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Grace SermonsDorcas (Acts 9:32-43)Luke gives a one-sentence description of Dorcas who is also known as Tabitha in Acts 9. He says that her life was characterized by being full of good works and acts of charity. If someone had to give a one-sentence description of your life, what would they say? Would it be characterized by the Spirit's work in you and through you or by your own fleshly works to build your own kingdom up? As new creations in Christ, when we submit ourselves as receivers of the Vine, He will produce good works through us. THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https...
2026-02-0927 minGrace SermonsSaul Road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-31)On the road to Damascus to persecute Christians, Saul encounters Jesus and begins to preach the good news! Saul's conversion on the road to Damascus is one of the most unexpected events we see in the Bible, but God's ways are not our ways. He had a plan to use Paul as His chosen instrument to reach the Gentiles with the gospel. Saul's conversion shows us that you are never too far from the grace and forgiveness of our Lord and Savior.#acts9 #acts #saultopaul #damascusroad #lifeinthespirit #sermon THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blog...
2026-02-0244 minGrace SermonsThe Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26-40)In Acts 8, Philip encounters an Ethiopian eunuch and shares the life-changing good news of Jesus Christ with him. The Ethiopian eunuch puts his faith in Christ and is baptized immediately. The most unbelievable part of this story is that God called Philip away from what was basically a revival and sent him on a 3-day journey just to share the gospel with one man. He truly is the God who will leave the 99 in search of the one.THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzG...
2026-01-1931 minGrace SermonsPhilip in Samaria (Acts 8:5-25)When the Spirit sent Philip to Samaria, this was during a time that the Jewish people despised the people living there. But He used Philip to share the good news of Jesus with them, and after Peter and John arrived to witness them receive the Holy Spirit, things were never the same after that.As we live Life in the Spirit today, He will work through us to share the gospel in difficult situations and with people who may be very different than we are, but He will always provide.THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://t...
2026-01-1239 minGrace SermonsTelling People About Jesus (Acts 8:4)There are 8 billion people in the world and statistics tell us that about 5 billion of them do not know Jesus. How will they be reached? In Acts 8, God scatters the church and worked in them and through them to share the gospel with others wherever they went. He does the same thing today. As we live Life in the Spirit, we will He will disrupt our comfortability to move us into His higher purposes for our lives. As we trust the Spirit and allow Him to work through us, more and more people will come to know Jesus just as th...
2026-01-0535 minGrace SermonsGalatians 4:4-7 (The Christmas Story)In Galatians 4:4-7, we see what the Christmas story is all about. In the greatest love story of all, God sent Jesus to be born of a woman in order to redeem us and adopt us into His family.Jesus became what we are so that we can become what He is.But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. (Galatians 4:4-5)THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.co...
2025-12-2127 minGrace SermonsFor To Us a Child is BornFor to us a child is born, a son is given! Jesus was born into this world as the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace. He still carries those titles today, and if you've put your faith in Him for salvation, you are in union with Him today. Draw upon Him as your Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace today!THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzTHE GRACE PREACHER PODCAST: https://thegraceblog.com/podcast
2025-12-1526 minGrace SermonsStephen Stoned to Death (Acts 7)In Acts 7, Stephen is stoned death after sharing and defending his faith before the religious leaders of his day. As Stephen died, the Spirit led and empowered him to forgive those who were stoning him to death. As we life by the Spirit today, He will lead us to share the gospel in the face of opposition and to forgive those who persecute us as well.#acts7 #martyr #acts #lifeinthespirit THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzTHE GRACE PREACHER PODCAST: https://th...
2025-12-0739 minGrace SermonsStephen Full of Faith and Power (Acts 6:1-15)In Acts 6, we are told about Stephen being full of the Spirit, full of grace, full of faith, full of wisdom, and full of power. God was at work through Him to accomplish His Kingdom work in the church and in the world. As believers today, we are indwelt with the Spirit and as we walk by faith and dependence on Him, He will accomplish His Kingdom work through us today as well.#acts #holyspirit #faith #power #lifeinthespirit THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jas...
2025-12-0136 minGrace SermonsRejoicing in Suffering (Acts 5:17-42)In Acts 5:17-42, the apostles are flogged after being arrested for telling people about the new life they can receive in Christ. As they are released, they rejoice and count themselves worthy of suffering the same way Jesus suffered for us. Life in the Spirit for us means that He will lead and empower us to rejoice in our sufferings as He uses them for a greater good.#acts5 #acts #lifeinthespirit #suffering #sufferingandfaith #sermon THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzYOUTUBE CHA...
