothing should be wasted, Rebecca uses a rubber scraper to push every scrap into the serving dish. Jesus seemed to have such an attitude after feeding the five...
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RG AUDIO 042820 John 6:14-24 Rachel, Geoffrey, and Rebecca took a road trip from Burkina Faso to Ghana. Rachel said, “Wait till you taste Ghana bread!” Burkina baguettes lost their texture within...
View ArticleManna from Heaven
RG AUDIO 042920 John 6:25-40 As the people and Jesus talk about “true bread,” they equate Jesus’ feeding them with five loaves to the manna the people of Israel ate in the wilderness. Quoting the...
View ArticleBetter Than Sliced Bread
RG AUDIO 043020 John 6:41-59 “That’s better than sliced bread,” an old adage says, implying that sliced bread is special. When bread became a commodity that people could purchase as a loaf of precut,...
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RG AUDIO 050120 1 Corinthians 11:17-28 “Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing?” Paul asks the Corinthians (1 Corinthians...
View ArticleThanks To God
RG AUDIO 050220 Romans 14:1-12 I don’t like to eat whole fish with the eyes staring at me. I am always glad when the person serving me has cut the fish in two so that I can select the half without...
View ArticleOur Nourishment Is To Honor God
RG AUDIO 050320 Proverbs 30:1-9 My place of employment closed for six weeks, leaving my co-workers and me without pay. I worried about my “daily bread,” perhaps for the first time in my life. I had...
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RG AUDIO 050420 Luke 23:32-43 Death is real. It’s a bitter reality and it seemingly gets the final word. Seemingly. Having been publicly humiliated, tortured, and hung to die on a cross, death...
View ArticleBlinders
RG AUDIO 050520 John 7:45—8:11 Horse blinders. You’ve seen them covering the eyes of horses pulling wagons. Blinders are firm leather squares or plastic cups that attach to the animal’s bridle and...
View ArticleWhat Am I?
RG AUDIO 050620 Romans 2:1-11 Kids fight. They pull hair, throw punches, and call hurtful names. When these verbal assaults are made, the frantic defender will often return the verbal fire with a...
View ArticleAbundant Life
RG AUDIO 050720 Ephesians 2:1-10 The late Kobe Bryant was a former professional basketball player known not only for his many trophies and awards, but also for his incredible work ethic. His hard...
View ArticleFather And Judge
RG AUDIO 050820 Ephesians 2:1-10 How scary would it be if there was no punishment for wrongdoing? What if no police, courts, jails, or system of correction existed? There would be no justice. God is...
View ArticleKingdom Freedom
RG AUDIO 050920 1 John 1:1-10 Can you remember the last time you told a lie? What did you say? Whom you were attempting to deceive? Was it your spouse? Your friend? A teacher? Your parents? Satan is...
View ArticleConstructed By God
RG AUDIO 051020 Psalm 51:1-19 The woman caught in adultery had desires that she assumed could be met in the arms of men. Then she encountered her Savior and discovered the truth. She was hungering...
View ArticleSpiritual Vision
RG AUDIO 051120 John 9:1-12 Jesus cast light wherever He went. Jesus was teaching and preaching and living God’s light in a dark world. When Jesus and His disciples encountered a man born blind, the...
View ArticleUnbelievable!
RG AUDIO 051220 John 9:13-23 After Jesus had healed the man born blind, word of the miracle made it back to the Pharisees. They were incensed because Jesus performed the healing on the Sabbath. They...
View ArticleA Bold Testimony
RG AUDIO 051320 John 9:24-34 The man born blind had nothing at stake when the Pharisees called him to answer for his healing. He just testified to the truth, “One thing I do know. I was blind but now...
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RG AUDIO 051420 John 9:35-41 The blind who now had full sight must have been bewildered. Thrown out of the temple? He was just telling the truth! Then Jesus had compassion on the man and specifically...
View ArticleFearless Witness
RG AUDIO 051520 Acts 4:13-22 Peter and John were empowered by the Spirit to teach, preach, and heal. Like Jesus, they ran into trouble with the authorities. Their message was one of the resurrected...
View ArticleOn Equal Terms
RG AUDIO 051620 Proverbs 29:1-13 Culturally we are often inundated with an “us versus them” mentality. There are false dichotomies set up between rich and poor, educated and uneducated, citizen and...
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