Grace Preacher Podcast

There are many wrong approaches to reading the Bible.  Some approach it as a book of rules.  Others use it for inspiration.  Several just try to gain more knowledge.  However, the reason we read Scri…

What is prayer?  Can we talk to God like a friend?  Yes!  Learning to talk to Jesus through short, simple, and honest comments and statements will allow you to experience the intimacy you have throug…

When it comes to spiritual disciplines, developing a rhythm of awareness is foundational to experiencing intimacy with Christ.  Being aware of Jesus' presence and personality, helps us to look for an…

Spiritual discipline checklists can turn into religious duties we feel like we ought to do.  We have to muster up discipline to do something we don't really want to do.  But when we look to Jesus, He…

What is the meaning of 1 Corinthians 6:9-11?  Do people who commit certain sins not go to heaven?  What about those who live in persistent sin; are they not true Christians?  No, that's not what that…

More of God and less of me?  Die to self?  Deny self?  Must I decrease and God increase?  No!  The New Testament writers tell us that you have already died to your old self.  You are no longer in Ada…

Does Malachi 3:10 teach us that tithing is required for all people?  Are we blessed if we do tithe and cursed if we don't?  What is the real meaning of Malachi 3:10?

Malachi 3:8-10 was written to the …

What did Jesus mean when He said, "Depart from me for I never knew you?"  Should you be nervous that Jesus will say these words to you?  How can we know if we have eternal security?  In this sermon, …

Does God have plans to prosper you in all areas of life?  Many will try to use Jeremiah 29:11 to tell you just that.  But that is not the meaning of Jeremiah 29:11!

This is a popular verse that is use…

Many people today will say that salvation is a 2-step process of repenting from your sins (grieve, turn, commit to stop sinning) and believe.  But the Greek word metanoia which is translated repent s…

What is the real meaning of Matthew 5:17?  Jesus said that He didn't come to abolish the law, so does that mean that we still live by the law today?  No!  Jesus fulfilled the righteous demands of the…

Many people today try to use 2 Chronicles 7:14 to say that if we as a country humble ourselves, pray, seek God, and turn from our wicked ways that our country will turn around.   Maybe we'll have les…

1 John 1:9 is often taught to be a verse about believers and their need for ongoing confession of sin to be forgiven or to regain fellowship with Jesus. But that is not what that verse means.  John i…

What is the real meaning of Philippians 4:13, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me?  Many have taken this verse out of context and used it as an inspirational slogan for motivation t…

Team ministry is the theme for Colossians 4:7-18.  As Paul makes his final greetings to the church at Colossae, we see how many ordinary people were a part of God's Kingdom work in the early church. …

How do we react to the secularization of our society?  Christians are becoming the minority within our culture, but the early church was the minority in their culture as well.  In this section of Col…

What is the meaning of Colossians 3:18?  Why did Paul tell wives to submit to their husbands and husbands to love their wives?  In Colossians 3:18-4:1, Paul shows how being a new creation in Christ a…

In this section, Paul describes the clothes (virtues/actions) of someone who is a new creation in Christ.  These clothes are the outworking of an inward transformation and reality that Jesus works th…

Paul begins the practical section of this letter by giving a list of things to get rid of as a new creation in Christ.  The image is that of taking off dirty clothes that don't fit with who you are a…