2025-11-2433 minGrace SermonsAnanias and Sapphira Meaning (Acts 4:32-5:16)Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 is an uncomfortable story for many believers. What is the meaning of what happened to Ananias and Sapphira? Were Ananias and Sapphira believers or unbelievers? When you look at the context and in conjunction with the rest of Scripture, we can begin to get a better understanding.#acts5 #acts #lifeinthespirit #acts4 THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjz
2025-11-1735 minGrace SermonsA Prayer for BoldnessAfter being suffering persecution and being threatened for sharing the gospel, Peter, John, and the early church pray for boldness to continue proclaiming the good news of Jesus in spite of the consequences that may come. Life in the Spirit is the same for us today. As we depend on the Spirit, He will lead us to pray for boldness and to be used in God's Kingdom work through us no matter what situations and circumstances we find ourselves in.THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/ja...
2025-11-1039 minGrace SermonsNo Other Name Under Heaven (Acts 4:1-22)In Acts 4, Peter declares that there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. He and John are unschooled, ordinary men who had been filled with the Holy Spirit and given courage to speak truth in love to the powerful religious elite of their day who were out to punish them. Life in the Spirit means that God can take ordinary people and do extraordinary things in them and through them!THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjz...
2025-11-0335 minGrace SermonsTimes of Refreshing (Acts 3:11-4:4)In Acts 3, Peter declares that if the people will repent and turn to God that their sins will be wiped out, they'll experience times of refreshing, and that they will share in the restoration of all things when Jesus returns. The same is true of us today!THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzTHE GRACE PREACHER PODCAST: https://thegraceblog.com/podcast#lifeinthespirit #acts3 #acts
2025-10-2734 minGrace SermonsPeter Heals a Lame Beggar (Acts 3:1-10)In Acts 3:1-10, Peter heals a lame beggar in the name and authority of Jesus Christ. He provides practical help and eternal hope to someone who probably felt invisible to most of the world. Life in the Spirit will look the same for us today. The Spirit will lead us to notice the invisibles in our world and to provide practical help and eternal hope.THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzTHE GRACE PREACHER PODCAST: https://thegraceblog.com/podcast#lifeinthespirit #acts3 #ac...
2025-10-2033 minGrace SermonsKoinonia (Acts 2:42-47)Koinonia is the Greek term used to describe the unique relationship that gets experienced together through a common faith in Jesus. It's what we see in the early church in Acts 2:42-47, and it's what we will experience as believers today through Life in the Spirit.THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzTHE GRACE PREACHER PODCAST: https://thegraceblog.com/podcast#koinonia #acts2 #acts #lifeinthespirit
2025-10-1335 minGrace SermonsI Will Pour Out My Spirit (Acts 2:14-41)What does it mean when God says, "I will pour out my Spirit on all people?" In Acts 2, Peter quotes Joel 28 to show the fulfillment of that promise coming true at Pentecost. As a result, anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved... their sins will be forgiven, and they will receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:17... In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my ser...
2025-10-0638 minGrace SermonsPentecost (Acts 2:1-13)Pentecost in Acts 2 and the sending of the Holy Spirit breathed new life into the disciples and filled them with God's presence, power, and purpose. It was the birth of the church and things have never been the same since! God's new life, presence, power, and purpose are part of every believer's life even today!THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzTHE GRACE PREACHER PODCAST: https://thegraceblog.com/podcast
2025-09-2934 minGrace SermonsWaiting on the Lord (Acts 1:12-26)Waiting on the Lord can be one of the most difficult things at certain times in our lives, but the Lord is in the waiting. Don't miss what He is doing in times of waiting. As you wait, pray, renew your mind to His truths, and stay involved in community with others. #acts #acts1 #lifeinthespirit #waitonthelord THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjzTHE GRACE PREACHER PODCAST: https://thegraceblog.com/podcast
2025-09-2234 minGrace SermonsBaptism of the Holy Spirit Meaning (Acts 1:1-11 Sermon)What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Why did Jesus tell the disciples to wait for the baptism of the Holy Spirit? What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit for believers in Christ today? What difference does the baptism of the Holy Spirit make in our lives? In this opening message of the sermon series, "Life in the Spirit, we look at Acts 1:1-11 and the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:5) and His empowering for mission (Acts 1:8).#acts #acts1 #lifeinthespirit #baptismoftheholyspirit THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY...
