RG AUDIO 072621   Psalm 23:1-6 What a phenomenal and foundational truth we find in Psalm 23. God is our shepherd—we lack nothing. Yet, despite this colossal good news, how easy is it to forget this or be swayed by another way of thinking? We have a binary choice to make in life. It’s an […]

RG AUDIO 072521   Psalm 84:1-12 Most people, even those who are not particularly religious, intuitively associate prayer with thanksgiving. “Thank you, God, for giving me food, shelter, a job, a car, a family, and all the other good things in my life.” We also pray to ask God for assistance. “Lord, help me overcome […]

RG AUDIO 072421   Ephesians 2:11-18 We live in an increasingly polarized world. Jesus warned that a day would come when things would get bad for the human race. In the past year, we have experienced a severe global health crisis, economic recession, and political and racial tension. How are the people of God to […]

RG AUDIO 072321   John 17:1-10 Love requires an object. Love flows from our hearts and our hands into the lives of others. Love is the act of putting another before yourself. This is why Jesus said that there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends (John 15:13). Within […]

RG AUDIO 072221   John 10:1-10 For every good thing that God has made, humanity, under the influence of sin, has created a counterfeit. We trade genuine love for selfish lust, healthy desire for chronic greed, and lasting joy for temporary pleasures. Every time we choose the counterfeit over the real thing, the image of […]

RG AUDIO 072121   Habakkuk 3:10-19 Welcome to Reflecting God.   We serve a holy God. His love is holy, His justice is holy, and even His anger is holy. God hates evil and the destruction it causes. He actively opposes idolatry and injustice. Through Christ and His body, the Church, all that is wrong […]

RG AUDIO 072021   Ecclesiastes 6:7-12 Our modern translations of the scriptures can often fail to capture the nuances of the original texts. In Ecclesiastes 6, the author seems to suggest that because our days are few and that there is nothing new under the sun, life is meaningless. Is that true? The word, “meaningless,” […]

RG AUDIO 071921   Ecclesiastes 6:1-6 God is a loving Father who withholds no good thing from His children. Why, then, does the author of Ecclesiastes seem to suggest that God is responsible for evil? “I have seen another evil under the sun” (v. 1a). It’s easy for some things get lost in translation when […]

RG AUDIO 071821   Ecclesiastes 12:6-14 Perhaps the most challenging aspect of learning English as a second language can be understanding various idioms used to express meaning. Native English speakers can hear terms like “get down to brass tacks,” “cut to the chase,” or “what’s the bottom line” and understand the need for basic facts, […]

RG AUDIO 071721   1 John 3:1-8 His name was Richard Gunn, but everyone called him Uncle Pek. He was Poet Laureate of Tennessee, but our church’s children just knew that he was a kind man who always carried candy in his pockets, and counted on him for a small snack on their way into […]