RG AUDIO 062118   Jeremiah 9:12-24 Whenever our family has moved, we come face-to-face with our priorities. Everything goes in a box, then into the moving truck. We take the pictures off the walls and the books off the shelves. The clothes come out of the closet and the dishes out of the cupboard. When […]

RG AUDIO 062018   Jeremiah 9:1-11 Every day, we take several bowls out to the compost. Pizza crusts and orange rinds combine with coffee grounds and yesterday’s newspaper. It’s a nasty, soggy mess. It’s all useless junk, until nature takes its course. When composted, all that useless junk becomes the most fertile soil in the […]

RG AUDIO 061918   Jeremiah 8:13-22 It can be a great blessing to experience the negative consequences of our actions. There is a lot of pain and suffering in our world. Sometimes we experience it as the result of our own bad choices. Sometimes it is because someone else has made bad choices, but we […]

RG AUDIO 061818   Jeremiah 8:4-12 My brother and I had been fighting, so my Dad brought us together in the kitchen. “Now say you’re sorry,” Dad directed. “Sorry,” I mumbled through clenched teeth, staring down at the floor. “Now, say it again: this time, like you mean it.” Usually, my second—or third—attempt was more […]

RG AUDIO 061718   James 1:19-27 We want to learn more about God. We want to learn more about the Bible. We want to learn more about what God wants. We attend services and seminars and Bible studies to learn more. We keep ourselves so busy trying to learn more about God. This is all […]

RG AUDIO 061618   2 Corinthians 6:14—7:1 How clean is your food? If we do a little research, we will discover that the food we buy from the store is pure . . . mostly. However, harvesting, processing, and transporting the food gives opportunity for various types of contamination. But how much is too much? […]

RG AUDIO 061518   Acts 17:22-31 The telephone pole had a picture of a lost dog and a promise of a reward. I saw the family walking down the block, tacking up the poster all over the neighborhood. I imagined them walking the streets and calling her name. They had probably enlisted friends and family […]

RG AUDIO 061418   Mark 11:11-25 The weather had been just right. Just enough rain, just enough sunlight, and just enough heat. The soybean field across the road looked like a jungle. I had never seen soybean plants get so big. I was sharing this with our Wednesday evening Bible study group. An elderly gentleman […]

RG AUDIO 061318   Jeremiah 7:27—8:3 “If you don’t stop that, you will be walking home.” I was prodding my brother in the ribs with my elbow. I did it again. Dad didn’t pull over, so I did it several more times. “Stop it!” my brother yelled. The car slowed to a stop on the […]

RG AUDIO 061218   Jeremiah 7:12-26 In Jeremiah’s day, God’s people had the great blessing of the Temple. There in the Temple was the Ark of the Covenant, the physical assurance of God’s continuing presence with them. At the altar, the sacrifices were offered daily, reminding the people of God’s forgiving grace. What a blessing […]