Stop For Directions
RG AUDIO 111320 2 Timothy 2:14-26 On a recent trip across several states, my wife and I planned our route via the map app on our cellphone. While we were listening to the electronic navigator, my...
View ArticleThe Way of Truth
RG AUDIO 111420 3 John 1:1-8 So many times I hear people talking about truth as if it is something they can hold in their hand. If we could just get the right things into our heads, then we will know...
View ArticleHow You Say It
RG AUDIO 111520 Proverbs 15:1-8 A wise friend of mine gave me some advice about raising godly children in the parsonage. He said, “I tell my kids, you can say whatever you need to say to me, but how...
View ArticleMine!
RG AUDIO 111620 Exodus 20:17; Micah 2:1-5 Having young children, I find myself in situations where people are coveting, fighting, and even taking things that aren’t theirs. You put young children...
View ArticleWhen Are You Going to Learn?
RG AUDIO 111720 Romans 7:7-12 I distinctly remember being a young child, playing in the living room, and my father being in the room with me. As I was playing, I thought about my friends’ playroom at...
View ArticleKeeping Up With Jesus
RG AUDIO 111820 1 Timothy 6:6-10 I have three children—two boys and a girl. Despite having the same parents, they are very different individuals. They have different appearances, likes/dislikes, and...
View ArticleLove Extravagantly
RG AUDIO 111920 Hebrews 13:1-6 My grandmother was a child during the Great Depression and lived in a children’s home because her widowed mother could not afford to properly care for her and her...
View ArticleDon’t Play The Blame Game
RG AUDIO 112020 James 1:12-18 If you have ever worked with children, you will recognize the swift defense of “it’s not my fault” when troubles arise. These children are looking for assurance that the...
View ArticleHold On To Christ
RG AUDIO 112120 1 John 2:12-17 1 John 2 cautions us against loving the world. When we love the world and anything in it, we hold on to it, rather than Christ. Giving up everything you have in the...
View ArticleGod Is My Refuge
RG AUDIO 112220 Psalm 73:21-28 Looking back on your life, what moments stand out the most? Hopefully moments of joy and celebration are the ones that come first. What about the moments of protection...
View ArticlePromise From God
RG AUDIO 112320 Galatians 3:15-22 Have you ever received a personal promise from God? I feel like our family has. We have had a rough couple of years: two miscarriages, two failed adoptions, the...
View ArticleBoard Games
RG AUDIO 112420 Galatians 3:23-29 Our family likes to play board games. We enjoy playing games together with friends and other families. Some games are simple to learn; others take much longer. I...
View ArticleAdoption
RG AUDIO 112520 Galatians 4:1-7 Adoption is a beautiful and messy thing. Once a child is adopted she can enjoy all the rights and privileges of being a member of that family. Legally she is a member...
View ArticleFree To Run
RG AUDIO 112620 Galatians 5:1-6 Our lives and ministry over the last several years have involved lots of travel. Our son Peter was born in South Africa and has spent countless hours in his car seat...
View ArticleWalking In The Spirit
RG AUDIO 112720 Galatians 5:13-26 Why do sugar and carbs have to taste so good? I crave chocolate, sweets, and homemade bread. If I continually give into my cravings then diabetes, high cholesterol,...
View ArticleOne Trip
RG AUDIO 112820 Galatians 6:1-10 There are two types of people in this world, those who attempt to carry everything that needs to be carried in one trip and those who take multiple smaller trips....
View ArticleSoaring High
RG AUDIO 112920 Acts 13:32-41 Recently my family and I had the opportunity to release some birds back into the wild that had been injured and nursed back to health. According to the lady who cared...
View ArticleWho Is Like God?
RG AUDIO 113020 Psalm 89:1-8 Who is like the Lord God Almighty? To whom can God be compared? In all the creation, there is no one like our God. We can look high and low, near and far, and we will...
View ArticleLord Of All Creation
RG AUDIO 120120 Psalm 89:9-18 In the Jewish culture, raging waters were something to be feared. While water represented life, large bodies of water also symbolized chaos, danger, and destruction....
View ArticleForever Faithful
RG AUDIO 120220 Psalm 111:1-10 The heart of worship in the great assembly is rooted in the character and activity of God. As the people of God are gathered by the Spirit, we celebrate the...
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