RG AUDIO 012320   John 15:9-17 I have many friends who have grown their family through adoption; some have adopted internationally, others through the foster system. I remember many years ago when my close friends revealed they were starting this process. The church family began praying alongside them for this child. If you’ve ever been […]

RG AUDIO 012220   Amos 3:1-7 Throughout the stages of our lives, how many sleepless nights have we spent praying, pleading to God for help to understand His will? Often we think that if we make one misstep we are removed from God’s plan forever. Let’s start with the most important fact of the entire […]

RG AUDIO 012120   Amos 2:9-16 At the beginning of many Bible stories we are introduced to an individual who would be our last choice for anything but the lowly place they were currently assigned. Yet as the story progresses, we see God using this person whose only qualification the world could see was availability. […]

RG AUDIO 012020   Amos 2:1-8 God sent Amos, a shepherd from Southern Judah, to the town of Bethel in Northern Israel. Amos was to announce God’s warning to the people about their sins and God’s coming judgment. Israel was faithfully attending religious gatherings and giving offerings and sacrifices. God hated their worship because it […]

RG AUDIO 011920   Psalm 139:1-12 Hide and Seek is a classic, fun game. Because they don’t really understand what is supposed to happen, it is particularly fun to play with children under the age of five. They hide in plain sight and are surprised when you find them. If you don’t find them right […]

RG AUDIO 011820   1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 I have to admit that I don’t know a whole lot about suffering.  My life has been fairly easy and mundane. My faith has not cost me much when compared to believers in other parts of the world.  I live a fairly comfortable life serving God as faithfully […]

RG AUDIO 011720   1 Corinthians 14:1-12 Spiritual gifts seem to have been a big deal for the church in Corinth, or at least Paul spent a lot of time addressing them in his first letter to the Corinthians. They were placing greater importance on some gifts and less importance on others; Paul wanted to […]

RG AUDIO 011620   Romans 15:13-19 I have spent most of my adult life in ministry with children, and one thing I have noticed is that hope makes a huge difference. Many of the kids I have worked with come from places where there is not a lot of hope. They do not have dreams […]

RG AUDIO 011520   Acts 26:12-23 My teenage daughter and I were eating at a local breakfast restaurant chain that’s name is an anagram. As we were talking, the subject of the name of the restaurant came up and the idea that the name is an anagram was new to her. “What does it stand […]

RG AUDIO 011420   Joel 2:23-32 We continue reading from the prophet Joel. God is continuing to pour out His blessings upon those who have turned their hearts wholly to Him. He pours out His blessings so that God’s people will praise Him and “know that I am in Israel, that I am the Lord […]