2025-09-0836 minGrace SermonsThe Good LifeThe Good Life for a lot of us is The American Dream and the pursuit of our goals and dreams, leading to a life of comfort, success, and fulfillment. However, the good life according to Scripture is Jesus Christ Himself! He is our Life! As we learn to rest in Him and experience His indwelling Life, He'll lead us into life with others and will express His life through us to a lost and dying world around us.#thegoodlife #lifeinchrist #jesusislife #thewaythetruththelife THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFF...
2025-09-0236 minGrace SermonsSabbath RestWhat is sabbath rest? Is Jesus our sabbath rest? What is the sabbath rest in Hebrews 4? If you want to find and experience true rest in your life, you must know what it means to have sabbath rest in Jesus. He is our Rest.#sabbath #sabbathrest #jesus #hebrews #hebrews4 THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjz
2025-08-3028 minGrace SermonsThe Faithfulness of God (Attributes of God Series)The faithfulness of God is one of His many attributes. Faithfulness is part of His nature. God is faithful. He is faithful to Himself, to His other attributes, and to us. "God's faithfulness means that because he is the truth, everything he says and does is certain. That means he is 100% reliable 100% of the time. He does not fail, forget, falter, change or disappoint. He says what he means and means what he says and therefore does everything he says he will do." (Ray Pritchard)THE GRACE BLOG WEBSITE: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY...
2025-08-2531 minGrace SermonsGod's Love (Attributes of God Series)1 John 4:8 tells us that God is love. God's love is a holy love, a sacrificial love, a gracious love, an eternal love, an unconditional love, and an unlimited love. Paul says that for the believer, God's love has been poured into our hearts. You have all of God's love, all of the time.#attributesofgod #godslove #love #godsloveforus THE GRACE BLOG: https://thegraceblog.com/blogBUY ME A COFFEE: https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonjz
2025-08-1832 minGrace SermonsGod's Justice (Attributes of God Series)God is just. His justice is His attribute by which He acts in accordance with His perfect nature, upholding what is right and addressing what is wrong. God is always fair, righteous, and impartial. His actions and decisions are perfectly aligned with His moral law and holy character.As a just God, He cannot simply overlook sin. He must judge evil. God sent Jesus as a propitiation of our sins and is just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. As those who are justified in Christ, believers are declared righteous, not guilty, and in...
2025-07-2833 minGrace SermonsGod's Holiness (Attributes of God Series)God's attribute of holiness means that He is high and exalted, transcendent in majesty, and has infinite moral purity. He is distinct and like no other. As sinful human beings, we cannot be in the presence of a holy God, but through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are made holy when we put our faith in Him for salvation and can enjoy the relationship we were designed to have with Him.Exodus 15:11... Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?Co...
2025-07-2130 minGrace SermonsThe Sovereignty of God (Attributes of God Series)The sovereignty of God means that He is the chief ruler of all things. He is the authority. God is omniscient, omnisapient, and omnipotent. God is the supreme ruler and authority. He ordains whatever comes to pass, and His divine purpose is always accomplished. (Paul Enns, Moody Handbook of Theology)God's sovereignty is the attribute by which he rules his entire creation, and to be sovereign God must be all knowing, all powerful, and absolutely free. (A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of The Holy)Sovereignty means principal, chief, supreme. It speaks first of posit...
2025-07-1432 minGrace SermonsGod's Omnipotence (Attributes of God Series)The omnipotence of God means He is all-powerful. His omnipotence is a communicable or shared attribute. For those who are in Christ, we share in His power, and He expresses His power through us to make Kingdom impact in this world.Ephesians 3:20…(God) is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.#omnipotence #attributesofgod #allpowerful https://thegraceblog.com/blog/mighty-godhttps://thegraceblog.com/blog/gods-omnipresence-omniscience-and-omnipotencehttps://thegraceblog.com/blogBuy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/jason...
