We don't know what time the wedding feast will be served, but we can see that someone is setting out the salad forks! The date of the Rapture is not predictable, but there's a precise timeline for some of the things that will happen after that. So, when we see the world being prepared for those things - those later events - surely the flame of our hope must burn brighter. For the past couple of days Jim has been taking us through some of those future events and present preparations. Here's the conclusion of his sermon, How Close are We? Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09112020_1.mp3Scripture References: Matthew 24

Concerned atomic scientists have set their Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds before midnight. Well, Christians aren't waiting for "doomsday," but many of us would agree that time is short. There may be less than a hundred seconds until the Church is snatched away; we believe there's nothing that has to happen before that event. After that, though, the Antichrist will have to break a treaty that hasn't been made yet; and desecrate a Temple that hasn't been built yet. Can we line up current events with future events, as prophesied by Jesus, Daniel, Ezekiel and others? Here's Jim with Part 2 of How Close are We? Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09102020_1.mp3Scripture References: Matthew 24

Inquiring minds want to know...How Close are We? When things get dicey - when the world starts looking even more wicked and scary than usual - people start asking about the return of Christ. That's probably good, if it drives us to our Bibles and prayer. In a recent series we looked at Daniel's view of the Last Days. Well, Jesus spoke about that prophecy, 500 years later. Let's find out what details He filled-in. Pastor Jim begins a new sermon today, taken from Matthew 24. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09092020_1.mp3Scripture References: Matthew 24

God's house, God's rules! On the past couple of broadcasts we've looked at 1 Timothy 3, and a trio of helpful metaphors for Christians as a group: a new tribe of people called out of the world to a holy assembly - the Church; a pedestal upholding and displaying the Truth; and the dwelling of God - a house. It's important for us to learn how to behave in God's house, because the expectations there may be different than those in your house. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09082020_1.mp3Scripture References: 1 Timothy 3

A lot of churches are too "nice" to tell the truth. We should always "speak the truth in love," of course, but as soon as we claim that truth exists, and we know what it is, and that other things are false - we meet with resistance in a world of lies. On Friday Jim started teaching from 1 Timothy, Chapter 3, where Paul uses three analogies to show us what the church is, and what it's supposed to do. It is God's "house," God's "assembly," and "the pillar and support of the truth." Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09072020_1.mp3Scripture References: 1 Timothy 3:14

What is the church? Why does it exist? What is its main mission? I'm not going to answer those questions; Jim is - or rather, the Apostle Paul is. We've closed the book of Daniel, and today and Monday we'll be reading from the New Testament letter of 1 Timothy. In our day when the Adversary has blown so much smoke around the core issues of Christianity, it's comforting to know that these are not new challenges, and they do have answers. Here's Jim with Part 1 his sermon, Billboard for Godliness. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09042020_1.mp3Scripture References: 1 Timothy 3:14

"All's well that ends well." Today we'll wrap up our Daniel series with Part 2 of The God Who Closes Well. We've seen that Daniel's prophecies are so exact, and so accurate, that scoffers say they were written after the fact. But some of the events haven't happened yet, and that's what we're looking at in Chapter 12. Our God will Rescue - not always from the trial, but through the trial; He will Resurrect everyone - but that's not good news for everyone; and He will Reward everyone. These words weren't written for readers in 500 BC; this part of the book was written to us. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09032020_1.mp3Scripture References: Daniel 12

The most soul-crushing defeats are those that look like certain victory until 2 seconds before the buzzer. God is going to serve the devil the most bitter loss of all eternity. As the clock ticks down on this human contest, it will seem like Satan is about to be crowned the world champion, and God's team is going down to humiliating defeat. It will look like that to everyone - except those looking through the eyes of faith. Jim calls the final sermon in our "Daniel" series, The God Who Closes Well. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09022020_1.mp3Scripture References: Daniel 12

If God were not patient, this would have all been over, long ago. We've been seeing that God knows the future because He has "determined" the future. But if God is in control at the level of the smallest details, doesn't that make Him responsible for sin? How do Christians who believe in a sovereign God answer that question? Jim will give us several possible answers in the second half of his sermon, The God Who is Patient. And he asks us to remember that "Help is coming." We're in Daniel, Chapter 11. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS09012020_1.mp3Scripture References: Daniel 11

Our present age is like a train: it may seem to go slower or faster, but it's always "on track." For the original readers of Daniel's book, 2500 years ago, everything predicted in what we call "chapter 11" was in the future. The train has moved past most of these events now, and we can see that it has stopped at every station. We learn from Daniel's heavenly Visitor that the future, like the past, is already written. This train will reach its destination. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am and WRZN 720AM (Gainesville & Ocala, FL) at 7:30am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for just $7 on a single CD or $2 as an MP3 download. RS08312020_1.mp3Scripture References: Daniel 11