RG AUDIO 101419   Acts 8:26-40 Philip, an enthusiastic and active member of the early church, served as one of the seven people chosen to oversee the care of widows (Acts 6:3-6). But Philip’s spiritual gift was evangelism. After Stephen’s death, persecution forced many believers from Jerusalem, and Philip was soon sharing the gospel in […]

RG AUDIO 101319   2 Peter 3:8-18 My old coaches used to repeat the cliché in all our practices, “You’re going to play like you practice!” Their point was to get us to practice correctly: pay attention to the fundamentals, hustle, don’t cut corners, and so on in order that when game day came, we’d […]

RG AUDIO 101219   James 3:9-18 We used to play a game on the elementary playground called “King of the Mountain.” You could play it anywhere there was something to climb, but on our playground, the poor piece of equipment that was subjected to our violent climbing was dubbed, “The Turtle.” It was a large, […]

RG AUDIO 101119   Titus 1:10-16 Towards the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave His followers a bit of advice on how to distinguish the “real deal” disciple from a counterfeit: look at the fruit their life produces. Titus is tapping into this same theme when helping this young church know how […]

RG AUDIO 101019   Romans 6:12-23 Paul is putting the importance of leaving our old way of life, and fully entering the new one, in the sharpest terms possible. “Count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.” Isn’t this what your baptism symbolized? That your old life was put down with […]

RG AUDIO 100919   Acts 8:18-25 For Jesus, the transformation of the heart is always the goal. This is because He understood that everything else in our lives flows from the heart (see Matthew 12:34 and Proverbs 4:23). This is the reason why it’s so troubling for Peter when he meets Simon for the first […]

RG AUDIO 100819   Acts 8:9-17 Simon was a great sorcerer who mesmerized the entire town for some time. He even had a nickname, “The Great Power of God.” It’s no wonder that Simon was quite full of himself, boasting all the time that he was someone great. But then Philip came to town carrying […]

RG AUDIO 100719   Acts 8:1-8 “Look now, nobody wants trouble.” It’s a line belongs in an old Western flick just before the gun fighting erupts. It’s also a line that describes our general disposition towards difficulty. We avoid it whenever we can. Nobody looks for suffering. However, in Acts 8, we are reminded of […]

RG AUDIO 100619   1 Corinthians 15:50-58 I ran a lot when I was preparing to leave for the military. I had a friend who had ran track in high school and was now running in college. I asked her for any advice on how to get better at running. She told me, “run faster […]

RG AUDIO 100519   Acts 7:44-60 “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” We’ve mostly dispelled that myth in today’s world of anti-bullying campaigns. We spend a great deal of time and energy teaching our children what not to say. How much time, however, do we spend telling them […]