2025-07-0731 minGrace SermonsOmniscience of God (Attributes of God Series)The omniscience of God means that God knows all things actual and possible, past, present, and future, in one eternal act (Paul Enns). But God is not only all-knowing, but all-wise. God can take all of His knowledge and use it in the best possible way to bring about the best possible results, by the best possible means, for the most possible people for the longest possible time (Charles Ryrie).In this video, we dive into the omniscience of God and the wisdom of God and how God shares these attributes with the believer in Christ for gu...
2025-06-3028 minGrace SermonsGod's Omnipresence (Attributes of God Series)God is omnipresent. As A.H. Strong says, “God in the totality of His essence, without diffusion or expansion, multiplication or division, penetrates and fills the universe in all its parts.” You are never alone. God is always present. As a believer, all of God dwells inside of you at the core of your being through your spiritual union with Jesus Christ. The more you turn inwards towards Him, the more you experience His presence.https://thegraceblog.com/blog/gods-omnipresence-omniscience-and-omnipotence?rq=omnipresence#omnipresence #attributesofgod “The knowledge that we are never alone calms the troubled sea...
2025-06-2335 minGrace SermonsGod's Goodness (Attributes of God Series)God is good. Goodness is part of His nature. God can't be anything but good. But not only is God good, He shares His goodness with those who receive His gift of salvation by faith. Through your union in Christ, you are made good. He crucified your old self and has given you a new nature (a good nature). You are a recipient of and expresser of God's goodness.#godsgoodness #attributesofgod https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-06-1631 minGrace SermonsThe Aseity, Eternality, and Immutability of God (Attributes of God Series)The aseity of God means He is self-existent. The eternality of God means He exists outside of time. The Immutability of God means He does not change. The self-existent and eternal God of the universe created you and even pursues you as He desires to be in and experience a relationship with you and that will not change.The Aseity of GodThe Eternality of GodThe Immutability of Godhttps://thegraceblog.com/blog#eternity #immutability #attributesofgod
2025-06-0930 min
Grace SermonsFear Worry Anxiety (Week 5 - Roadblocks Series)We all deal with fear, worry, and anxiety on some level, and it can keep us from experiencing the abundant life we have in Christ. But God gives us the answer to how to overcome fear, worry, and anxiety in our lives. In Philippians 4:6-7, we are told to present our anxieties to God. We name them and release them to the Lord. In Philippians 4:8, we are told to replace those anxious thoughts with thoughts about God and His truths! If we follow this two-step process, we are told that we will experience the peace of God that transcends all u...
2025-05-2633 min
Grace SermonsSocial Media and Christianity (Roadblocks Series - Week 4)Social media can be used by God for good, but it can easily become our chief discipler as Christians. Satan can use it as a tool to distract, divide, and devour. He can use it to conform us to the image of this world. But Christianity is about fixing our eyes on Jesus and allowing Him to throw off everything that hinders us from experiencing the abundant life we have in Him. Are you using social media or is it using you?https://thegraceblog.com/blog#socialmedia #hebrews12
2025-05-1941 min
Grace SermonsComparison - The Thief of Joy (Week 3 - Roadblocks Series)It's been said that comparison is the thief of joy. Satan uses comparison to deceive us into finding our worth and value from how we measure up to other people. The Bible tells us that Satan is out to steal, kill, and destroy. Comparison is one of the ways he robs us of our joy in Christ.https://thegraceblog.com/blog#comparison #sermon
2025-05-1232 min
Grace SermonsSexual Sin (Roadblocks Series - Week 2)Sexual sin in the Bible shows us that Satan has taken God's good gift of sex and twisted it into something that steals, kills, and destroys our lives. But in Christ, we experience complete forgiveness, a new nature, and resurrection power to move beyond this roadblock in our lives.https://thegraceblog.com/blog#lust #immorality #sermon
2025-05-0531 min
Grace SermonsThe Roadblock of Past Mistakes (Week 1 - Roadblocks Message Series)Past mistakes can leave us feeling guilt and shame for a long time. They can leave us stuck on the journey of life. We all have a past and it can be a major roadblock that keeps us from experiencing the abundant life Jesus said He came to give. Peter made past mistakes, but in John 21, Jesus leads him beyond the roadblock of his past, and this passage shows us how to move beyond the roadblock of our past as well.#john21 #forgiveness #pastmistakes https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-04-2836 min
Grace SermonsLiving the Resurrected Life (Easter)Because of Jesus' resurrection, believers in Christ experience a resurrection in their own lives the moment they put their faith and trust in Him for salvation. Are you living the resurrected life? It's time to start living from Jesus instead of for Jesus.#easter #resurrectionsunday #resurrection #resurrectionlife #raisedwithjesus #bornagain https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-04-2132 min
