RG AUDIO 030819   Galatians 2:11-21 When Christians are baptized via immersion, we go into the water to represent our death to ourselves. Then we come back up out of the water to symbolize new life in Christ. The life we once lived for ourselves, which spoke only of our own wants and desires, is […]

RG AUDIO 030719   2 Corinthians 12:1-10 What is your greatest weakness? It is a question employers like to ask of job applicants, and a difficult one to answer. We do not like to admit our weaknesses, especially to people we are trying to impress, such as a potential employer. Paul knew his own weakness […]

RG AUDIO 030619   2 Corinthians 5:1-10 Home is where the heart is. There is no place like home. The idea of home has so much wrapped up in it. It is where we live; where we find life. We find our home in Christ. Life is found in Christ. We find life in God […]

RG AUDIO 030519   Philippians 1:12-18a We go through life seeing things only from within ourselves. We see through our eyes, feel our feelings, know our thoughts. It is easy to begin to think that our perspective is the only one. Paul has such a wonderful way of reminding us that it is not all […]

RG AUDIO 030419   Philippians 1:12-18a Some seasons of our lives are rough; they are filled with hardships. Perhaps, it is just one thing that is all wrong, or maybe everything is out of sorts. During these seasons it is easy to become inwardly focused. We only see what is wrong in our own life. […]

RG AUDIO 030319   Philemon 1:12-20 When I was a teenager, our family was traveling throughout the United States sharing with churches what God was doing through us on the mission field. I can remember having car problems near a small town in Kansas on our way to visit family in Oklahoma. We didn’t know […]

RG AUDIO 030219   Colossians 1:21—2:5 Growing up as a child in a large missionary community, I can remember missionaries joking about how we “suffered for Jesus.” It was a joke because most of the missionaries I knew growing up felt that their lives were much better and easier than those called to serve the […]

RG AUDIO 030119   2 Corinthians 8:16-24 There is man in a creative access area known as “the Librarian” who has taken the initiative to establish a Christian library in a country where it is illegal to own a Bible. The Librarian’s desire is to see believers have access to God’s Word and other Christian […]

RG AUDIO 022819   Acts 12:12-24 Acts 12 is one of my favorite passages of Scripture. I love when we get snippets of daily life in biblical times and find that people are the same today. Have you ever been so overjoyed with good news that you lost a sense of yourself? That is what […]

RG AUDIO 022719   Acts 12:1-11 Imprisonment is not an uncommon aspect of ministry in this area of the world. Over and over again we hear from those who have been imprisoned for their faith that it was the prayers of God’s people that helped them through; strengthening and encouraging them in their imprisonments. Although […]