Built Up To Build The Church
RG Audio 051122 Acts 20:32-38 While traveling from Philippi to Troas, Paul’s ship stopped at Miletus to unload and receive cargo. Taking advantage of his time there, Paul invited the leaders of the...
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RG Audio 051222 Acts 21:1-9 Not long ago, our church graciously gave us a six-week sabbatical. We used the first week to fly to Florida and meet our son and his family at Disney World. We flew back...
View ArticleWhat’s The Spirit Saying to You?
RG Audio 051322 Acts 21:10-16 Paul always listened for the Spirit before he acted. In Acts 21, he is headed to Jerusalem but everyone is warning him of potential danger. Paul, however, was ready to...
View ArticleGod’s Faithfulness
RG Audio 051422 Acts 21:17-26 Looking back over four decades of full time pastoral ministry, there are many things I remember, but a few I’ve forgotten. I don’t remember all the special offerings. I...
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RG Audio 051522 Acts 21:27-36 I used to think everyone loved a pastor—until I became one! In one church, it came to my attention that one of our teen teachers had been involved in something immoral....
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RG Audio 051622 Acts 26:1-11 Acknowledging our past can be a difficult thing for some of us to do, especially a past before Jesus. Paul knew this well. Paul’s past was filled with legalistically...
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RG Audio 051722 Acts 26:12-18 Paul’s conversion story is spectacular. A bright light, a voice from heaven, and a complete transformation on the road. It’s the type of conversion that might leave some...
View ArticleTrust and Faithfulness
RG Audio 051822 Acts 26:19-32 When we first started planting a church, people thought we were out of our minds. We left well paying jobs, trusting that the God who called us would be faithful to...
View ArticleLife of Worship
RG Audio 051922 Romans 12:1-8 We often think of worship as a dedicated time and place, usually pertaining to music. Romans 12 tells us that our bodies and lives are an act of worship to God. The text...
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RG Audio 052022 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 There are times where it feels like the Christian faith is one of prohibitions. So often we focus on what we can’t do, or what we lose, with a great rigidity....
View ArticleHope of the Future
RG Audio 052122 Philippians 3:12-21 Paul has a pretty despicable past, he was well known for murdering Christians before becoming one himself. It would be easy to allow those choices to haunt him. To...
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RG Audio 052222 2 John 1:1-13 Love is the defining characteristic of one who follows Jesus. When we love God, we obey Him. Love is not motivated by fear or legalism, but by relationship. True...
View ArticleSpeaking to Those Opposed
RG Audio 052322 Acts 28:16-22 Paul stands before the local Jewish leaders in Rome. He is granted the favor of an audience and the blessing of their curiosity. However, his motivation for that meeting...
View ArticleLook for the Listeners
RG Audio 052422 Acts 28:23-31 We have all witnessed arguments which are fruitless from the beginning. They take place all around us: on social media, at a family gathering, around the company coffee...
View ArticleGet Up!
RG Audio 052522 Acts 9:32-43 For 8 years, Aeneas lay still, paralyzed, bedridden. He watched life continue on around him. He observed the comings and goings of others, but he remained stuck. Life was...
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RG Audio 052622 Ephesians 5:8-20 Often when a Christian leader suffers a moral failure in the public eye, many will proclaim, “There but for the grace of God, go I!” I understand the sentiment....
View ArticleThe Invitation Home
RG Audio 052722 2 Timothy 2:20-26 False teachers and prophets were a danger to the early believers as they worked tirelessly to establish the Church. Instructions and direction had to be thorough....
View ArticleLoving Defense
RG Audio 052822 1 Peter 3:13-22 It may feel that in present days we are more challenged to defend our faith than ever before. Yet, more Christians than ever express that either they don’t know what...
View ArticleJoyful Service
RG Audio 052922 1 Peter 4:1-11 One snowy afternoon, I saw a husky playing. He jumped and rolled and bounded through the white piles, tail wagging happily. One couldn’t see this pup and not see that...
View ArticleWe Know God Because We Know Jesus
RG Audio 053022 Hebrews 1:1—2:4 Prophets have a spotty history of effectiveness. It is hard to know which prophets we ought to listen to. That is not to cheapen the call of a prophet. The prophets...
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