Grace SermonsJesus Enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday (John 12:12-19)Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday is a pivotal point on His road to the cross and His resurrection. The people wanted Him to make their situation with Rome better, but He was up to something so much bigger than changing temporary circumstances. Jesus was entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to bring peace between man and God through His substitutionary atonement on the cross.#palmsunday #john12 https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-04-1429 min
Grace SermonsThe Plot to Kill Jesus (John 11:45-54)After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, the religious leaders of plot to kill Jesus. However, God was at work to bring about His plan to rescue humanity from their sin through the substitutionary atonement of Jesus. What Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin meant for evil, God meant for good.https://thegraceblog.com/blog#john11 #resurrection
2025-03-3128 min
Grace SermonsLuke 6:27-36 (Love Your Enemies)How are we supposed to love our enemies? That seems impossible! And in your flesh, it is impossible. But Jesus loved His enemies, and if you are in Christ, He will love your enemies as He expresses His life through you.Luke 6:27-28... “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.#luke6 #loveyourenemy #loveyourenemies https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-03-1729 min
Grace SermonsLuke 6:1-11 (Jesus and the Rule Police)In Luke 6, Jesus encounters the rule-police (Pharisees) who call Him out for breaking the rules on the Sabbath. He declares in Luke 6:5, I am the Lord of the Sabbath! What is the meaning of Luke 6:5? If Jesus was willing to break the rules of tradition in His day to love people and show them compassion, then shouldn't we expect Him to do the same in and through us today?5 Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” (Luke 6:5)#luke6 #luke65 #pharisees https://thegraceblog.com/blogOne Sabb...
2025-03-1026 min
Grace SermonsLuke 5:33-39 (Wineskin Parable)In Luke 5, Jesus tells a parable about wineskins and also about a new patch on an old cloth. What is the meaning of these parables? Basically, Jesus is saying that He didn't come to mix the old covenant and the new covenant. He did not come to mix grace with law. He came to fulfill the law and offer us a whole new life as we receive His grace by faith.#luke5 #parable #parableofjesus #parablesofjesus Luke 5:36 Meaning: He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one...
2025-03-0329 min
Grace SermonsLuke 5:27-32 - Jesus Eating with Tax Collectors and SinnersJesus eating with tax collectors and sinners tells us that we should expect Him to express His life through us today in ways that lead us to do the same thing. Who are the tax collectors and sinners of our day that Jesus wants to use you to invest in and be in relationship with?Luke 5:32 - I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.#luke5 #sinner #taxcollector #repentance Luke 5:27-32 sermonhttps://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-02-2430 min
Grace SermonsFriend Your Sins Are Forgiven (Luke 5:17-26)In Luke 5:20, before healing a paralytic, Jesus said to him, "Friend your sins are forgiven." Jesus has the authority to forgive sins. If you've received Jesus for salvation, you have complete forgiveness in Him. As you rest in your forgiveness and allow Him to express His life through you, He'll use you to share the gospel with others so that He can declare to them, "friend, your sins are forgiven as well!"#luke5 #forgiveness #jesusforgives https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-02-1732 min
Grace SermonsLuke 5:12-16 (If You Are Willing)Jesus reaches toward people who are untouchable, invisible, or on the outside looking in. As He expresses His life through us, He will do the same thing through us today.In Luke 5:12, a man with leprosy asks Jesus, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." He has faith in Jesus' ability to heal, but he is not sure if He is willing (probably because he doesn't feel worthy). In Luke 5:13, Jesus says, "I am willing!" Luke 5:12 - While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with lepr...
2025-02-1025 min
Grace SermonsLuke 5:1-11 (Calling On Your Life)What is your calling in life? Do you have a calling on your life? In Luke 5, we see Simon Peter receive his calling from Jesus to fish for people. You have a unique calling on your life as well which reflects how Jesus will express His life through you as you!#lifecalling #luke5 https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-02-0329 min
Grace SermonsLuke 4:38-44 (Meet Needs or Share the Gospel?)Should we meet people's needs or share the gospel with them? Sometimes people will say things like, "Preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words," but what we see from Jesus is that words are necessary! In Luke 4:43, we see Jesus say that He must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God. But we also see that Jesus took time to serve people and meet their needs. Jesus provided tangible help and eternal hope, and as Jesus expresses His life through us, we can expect Him to use us to both meet people's needs and to share the...
