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Earthly Tent and Eternal Home
RG AUDIO 100221 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 My 10-year-old son likes nature and facts about nature. Recently he learned that if a bear smells food, very little will stop it from finding the food. Especially...
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His Name
RG AUDIO 100321 Revelation 22:1-7 As a mother of three children, Stephanie often find herself juggling a lot of details: schedules, appointments, assignments. If her children repeatedly forget...
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Blessed to be a Blessing
RG AUDIO 100421 Genesis 12:1-9 I have been greatly blessed by God. Perhaps you have too. So many of us have been given so much from God. The big question is, why have we been so blessed? In Genesis...
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Blessed Through Abraham
RG AUDIO 100521 Genesis 14:17-24 When Abram and his group arrived home from rescuing Lot, they were greeted by two people in completely opposite ways. Melchizedek, the first priest in the Bible, laid...
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Remembering the Source of Blessing
RG AUDIO 100621 Joshua 8:30-35 Do you ever forget things? Your keys? Your password? Your phone number? It seems like I am always forgetting something important. God knows that we are forgetful...
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God Calls and Sends Us to Bless
RG AUDIO 100721 Hebrews 11:8-16 The 11th chapter of Hebrews is called the “faith chapter,” or the “Faith Hall of Fame.” It contains a list of people who were faithful to God. Abraham is one of the...
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God The Promise Keeper
RG AUDIO 100821 Hebrews 11:8-16 By some estimates, there are over 7,000 promises in the Bible and God will keep every one of them! God is a promise keeper and we, as His people, should also be able...
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Bless Your Enemies In Love
RG AUDIO 100921 Romans 12:9-21 We are blessed to be a blessing. In Romans 12, Paul echoes Jesus in saying that the blessings of God should flow even to our enemies: those who persecute us. For me, it...
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Pass On The Blessing
RG AUDIO 101021 Romans 10:12-20 One primary way of blessing others is to share the gospel: Jesus Christ is King! Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, we can receive forgiveness of sins and...
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Faithfulness of God
RG AUDIO 101121 Genesis 15:1-11 Almighty God offers himself to Abram, a mere mortal. How can this be? The Creator of the universe vows to be his covering and protection—a great reward indeed. For...
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A Covenantal Relationship
RG AUDIO 101221 Genesis 15:12-21 Four hundred years of slavery is hard to endure. Abram’s descendants would learn this through a long narrative of suffering and oppression. God solidifies His...
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Reassurance of God’s Presence
RG AUDIO 101321 Exodus 33:12-23 After God rescued the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, the people rebelled. Their insubordination took the form of a golden calf—an idolatrous symbol that indicated...
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Hearts to Perceive
RG AUDIO 101421 Deuteronomy 29:1-6, 9-15 It is sobering to know that the people of Israel experienced the astounding miracles of God firsthand and yet did not have the heart to perceive it. It is...
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By Grace Alone
RG AUDIO 101521 Galatians 3:1-9 For the Jews, living under the privileged covenant established by God was a culturally known fact that was never disputed. They were God’s chosen. Even for those...
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A Blessed Life
RG AUDIO 101621 Psalm 112:1-10 Ambition, fame, possessions, security, health—these are but some of the goals human nature deems worthy to pursue. Our culture is shaped by the need to self-preserve;...
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Known and Loved
RG AUDIO 101721 Psalm 139:1-12 Shame drove Adam and Eve to hide from God in the garden after they ate from the forbidden tree. Although we have been liberated from the curse of sin and shame as God’s...
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Laugh
RG AUDIO 101821 Genesis 18:1-2, 9-15 Honestly, I think I, like Sarah, might have laughed, too. And what’s more, have you ever wondered what kind of laugh it was? Was it a laugh of disbelief, “Yeah,...
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A Joy to Receive God’s Gift
RG AUDIO 101921 Genesis 21:1-8 Knowing the story of Abraham and Sarah as we do—the pain of barren years and trauma of mountain sacrifices—Genesis 21 is a welcome sigh of relief. Let’s not miss the...
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The Story of Two Fathers
RG AUDIO 102021 Genesis 22:1-8 One enters the story of Abraham, Isaac, and God seeing the profound faith of Abraham when he says, “We will worship and then we will come back to you” (v. 5b, emphasis...
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Exhale Into God
RG AUDIO 102121 Genesis 22:9-19 In the 21st century, the story of Abraham and Isaac is complicated from many different perspectives. Though we know how it ends, we still hold our exhale as the knife...
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