RG AUDIO 010320   Lamentations 3:19-26 Stefanie and her husband have been co-pastors for several years. They’ve lived in a variety of locations. One particular assignment took them to a more tropical place than we’ve ever lived. Because that assignment had such a different climate, they had to get used to life being lived a […]

RG AUDIO 010220   Isaiah 43:22-28 Have you ever received something totally unearned, undeserved? Gifts work that way. We give gifts as a sign of gratitude, love, affection, care. A true gift isn’t earned and isn’t given with the expectation for a similar-in-value item in return. A gift is free. Thank God for His unending […]

RG AUDIO 010120   Isaiah 43:14-21 In a world with so many ways of finding our way from point a to point b, we may fail to understand the significance of God’s words in Isaiah 43. If you have ever traveled to a place far from civilization, you may better appreciate God’s promise. Hiking through […]

RG AUDIO 123119   Isaiah 43:8-13 Names can be confusing. Having grown up with a rather unique last name, Stefanie understands when people stumble over a name. She quickly learned as a child to say her name and then automatically begin spelling it. She had to do this because no one knew how to spell […]

RG AUDIO 123019   Isaiah 43:1-7 This past summer my children all took swim lessons at the local pool. My oldest two were fairly comfortable being able to swim and were able to work on different strokes and skills. My youngest has just turned two and despite her lack of fear of the pool in […]

RG AUDIO 122919   Revelation 21:15-27 There is a game that many youth groups have played. A volunteer leaves the room and the group creates an “obstacle course” by flipping over chairs and creating general chaos. Then the volunteer returns blindfolded and has to navigate the course.  Hilarity ensues as the brave volunteer inches her […]

RG AUDIO 122819   1 John 1:1-10 What a beautiful image of God: God is light and in God there is no darkness. In God, there is no room for anything but light. Because no darkness is found in God, He makes a way for His people to be all about light as well. This […]

RG AUDIO 122719   Romans 13:8-14 In his letter to the church in Rome, Paul tells the Romans that salvation comes through confessing with our mouths that Jesus Christ is Lord and believing that He was raised from the dead (10:9). Here we see that when salvation has come to us, we begin to mature […]

RG AUDIO 122619   Luke 2:25-35 “Open your mouth, stick out your tongue, and say ahhh.” These are words that are typically said when someone complains of a sore throat. More often than not, even with all that work, one can’t see down into the back of another’s throat without the use of a light. […]

RG AUDIO 122519   Isaiah 60:16-22 Isaiah the prophet paints a picture of what eternity will be like with God: expensive materials are in such abundance that they will be used instead of wood and stone (v. 17), our protection of walls and gates are the abstract concepts of Salvation and Praise (v. 18) and […]