2025-01-2729 min
Grace SermonsLuke 4:31-37 (Jesus, Demons, and Authority)In Luke 4, Jesus is teaching in the synagogue with authority, but He encounters a demon who is exercising his authority over another man. It's good vs. evil. One authority vs. another authority. Who will win and what does it mean for us today?https://thegraceblog.com/blog#luke4 #demons #authorityinchrist
2025-01-2026 min
Grace SermonsLuke 4:14-30 (Jesus' Purpose & Your Purpose)What is your purpose? Your purpose is related to Jesus' purpose. Jesus expresses His life through you, so the more you know about Jesus' purpose, the more you'll know what your purpose is and what He will do through you. In Luke 4:18-19, we see what Jesus' purpose is, and that summarized is to selflessly serve needy people. Jesus continues that mission today. He selflessly serves needy people through you and those in His Church. We are instruments in the Master's hands.https://thegraceblog.com/blog#luke4 #jesus #purpose #mission
2025-01-1335 min
Grace SermonsLuke 1:1-4The Christian life is all about new life in Christ, life with others, and life expressed. Jesus puts His life in us and then begins to express His life through us. As we begin to study the gospel of Luke to discover more about this "expressed life," we look at the introduction (Luke 1:1-4) and see how and why Luke wrote this gospel.#luke1 https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2025-01-0629 min
Grace SermonsBorn of God Meaning (John 1:12-13)What does John mean when he says that those who become children of God are born of God? John tells us that those who receive Jesus by believing in His name, are given the authority to become children of God. He doesn't say they get some stamp of approval. They receive a new nature that gives them the spiritual DNA of God and makes them part of His family.#john1 #bornofgod #childrenofgod https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-12-2329 min
Grace SermonsJohn 1:6-8 MeaningIn John 1:6-8, the apostle John makes a dramatic shift from Jesus, the eternal Logos, to John the Baptist. What is the meaning of John 1:6-8? What did John the Baptist come to do and why did he come to do it? What meaning or purpose does it have for our lives today?#john1 #johnthebaptist https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-12-1621 min
Grace SermonsThe Word Was God Meaning (John 1:1-3)In the gospel of John, Jesus is described as the Word (Logos). What is the meaning of the Word was God? John declares that in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Jesus may have been born in a manger, but He did not come into being in that moment. John makes a clear statement of Jesus' deity. He is the eternal Son of God who was born into this world to redeem humanity.John 1:1-3... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and t...
2024-12-0232 min
Grace SermonsGod Has Not Given You a Spirit of Fear (2 Timothy 1:7 Sermon)Fear, worry, and anxiety do not come from God but from the enemy. In Christ, you have a spirit of power, love, and sound judgment. In Christ, you can walk in faith over fear!2 Timothy 1:7... for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.https://thegraceblog.com/blog#faithoverfear #2timothy #election #fear #worry #anxiety
2024-11-0433 min
Grace SermonsThe Rhythm of Walking in Good Works (Week 7 - The Rhythms of Grace Series)As Christians, we don’t discipline ourselves to serve out of obligation or duty. We allow Jesus to lead us into a rhythm of walking in the good works that He will do in us and through us, and we get to experience our intimate relationship with Him as He expresses His Life through us. Ephesians 2:10... For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.Richard Foster says “True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside. We serve out of...
