RG AUDIO 012517   2 Corinthians 10:1-11 A stronghold is defined as a well-fortified place; a fortress. It can be expressed even more simply as something that has a “strong hold” on us; an addiction, a habit, unbelief, or perhaps a destructive thought pattern. It is something that, on our own, we are unable to […]

RG AUDIO 012417   Luke 18:1-14 In 2006, Connie was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. The tumor had to be dealt with because it was pressing against her brain stem. How grateful she was that radiation treatment was available in place of brain surgery. Yet for two years following the treatment, each MRI revealed […]

RG AUDIO 012317   Ephesians 6:10-20 Ephesians 6 tells us to put on the full armor of God, including belt, breastplate, special shoes, shield, helmet, and a sword. That’s quite an assortment, but it is necessary in order that we may take our stand against the devil’s schemes. As children, many of us learned about […]

RG AUDIO 012217   Psalm 90:1-17 The candles on a birthday cake count the years: good years and hard years, sweet years and bitter years. In our celebration we often choose to remember just the happy times, whether it is our birthday or that of a loved one. If we could choose, all the years–all […]

RG AUDIO 012117   1 Peter 4:1-11 Geometry is one of the subjects that either makes you fall in love with math or never want to think of it again. It is either an awakening to the wonderful logic of theorems and proofs–almost the fun of doing a puzzle–or it is baffling and incomprehensible. In […]

RG AUDIO 012017   Galatians 6:11-18 Historic Roman Catholic doctrine lists seven deadly sins: greed, envy, gluttony, sloth, wrath, lust, and pride. Each is viewed as a form of selfishness. They are certainly a form of worldliness. Nailing them to the cross is a good plan (see Colossians 2:13-15). In Galatians 2:20, the apostle Paul […]

RG AUDIO 011917   Isaiah 64:1-12 The clay has been through it. Chosen, then dug out from its bed, dried out, crushed, sifted and separated from any impurities, made back into mud, kneaded and pummeled, sliced in half and pummeled again. It is left to season and finally thrown onto a wheel rotating at dizzying […]

RG AUDIO 011817   Isaiah 40:25-31 High above the lake and trees, an eagle spreads his wings and soars. No flapping, no great struggle, he moves from one updraft to another, a master of every wind that comes his way. God created this majestic bird with the ability and strength to actually be lifted up […]

RG AUDIO 011717   Psalm 37:1-11 Exhausted and afraid, the prophet Elijah waited to hear from the Lord (see 1 Kings 18–19). He had run away because he was in a life and death situation. He hoped for a dramatic voice–he had seen fire fall from heaven and watched as a deluge followed a drought. […]

RG AUDIO 011617   1 Corinthians 2:1-16 We can laugh at the cartoon-based image of the good angel on one shoulder and the bad demon on the other whispering advice into the ears of a hapless character. We can laugh, but it is not funny when we feel ourselves in that position. In this conflicted […]