RG AUDIO 061619   Proverbs 19:7-17 She lived on a limited budget and never quite knew how she would eat each month. Yet she would pray, asking God for a chicken dinner; a whole chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans would show up on her doorstep. She was a woman of great prayer and […]

RG AUDIO 061519   Luke 14:25-35 The call of God to go and sell all they had was a new experience for a pastoral couple ready to retire. Yet, God was calling them to go, sell it all, and train 3,000 new pastors in 5 years to meet the ever-growing need in countries where people […]

RG AUDIO 061419   Romans 12:1-8 Every year, one full-time carpenter puts together one or two Work and Witness trips, organizing dozens of teenagers and adults to build three to seven houses in a community that used to be all cardboard homes. After more than 30 years of faithful service, this cardboard village has turned […]

RG AUDIO 061319   1 Peter 5:1-11 Fear and worry can leave us looking older than we actually are and makes us a vulnerable target for the enemy. Ninety percent of the things we worry about never actually happen. Instead of jumping between fear and faith, we are to live in a place of faith, […]

RG AUDIO 061219 1 Peter 4:12-19 Praying for the persecuted church is important. A missionary shared that in a country where churches are bombed, people meet together in public anyway. Boldly, they put a large cross on top of their building with the pastor’s name and phone number on the door. Talk about boldness! Since […]

RG AUDIO 061119   1 Peter 4:1-11 An all-star in the Special Olympics, Terry loved sports. Intellectual disabilities prevented him from learning to read, but he had an uncanny ability to memorize sports scores and the statistics of individual players. Jim enjoyed sports and soon he met Terry weekly over breakfast to talk sports. As […]

RG AUDIO 061019   Psalm 103:1-12 A five-month old baby sat in his car seat on a sanctuary chair while the worship music roared. All voices sang loud “Hallelujahs” with hands raised giving glory to God. Everyone was on their feet, focused only on the Living God. No one seemed to notice this infant with […]

RG AUDIO 060919   Psalm 103:1-12 Have you ever taken a road trip with a young child? If you have, undoubtedly you have heard (perhaps more than once), “are we there yet?” from the backseat. Our youngest boy is a classic questioner of the estimated time of arrival. In fact, he doesn’t wait too long […]

RG AUDIO 060819   1 John 1:1-10 We tend to see confession as only a part of initial salvation—that moment when we are “saved” and became a part of the kingdom of God. However, as we grow and mature, there are times when we need to confess. At times we need to confess what we […]

RG AUDIO 060719   Romans 6:1-11 You may have heard the phrase, “no man left behind.” All the way back to Greek and Roman times, soldiers were dedicated, honor-bound, to make sure their fellow soldiers returned from battle: leave no one behind. In Paul’s letter to the church in Rome, he outlines the theological foundations […]