RG AUDIO 021621   John 17:1-10 The weekend Andrea’s husband was to fill his first pulpit outside of their own church Andrea got sick. While the ailment was common, her being sick wasn’t. After much worrying, she had a bit of a revelation. She had decided that she wasn’t going to let the enemy keep […]

RG AUDIO 021521   John 3:7-17 I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy an accolade now and then. Human beings have need for such occasional affirmation. It’s motivating fuel to keep doing our best work. It also lets us know that we’re on the right track, doing what we need to be doing. […]

RG AUDIO 021421   Colossians 2:1-10 We live in a world that seems to love arguing! We want to be right, and we want to impress our peers with our superior debate skills. When it comes to our faith, this impulse to be impressive does not go away. Shelves of books have been written that […]

RG AUDIO 021321   Philippians 1:1-11 Paul begins most of his letters to churches in the customary way one would begin any letter of the day—with an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the recipient. This portion of his letter to Philippi, though, is especially warm. Paul is prompted by many factors to bring this […]

RG AUDIO 021221   Acts 17:10-15 Paul’s missionary journeys were full of excitement, often with very unreceptive audiences and many dangers. In Berea, Paul found a synagogue where the Jews were receptive and open to the gospel. Not only did a church spring forth in the Jewish community, it quickly grew to include Greeks as […]

RG AUDIO 021121   Acts 4:1-12 Peter and John were proclaiming something revolutionary—the resurrection, made manifest through Jesus Christ. Though they had performed an incredible miracle and changed a man’s life, their message was controversial enough to land them in jail. It would have been very easy for them to focus on the positive aspects […]

RG AUDIO 021021   John 1:29-42 Very few people enter into a relationship with Jesus on their own. Almost everyone has a story of a friend, relative, or loved one who introduced them to Jesus for the first time. This passing on of relationships has been God’s way of sharing himself from the earliest days […]

RG AUDIO 020921   John 4:11-26 The woman at the well was looking for relief for her brokenness and shame. She thought that would come to her by avoiding the people in her life who pointed out her many divorces or her current unmarried relationship. This was a woman who had experienced a great deal […]

RG AUDIO 020821   Mark 8:27—9:1 To follow Jesus is always to pursue the giving away of self. From the very beginning, even the most devoted of His disciples have struggled with that truth. Peter correctly identified Jesus as the coming Messiah, and yet he immediately balked at Jesus’ description of what that identity would […]

RG AUDIO 020721   Jeremiah 22:1-9 Felipe was eleven years old, but he looked about eight. His growth had been stunted by malnourishment. His family had been homeless for as long as he could remember, sleeping under a highway overpass and begging for coins at stoplights. One Saturday a group of smiling strangers visited the […]