2024-10-2835 min
Grace SermonsThe Rhythm of Community (Week 6 - Rhythms of Grace Series)You were created to be in relationship with other people. Even though God created Adam perfectly and was in relationship with him, God described Him as "alone" and said it was "not good." God is a relational Being and you are made in His image. As you journey with Jesus, He will lead you into a rhythm of being involved in authentic community with other believers in Christ.https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-10-2132 min
Grace SermonsThe Rhythm of Silence and Solitude (Week 5 - Rhythms of Grace Series)Jesus spent time in silence and solitude. God spoke to Elijah through a gentle whisper (1 Kings 19:12). The Lord said, "Be still and know that I am God." (Psalm 46:10) Jesus will pull us away from the distractions and busyness in this world so that we can clearly hear His voice. Then He will send us back into the world more aware of His presence in our lives at all times and in all places.https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-10-1430 min
Grace SermonsThe Rhythm of Meditating on Scripture (Week 4 - Rhythms of Grace Series)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 Scripture is to know Jesus and experience an intimate relationship with Him. To do that, it requires reading it with unhurried delight and meditating on it throughout your day.https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-10-0731 min
Grace SermonsThe Rhythm of Relational Prayer (Week 3 - Rhythms of Grace)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 through your spiritual union with Him.https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-09-3027 min
Grace SermonsThe Rhythm of Awareness (Week 2 - Rhythms of Grace Series)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 and recognize the ways He is speaking to us. https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-09-2329 min
Grace SermonsRhythms of Grace IntroductionSpiritual 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 will lead us into unforced rhythms of grace and into a deeper intimacy with Him.https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-09-1633 min
Grace Sermons1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Real MeaningWhat 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 verse means. Let's dive into the context and see what this passage really means and how it applies to us today.1 Corinthians 6:9-11... 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor...
2024-09-0226 min
Grace SermonsMore of God, Less of Me? (John 3:30 & Matthew 16:24)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 Adam. You are a new creation in Christ. Jesus killed off the old self (sin nature) and made you into a new self. That's why the apostle Paul says to count yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus!John 3:30... He must increase, but I must decrease.Matthew 16:24... Then Jesus said to his disciples...
2024-08-1230 min
Grace SermonsTithes and Offering Verse and Explanation (Malachi 3:10)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 nation of Israel under the Old Covenant. New Covenant believers are not required to tithe but rather give from the heart as a work of God's grace in our lives.Malachi 3:10... 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not thr...
2024-08-0431 min
Grace SermonsDepart From Me I Never Knew You Meaning (Matthew 7:21-23)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, we dive into the real context and meaning of this verse that some people unfortunately find absolutely terrifying.https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-07-2928 min
Grace SermonsThe Real Meaning of Jeremiah 29:11Does 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 used at graduation times and one we cling to in hopes that in the future, God has plans to prosper us. Many will say that our job is to have faith that God will make these plans happen, and if they don't then that is because we don't have enough faith.Don't be deceived. God does have good...
2024-07-2224 min
Grace SermonsRepent and Believe - The Real Meaning (Mark 1:15)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 simply means to think differently or change your mind (Strongs 3340).Repentance and belief should not be seen as separate items in response to the gospel, but together they signify belief in Christ. To believe in Christ is to change one’s mind about Christ and trust Him alone for salvation. Mark 1:14-15,,, 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, procl...
2024-07-1527 min
Grace SermonsThe Real Meaning of Matthew 5:17What 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 law, and now under the New Covenant, we are dead to the law and no longer live by the written code but by the Spirit.Matthew 5:17-20 explained... “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and ea...
2024-07-0827 min
Grace SermonsThe Real Meaning of 2 Chronicles 7:14Many 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 less natural disasters, less violence, and less immorality. The political landscape will get better, our economy will get better, and we will begin to prosper again.It’s become a verse that we use as our strategy to get moral, political, and economic healing for our country.But is this really what this verse means? No, that's not what this verse...
2024-07-0231 min
Grace SermonsThe Real Meaning of 1 John 1:91 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 is writing to confront Gnostic unbelievers and is saying that if they confess that they are sinners then they will be forgiven have fellowship with God and other believers.https://thegraceblog.com/blog
2024-06-2430 min
Grace SermonsThe Real Meaning of Philippians 4:13What 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 to accomplish all of their hopes and dreams. In it's proper context, Philippians 4:13 is about contentment. Paul is saying that Jesus gives him strength to be content in whatever situation or circumstance he faces.Philippians 4:10-13... 10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I a...
2024-06-1728 min
Grace SermonsColossians 4:7-18 (Team Ministry)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. As we make ourselves available to Jesus, He leads us into various roles we will play in the church as He accomplishes His Kingdom work today!Colossians 4:7-18... 7 Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant a in the Lord. 8 I am sending him to you for the express pu...
2024-05-2033 min
Grace SermonsColossians 4:2-6 (Be Wise In The Way You Act Towards Outsiders)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 Colossians, Paul shares teaches us to be wise in the way we act towards outsiders, and to let our conversations always be full of grace and seasoned with salt.Colossians 4:2-6... 2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for wh...
