RG AUDIO 100419   Acts 7:33-43 Becoming a parent is taking a step out into the unknown. Parenthood is not for the faint of heart. Just when you think you have it all figured out, your child will find new ways to completely surprise you. Those surprises can be good or bad. The Bible compares […]

RG AUDIO 100319   Acts 7:17-32 Every person is appointed by God for a plan and a purpose. Some people accept that appointment and some don’t. Moses was appointed by God to lead the Israelite nation. He tried to take that calling into his own hands by killing an Egyptian who was mistreating an Israelite. […]

RG AUDIO 100219   Acts 7:1-16 When I was a kid, Christians used to stand up and share their testimony regularly in church. This still happens from time to time in some congregations, but it’s becoming a rarer phenomenon. I remember hearing some of the same people stand up and share the same stories over […]

RG AUDIO 100119   Acts 6:8-15 What does it mean to stand firm in our faith? We might imagine someone standing in a bold stance, with a serious face, and clenched fists. Perhaps we think of a lineman on a football team or a soldier who has planted his feet prepared for conflict. There are […]

RG AUDIO 093019   Acts 6:1-7 It’s easy for us to be distracted. Typically we think about sin that distracts us from God. However, we can just as easily be distracted by things that appear good. In Acts 6, the apostles were told the Greek speaking widows weren’t being given the same amount of food […]

RG AUDIO 092919   Psalm 19:7-14 In human government, laws are created for the people to prosper. As more laws are created it gets trickier to decipher if the law is helpful or harmful for the people. What may be a good law to help one person, may create bondage for another person. The Psalmist […]

RG AUDIO 092819   Proverbs 12:15-28 Lying is a desperate attempt to get out of dreaded punishment, but lying shows great weakness. Given plenty of time, the truth rises to the top, exposes the lie, and the avoided punishment is eventually faced. The Lord hates lying. One of the ten commands is to not bear […]

RG AUDIO 092719   1 Corinthians 4:1-13 Being misjudged is disheartening. It seems no amount of explaining will convince that our motives were pure. Other times we make early judgments and cause heartache for others. In either case, we end up with feelings of frustration and entrapment. The truest judgment that sees what is hidden […]

RG AUDIO 092619   Acts 19:11-20 God performed unheard-of miracles through Paul by healing and exorcising afflicted persons when they simply touched cloth that had made contact with Paul’s skin. These baffling events caught the attention of traveling Jewish exorcists, seven sons of Sceva. Apparently knowing they had no power of their own to cast […]

RG AUDIO 092519   Acts 19:1-10 Twelve disciples were found in Ephesus on Paul’s missionary journey who needed more instruction. Their mentor, Apollos (Acts 18:24-28), was a vibrant teacher of the Way of Jesus, but knew only of John’s baptism. Priscilla and Aquila heard Apollos’ teaching, took him aside, and updated him in accuracy about […]