RG AUDIO 050220   Romans 14:1-12 I don’t like to eat whole fish with the eyes staring at me. I am always glad when the person serving me has cut the fish in two so that I can select the half without the eyes. I did not grow up in a culture that considers the […]

RG AUDIO 050120   1 Corinthians 11:17-28 “Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing?” Paul asks the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 11:22). Apparently, the Lord’s Supper had become an event in which some were eating their own food while others […]

RG AUDIO 043020   John 6:41-59 “That’s better than sliced bread,” an old adage says, implying that sliced bread is special. When bread became a commodity that people could purchase as a loaf of precut, equally-sized slices, it did, indeed, seem special. What could be better? To the people listening to Jesus’ words about bread […]

RG AUDIO 042920   John 6:25-40 As the people and Jesus talk about “true bread,” they equate Jesus’ feeding them with five loaves to the manna the people of Israel ate in the wilderness. Quoting the scripture “He gave them bread from heaven to eat,” they acknowledge that Jesus has provided them with bread from […]

RG AUDIO 042820   John 6:14-24 Rachel, Geoffrey, and Rebecca took a road trip from Burkina Faso to Ghana. Rachel said, “Wait till you taste Ghana bread!” Burkina baguettes lost their texture within hours, but the big, warm loaves of Ghana bread stayed fresh for days. Perhaps the people who had been among those to […]

RG AUDIO 042720   John 6:1-13 Taught that nothing should be wasted, Rebecca uses a rubber scraper to push every scrap into the serving dish. Jesus seemed to have such an attitude after feeding the five thousand; He told His disciples to “gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted” (John 6:12). […]

RG AUDIO 042620   Psalm 6:1-10 Where else should a child go with his complaints but to his loving father? Something will break us in life. Count on it. But the affliction that comes to our bodies, minds, and emotions will be ultimately tolerable if we have comfort in the depths of our souls. Even […]

RG AUDIO 042520   Acts 4:1-12 The healing of the lame beggar at the Gate Beautiful so filled the people with wonder and amazement that they came running and thronged Peter and John at the temple colonnade. This ruckus caught the attention of the priests and the captain of the temple guard who were so […]

RG AUDIO 042420   Acts 3:1-10 Miracles come in the process of ordinary people, doing routine things with expectation. The beggar was attending to the fact that he needed help and placed himself daily in a position of receiving, expecting help. Had these ordinary people not been faithful to keep doing routine things with continual […]

RG AUDIO 042320   John 5:1-15 Only Jesus can break through all barriers to heal us. Only Jesus is able to pinpoint the neediest in a sea of disabled people. Only Jesus didn’t need to wait for an angel to stir the waters. Only Jesus is not afraid to heal on the Sabbath. Only Jesus […]