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There’s Life In Hope
RG AUDIO 080520 Proverbs 13:12-25 There was a time in my life when I yearned and longed for something that was not promised and could not be guaranteed. Yet, for several years, my entire faith...
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Faith Brings Calm Assurance
RG AUDIO 080620 Mark 4:35-41 Imagine for a moment you are one of the disciples of Christ. The storm hits, you begin to sink, and you don’t know what to do. Can you imagine the desperation, the fear,...
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Hunger For God Provides Hope
RG AUDIO 080720 John 6:30-40 “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him” (Psalm 34:8). The promise from John 6 is the same as the one the psalmist shared many,...
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Nothing Separates Us from God
RG AUDIO 080820 Romans 8:31-39 Nothing can (or will) separate us from God’s love. Nothing. Now, that is a spectacular promise and an incredible gift. Nothing life throws our way can keep God from...
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Rejoice In God!
RG AUDIO 080920 Psalm 43:1-5 In Philippians, the apostle Paul encourages the body of Christ to rejoice, always, in the Lord. Rejoice in good times and in bad, regardless of the circumstances. Let’s...
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Seek God For Cleansing
RG AUDIO 081020 Psalm 51:1-9 All of us can identify with the depths of David’s shame for his sin. Not all of us have committed adultery and murder, but we all know David’s dark torment of the soul....
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Broken Heart Comes To God
RG AUDIO 081120 Psalm 51:10-19 A few years ago, a Christian father was shot on the street as payment for a wrong done by another member of his family. The sin, our sin, humanity’s sin is tragic....
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Aware of our Sin
RG AUDIO 081220 Leviticus 4:27-31 We wrestle with, “Be holy as I am holy.” The reality of sin is at work in our individual hearts and in all of creation. The Israelites dealt with this guilt through...
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God Is Merciful
RG AUDIO 081320 Daniel 9:1-10 Daniel’s litany of wrongs and sins committed by the Hebrews is long. His confession captures the long shame of disobedience, the dysfunction it brings, and the eventual,...
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Falsehood Is Deadly
RG AUDIO 081420 Acts 5:1-16 The story of Ananias and Sapphira is a troubling and cautionary tale. This new community sought to understand and live out the emerging ethic of a new kingdom set in...
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Act on your Confession
RG AUDIO 081520 Acts 19:11-20 In the book of Acts, God gives us a perspective and a hope for the community that is the body of Christ on earth. Those days of the early church must have been a heady...
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God Does Forgive
RG AUDIO 081620 1 John 1:1-10 I find myself on airplanes frequently, which is a great irony since I have an irrational fear of flying. Fear like mine gets one thinking a lot about mortality and one’s...
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Track Meets and Hailstorms
RG AUDIO 081720 Psalm 91:1-8 When I was in middle school, we were required to run track if we wanted to play any other sport. I vividly remember being at a track meet when it suddenly started to...
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Bad Days and Salvation
RG AUDIO 081820 Psalm 91:9-16 Has something ever gone wrong in your day and suddenly you find yourself convinced that everything in your life is just awful? There are just some moments when even the...
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The Justice of God
RG AUDIO 081920 Isaiah 34:8-17 In a world infatuated with superheroes, it becomes easy for us to think that justice is up to us. If somehow, we could pass the right laws, elect the right officials,...
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Do Not Fear 365
RG AUDIO 082020 Isaiah 43:1-7 365. That is the number of times the Bible tells us not to be afraid. Once for every day of the year. Yet we are constantly living in fear that something bad will happen...
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This Isn’t About Us
RG AUDIO 082120 Luke 10:17-24 Jesus warns the 72 not to rejoice in the work they were able to accomplish as they shared the good news. It seems a bit odd that Jesus would do this, after all, isn’t...
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When We Disagree
RG AUDIO 082220 1 Peter 3:8-17 How do we respond when we disagree with someone? For some of us, we argue even louder, fight back, or get even. For others of us, anytime there is even the smallest bit...
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This God Is Different
RG AUDIO 082320 Psalm 34:1-8 When people ask me why I am a Christian, I tell them I am a Christian because Jesus shows us a God who actually sees what’s going on in our lives and has a plan to redeem...
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Share What God Has Done
RG AUDIO 082420 Psalm 105:1-11 I often think back to events in my life that have had a definite impact on me. One such event was church camp. Even though these were only one-week events, the impact...
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