RG110818   Matthew 16:13-20; Acts 2:14-17 My son’s school hosts a book fair each year. Last year my son came home with a couple of books about sharks and an “invisible ink” pen. It was the latest rage at school and kids were having a blast writing secret messages with the undetectable ink. Only those […]

RG110718   Joshua 1:10-18 Customer loyalty is an important part of business. Think about a store or company that you have been a patron for months or years. What makes you continue to visit these establishments? Is it habit, or have you found yourself feeling a bit loyal to the brand or employees? The Reubenites, […]

RG110618   Joshua 1:1-9 Have you ever you found yourself lost? Perhaps it was while you were a small child and by some mishap you and your parent were separated? It may have happened when you were older and you discovered you had no idea how you ended up where you did. Either way, that […]

RG110518   Deuteronomy 34:1-12 When my grandmother passed away a couple of years following my grandfather the family gathered together for her funeral. A sadness permeated the room. Would we fly apart or continue to pull together? One family member stood up and challenged the next generation to pick up the baton and carry on […]

RGAUDIO110418   Psalm 25:1-10 God demands obedience from us. Following Jesus can put us in very uncomfortable and even dangerous situations. It can cause us anguish to love our enemies or even people we just don’t want to love. It can deal a severe blow to our pride when we would rather do anything else […]

RGAUDIO110318   Galatians 3:15-29 Jesus, the Messiah, brought with him a strange new covenant. By declaring that he was the fulfillment of the law, he necessarily shined a light on the things people were sure about but had gotten wrong. Jesus establishes His supremacy in not only seeing what the law looks like but also […]

RGAUDIO110218     Mark 14:12-26 The Lord’s Supper may be the more universal and well-known sacrament of the Church of Jesus Christ. Though various faith traditions differ in how they understand and implement it, communion is still something the Body of Christ has done for 2,000 years. Thankfully, we show no sign of stopping anytime […]

RG110118   Deuteronomy 30:1-10 As Christians, it is no secret that we are not spared from the hurts and misfortune that we sometimes must deal with in life. Sometimes this is because of our own careless decisions and sometimes this happens because of external conditions totally out of our control. We deal with this in […]

RG AUDIO 103118   Deuteronomy 30:1-10 God’s covenant with God’s people brings with it the promise of forgiveness. God is not shy in all of Israel’s history about God’s desire to forgive. From the first sin to golden calves to the prophets, God continually shows a steadfast commitment to forgiveness. Despite several set-back, bouts of […]

RG AUDIO 103018   Deuteronomy 29:16-29 Reading through the history of God’s people, many of the things they did make little sense to us, especially setting up statues and worshiping them. Culturally it is easy for us to think that not many in their right mind would, for example, worship a golden statue of a […]