Right Start Radio with Pastor Jim Custer
Right Start Radio is a ministry of the Grace Polaris Church of Columbus, Ohio, and was started over 40 years ago with Pastor Jim Custer producing and then delivering it to local radio stations. Today Right Start can be heard in Ohio, Northern Kentucky, Gainesville and New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Right Start is an outreach ministry with a three-fold aim:
1) Stimulate an interest in understanding the Word of God among believers (Colossians 1:28).
2) Strengthen local churches by providing a teaching ministry to local church leaders and teachers (2 Timothy 2:2).
3) Evangelize those who are seeking a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (John 20:31).
- Update frequency
- every day
- Episodes
- 138
- Years Active
- 2025
An Approved Agenda Adjusted - Part 1 of 2
Looking back, looking forward. While wrapping up his letter to the Christians in Rome, Paul introduces himself! Today his mini-résumé would be the "headline" of his "profile page." It looks to the pa…
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Living Full-filled Lives - Part 2 of 2
Who should be ministering what, to whom? Toward the end of his letter to the Romans Paul gives us some background on his assignment to the Gentiles. He wasn't sent out with rituals and sacraments, or…
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Living Full-filled Lives - Part 1 of 2
Got hope? Our world is in a freefall of despair. It would be depressing even to mention some of the tragedies we've seen recently - caused by empty philosophies and dark theologies. Where can hope be…
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Living For Whose Pleasure? - Part 2 of 2
"Whatever is not from faith is sin." As we continue our discussion about living with others in mind, we'll come back to the last two verses of Romans, chapter 14. We can certainly scandalize another …
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Living For Whose Pleasure? - Part 1 of 2
What if you had to put all your proposed actions up for a vote? Your choices will now be approved by the committee! Sitting on that board will be your conscience, your family (especially your childre…
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Both: Either's Not Enough - Part 2 of 2
The scoffer says, "There are too many hypocrites in the church!" His Christian friend answers, "No, there's room for one more." It may be true that the critic is looking for an excuse not to believe …
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Both: Either's Not Enough - Part 1 of 2
All God's children need principles! We've been studying Romans 14, and how we should handle legitimate differences of opinion on how we interface with the world. At this point we've left the land of …
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Conduct Beyond Convictions - Part 2 of 2
What if we're both right? Some people like things to be tidy. We like a neat workspace, an orderly flow of traffic, and a theology with no loose ends. We want right to be right and wrong to be wrong,…
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Conduct Beyond Convictions - Part 1 of 2
It's the carnivores vs. the vegetarians! The early Christians in Rome had a problem. Some wanted to honor God by abstaining from meat and enjoying holy days; others wanted to honor God by doing the r…
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Hope's Hardest Test - Part 2 of 2
Some practical tips for the Heaven-bound traveler. The fact that we don't know when we'll be leaving makes our preparation more challenging! The only rational course is to be ready to go at any momen…
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Hope's Hardest Test - Part 1 of 2
We have to get ready for our trip! When you're leaving on vacation or some other journey, you have some things to do: Pack some clothes and other items you'll need, contact someone to care for the pe…
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Love's Truest Test - Part 2 of 2
You can pay your taxes, you can pay off your mortgage, but there's one debt that can never be settled. Fortunately, the inexhaustible debt to love others is a happy burden. Yes, it's very difficult s…
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Love's Truest Test - Part 1 of 2
As Christians we are free! - but we have obligations. At some point in our journey toward adulthood we figure out that grownups have to pay bills. And those who don't pay what they owe will have a di…
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Faith's Toughest Test - Part 2 of 2
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." That simple scripture, Romans 12:21, is sparking some thought in us. How do we respond when someone injures our reputation, or our career - …
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Faith's Toughest Test - Part 1 of 2
If we could distill the entire Bible into one verse, which verse would you choose? Most people would say that John 3:16 is the message of God's Word in miniature: "For God so loved the world that He …
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Stretch Your Credibility - Part 2 of 2
"Comeuppance" is a word we need to bring back! "Punishment" and "retribution" are good words. But there's just something satisfying about the villain finally getting his comeuppance! In Romans 12, Pa…
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Stretch Your Credibility - Part 1 of 2
When someone gives you hate, can you give them love... and say, "Keep the change?" It's unnatural to bless those who curse you. Or maybe "supernatural" is a better word. In those seemingly rare insta…
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Using Stress To Build Your Faith - Part 1 of 1
Trouble? We eat trouble for breakfast! In Romans 12:12 we see three atmospheres, requiring three different attitudes from us. Trouble, or affliction, is just one of those atmospheres. No one likes di…
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Too Hot To Handle - Part 2 of 2
The thing about serving the Lord is, there are no days off! The difference between the sacred and the secular in the Christian's life is exactly zero. "Do all to the glory of God," Paul would write t…
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Too Hot To Handle - Part 1 of 2
Don't be a sloth! Romans 12, verse 11 gives us three directives (one "don't" and two "do's"). They have to do with our outer work ethic, our inner state of excitement in the Spirit, and the purpose o…
Tue 15 Jul 2025
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