Redemption Life Church Podcast

What if the thing standing between you and Jesus isn’t what you’ve done wrong…but what you think you can do right?

In Mark 10:17–27, a wealthy young man comes running to Jesus with one question: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

He’s got money, influence, religion, and a pretty impressive résumé. But when Jesus challenges him to surrender the one thing he’s holding onto, he walks away sad.

Here’s the GOOD NEWS: What is impossible for us is POSSIBLE WITH GOD.

In this message from our journey through the Gospel of Mark, we’re talking about the danger of trusting ourselves, the things we struggle to surrender, and why salvation isn’t something we can earn through our own efforts.

The same grace that SAVES us is the same grace that TRANSFORMS us.

Maybe the most powerful prayer you can pray today isn’t “Lord, I’ll try harder.”

Maybe it’s simply, “Lord, I can’t. Help me.”

Join us as we discover what happens when we stop asking “What can I do?” and start trusting WHAT JESUS DID.

Scripture: Mark 10:17–27

In Mark 10:13–16, parents brought their children to Jesus, the disciples tried to turn them away, and JESUS GOT ANGRY.

Out of this one moment, Jesus reveals four powerful Kingdom truths that challenge how we treat others, how we approach God, and how we receive His grace.

We’re talking about bringing the next generation to Jesus, breaking down religious barriers, receiving the Kingdom with childlike faith, and discovering that JESUS COMES AFTER HIS KIDS!

Maybe you’ve spent your life thinking you weren’t good enough, religious enough, or cleaned up enough to come to Jesus.

Here’s the good news: JESUS DIDN’T PUT THOSE BARRIERS THERE.

The Kingdom isn’t something you earn. It’s something you RECEIVE.

Join Pastor Justin Bradley at RedLife Church as we continue through the Gospel of Mark with One Moment; Four Laws.

Scripture: Mark 10:13–16

Are you asking God for direction—or just hoping He’ll agree with you?

Sometimes we bring Jesus a question with our answer already picked out. In Mark 10:1–9, the Pharisees ask about divorce, but Jesus takes them back to God’s original design for marriage. His response challenges the heart behind our questions: Have we settled for “Is this allowed?” when we should be asking, “God, what do You want?”

In “Kingdom Answers,” Pastor Justin explores marriage, surrender, and why pursuing God’s will leads us somewhere better than simply looking for permission.

Just because we’ve gotten used to something doesn’t mean it was God’s plan. And wherever you recognize that gap in your own life, His grace gives you a place to begin.

Bring Him your questions—and a heart willing to follow His answer.

Mark: Season 6, Episode 1 | Kingdom Answers
Scripture: Mark 10:1–9

Jesus called us to be the SALT of the earth. But what happens when the salt loses its flavor?

In Mark 9:30–50, Jesus challenges His disciples about pride, selfish ambition, territorialism, and sin. And then He tells them something powerful: “You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves.”

Here’s the problem: We can’t season the world with the Kingdom if we’ve lost the qualities of the Kingdom in ourselves.

In this message, Pastor Justin Bradley unpacks four essential qualities of Kingdom people and why being the salt of the earth starts with allowing Jesus to transform US.

We’re not called to make the world taste more like us. We’re called to season the world with HIS KINGDOM.

And we can’t be salt for the world without staying connected to the SAVIOR of the world.

Watch, share, and ask yourself: Have I lost my salt?

Scripture: Mark 9:30–50 (NLT)

You don’t have to have perfect faith to trust a perfect Savior.

In Mark 9, a desperate father brings his son to Jesus with one of the most honest prayers in Scripture: “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”

That’s where a lot of us live—somewhere between believing God and battling the part of us that still struggles to believe.

But faith isn’t pretending there’s no doubt. Faith speaks while it’s still waiting to see. Faith doesn’t need everyone else’s validation. Faith stays ready. And even when things look worse, that doesn’t mean Jesus isn’t working.

The question was never whether Jesus CAN.

The prayer is: “Jesus, help my unbelief.”

What does it really mean to follow Jesus and call Him King?

In Mark 8:27–35, Peter makes the right confession—“You are the Messiah”—and then almost immediately tries to tell Jesus what kind of Messiah He should be. And if we’re honest, we do the same thing.

We want Jesus as Savior, but we still reach for the crown. We want His Kingdom, but we want to keep the right to rule our own lives.

Jesus makes the cost of discipleship clear: deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Him.

You can’t follow the King and still be king.

The Kingdom provides the King. We provide the knee.

In this message from the Gospel of Mark, Pastor Justin Bradley explores what it means to surrender to Jesus, deny yourself, follow Christ, and recognize Jesus as Messiah and King.

Mark 8:27–35

What if you’re not fully healed yet? What if you can see… but everything still looks like trees?

In Mark 8:22–26, Jesus heals a blind man in stages—and shows us something powerful about restoration. Sometimes Jesus changes our environment before He changes our circumstances. Sometimes restoration comes in phases. And sometimes the most faith-filled thing we can do is stop pretending we’re further along than we really are.

Wherever you are in the process, don’t give up halfway through. You can be honest with Jesus: “God, I see You working, and I need You to keep working.”

Jesus isn’t satisfied with BETTER. The Kingdom provides COMPLETE RESTORATION.

How do you watch Jesus provide again and again…and still panic when you’re down to one loaf?

In Mark 8:1–21, Jesus feeds thousands, the Pharisees demand another sign, and the disciples somehow forget what they’ve already seen Him do. And if we’re being real, we do the exact same thing.

We ask God to prove Himself while forgetting all the ways He’s already been faithful. We hold tightly to what’s in our hands while asking Him to provide. And we let today’s problem make us forget yesterday’s provision.

Kingdom provision begins when we trust the King with what we already have. Jesus provides—but He has nothing to prove.

Sometimes I don’t need another miracle…I NEED A MEMORY.

To trust Jesus NOW, remember what He did THEN.

Mark 8:1–21

Offense will happen. People will hurt you. Truth will confront you. And sometimes Jesus will move in a way you didn’t expect—or even like.

The question isn’t whether you’ll ever get offended. The question is whether you’ll let offense derail your faith.

In Mark 7:24–37, two Gentiles encounter Jesus in two very different ways. One woman is willing to settle for crumbs from the table. One deaf man gets a healing that looks nothing like anyone expected. Neither walks away—and both experience the Kingdom.

In this message, we talk about church hurt, bitterness, offense, trusting God when His ways don’t make sense, and why we can’t allow someone else’s issues—or our own expectations—to keep us from Jesus.

You can hold on to offense or hold on to Jesus. You can’t hold on to both.

Don’t reject WHAT Jesus is doing because you’re offended by HOW He’s doing it.

Everything He does is wonderful.

Mark 7:24–37

It’s possible to follow all the rules and still have a heart far from God.

In Mark 7, Jesus confronts a religious system that had become more committed to its traditions than to the heart of God. But then He takes it even deeper: our biggest problem isn’t the evil around us—it’s the sin already inside us.

Rules can change behavior. Religion can clean up the outside. But only Jesus can give us a new heart.

In this message from Mark 7, we talk about the difference between biblical commands and personal convictions, the danger of rules-based religion, why Jesus confronted the Pharisees so strongly, and what it means to receive a renewed heart through Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Dirty hands don’t always make a dirty heart. But a dirty heart will always make dirty hands.