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God’s Heart
RG AUDIO 051720 Psalm 146:1-10 I enjoy studying theology and the development of Christian history. However, that is not where my hope lies. My hope for this world begins and ends in the God of the...
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Do You Know His Voice?
RG AUDIO 051820 John 10:1-10 I will never forget my mom’s voice. When I was a kid, even if we were in a public place, all she had to do was clear her throat and she had my full attention. That sound,...
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Jesus Is The Good Shepherd
RG AUDIO 051920 John 10:11-21 “Shepherd” is one of the main images Jesus uses for himself. In John 10, Jesus refers to himself as the good shepherd. In the midst of all the talk about Jesus as a...
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Faithful to the Shepherd
RG AUDIO 052020 Isaiah 56:1-12 Isaiah was sent to prophesy to God’s chosen people—the ones God brought out of Egypt and made into a nation, redeeming them in the sight of the entire world. These are...
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Hope Beyond Death
RG AUDIO 052120 Acts 2:22-32 It was a frozen February morning in Drexel, Missouri. Mark & Stefanie were pastoring a small church in a small town. They gathered that morning at the cemetery to say...
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More Than I
RG AUDIO 052220 Hebrews 13:1-12 It’s pretty easy in our culture to think that our walk with the Lord is only an individual “Jesus and me” kind of thing. If we aren’t careful, we might come to the...
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Constant
RG AUDIO 052320 Hebrews 13:13-25 Mark’s a dad. He and his wife have three children, and he cannot imagine life without them. When their oldest son was born, a good friend Joel said to him,...
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Take Comfort
RG AUDIO 052420 Isaiah 40:1-11 Mark can’t read Isaiah 40 and not immediately recall the memory of playing timpani for Handel’s Messiah while attending Olivet Nazarene University. This passage, and...
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Peace Moves In
RG AUDIO 052520 Isaiah 26:1-12 Isaiah understood that God would show up and deliver. God brought peace and came as the One who is Peace: Jesus. When my son puts on his gaming headset and takes the...
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Fear Moves In
RG AUDIO 052620 Matthew 8:18-27 “Do you trust me?” Trusting moves us away from the comfortable and controllable. It requires us to step in the boat and push out into a sea of unpredictability. In...
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Jesus Is Here
RG AUDIO 052720 John 20:19-31 Some first words are infamous throughout history: “Four score and seven years ago,” “I have a dream,” “In the beginning.” Jesus could have said anything to His disciples...
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Empowered By The Holy Spirit
RG AUDIO 052820 Acts 1:1-11 Jesus informed His disciples to wait and receive the gift God the Father promised. Can you imagine spending the past forty days hanging out with the resurrected Jesus and...
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The Holy Spirit Blesses Us
RG AUDIO 052920 1 Peter 4:7-19 My daughter asked me, “Why do girls have to be so mean?” It’s difficult when we’re hurt, insulted, or persecuted to not want to retaliate. Seriously, what could be the...
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God’s Love In: Fear Out
RG AUDIO 053020 1 John 4:7-21 There is no fear in love. Perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. What does the term love...
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Praise God. Trust God.
RG AUDIO 053120 Psalm 56:1-13 Ever felt helpless or hopeless? The world tells us that it’s weak to be in need or ask for help. Scripture tells us a different story. The Bible is clear that there are...
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In God’s Time
RG AUDIO 060120 Ezra 1:1-11 Sometimes, questions abound. Often, the longer we journey this narrow Jesus-road, the more things don’t always make simple sense. Prayers we agonize over are not resolved...
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All Is Lost
RG AUDIO 060220 Genesis 3:17-24 The fall of humanity is infamous. God created a perfect world, but humanity wanted more. Unlike Jesus who did not consider equality with God something to be grasped...
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There’s Hope!
RG AUDIO 060320 Genesis 12:1-9 The story of Abram is critical to understanding God’s eternal story of hope and redemption. Think about this: Abram didn’t have any scriptures to rely on. He didn’t...
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We’re Not Ready
RG AUDIO 060420 Jeremiah 25:1-11 Some parts of scripture are humbling. Our response should be to pause, reflect, and seek God’s forgiveness. Jeremiah 25 is one of those scriptures. The context is...
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A Fresh Start
RG AUDIO 060520 Ezra 2:1-2, 61-70 Our God is faithful and wants to weave the brokenness of life into something beautiful. In Ezra 2, the people of Israel had been in a season of exile. Here, however,...
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