2024-05-1429 min
The Ethical Frontier#27 - Being Transgender in a Cisgender World | Sophie Grace-ChappellSophie Grace Chappell has been Professor of Philosophy at The Open University since 2006. Her main interests in philosophy are ethics, the philosophy of literature, the philosophy of sex and gender, ancient and mediaeval philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of religion.
Website: https://www.open.ac.uk/people/tc2973
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Trans-Figured-Transgender-Person-Cisgender/dp/1509561501
Professor Chappell wrote an interesting article comparing trans people to adoptive parents. https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/07/20/trans-women-men-and-adoptive-parents-an-analogy/
Summary:
In this interview, professor Chappell discusses her upcoming book "Transfigured," which explores her experiences as a transgender woman and aims to humanize trans people and show they...
2024-04-2856 min
Grace SermonsColossians 1:1-8 (Identity in Christ Meaning)What is your true identity? What is the meaning of identity in Christ? In the opening verses of Colossians, Paul shows us how God defines those who are believers... as saints. We are not sinners saved by grace but rather saints who sometimes sin. There is a big difference! We act out of what we believe about ourselves. If you believe you are a sinner, the most natural thing for a sinner to do is sin. If you believe that you are a saint (which you are in Christ), then you can begin to live out of the new creatio...
2024-01-1531 min
Still Growing In GraceSGIG E194 ‘Rethinking God With Tacos’ with Jason Clark & Derek TurnerWhat is with the title ‘Rethinking God With Tacos?’ Enjoy this great conversation as we will get to know the two hosts of this amazing podcast just a bit better. I love them both already and I’m sure you will come to love and appreciate them both as well. Enjoy!!
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2023-11-2946 minStill Growing In GraceSGIG E185 Rethinking God With Tacos – Derek Turner & Jason ClarkIt is a rare thing to meet someone and find an ‘instant kinship’ with them. Something inside tells you ‘these guys are folks I REALLY want to get to know better’. Derek Turner and Jason Clark are like that, really really amazing guys I am looking forward to get to know better. Today’s program is actually THEIR program that they aired recently. I had the honour of being a guest on their podcast and just had to share the conversation with you all because I think you will simply ‘be encouraged’. Enjoy
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2023-08-301h 19
Grace SermonsFaith Without Works is Dead Real Meaning (James 2:14-26)In this episode, James discusses faith and works. What does he mean by "faith without works is dead?" Well, he doesn't mean that a person doesn't have any faith but that their faith is unprofitable. James also says that we are justified by our works. How does that reconcile with what Paul says about being justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone?
2023-07-1728 min
Grace SermonsGrace Beyond Law (Romans 7:1-6)You are dead to the law so that you can serve by the Spirit and have His fruit produced through you. We do not live as new covenant Christians by Old Testament law.
2023-06-1632 min
Grace SermonsRomans 5:1-11Week 2 of the No Longer Slaves sermon series takes a deep dive into Romans 5:1-11. You are justified by faith and you stand in grace.
2023-05-2730 minGrace SermonsIdentity - You Belong to God's FamilyIn this episode of the Identity Series, we focus on your identity as a part of the Family of God. Your identity is not just a personal identity, it is a corporate identity.
2023-05-2033 minGrace SermonsIdentity - You are a MasterpieceIn this episode of the Identity Series, we focus on your identity being that of a masterpiece. You are God's masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that He planned long ago, that you would walk in them.
2023-05-1933 minGrace SermonsIdentity - You are a TempleIn this next episode of the Identity Series, we focus on how our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
2023-05-1832 minGrace SermonsIdentity - You are a Citizen of HeavenIn this episode of the Identity Series, we focus on your identity as a citizen of heaven. You are no longer of this world. You have a new home. You may live in this world as a citizen of a certain country but that is secondary to your citizenship in heaven.
2023-05-1734 min
Grace SermonsIdentity - You are ForgivenIn this episode of the Identity Series the focus is on your complete forgiveness in Christ. Your sin doesn't define you. You are forgiven for your past, present, and future sins through the cross.
2023-05-1629 min
Grace SermonsIdentity - You are a Saint (not a sinner)The 3rd episode in this Identity Series focuses on your identity as a saint. You are NOT a sinner saved by grace. You are a saint who sometimes sins.
2023-05-1531 min
Grace SermonsIdentity - You are a Child of GodThe second message in this Identity Series focuses on your identity as a son or daughter of God. You are His beloved child.
2023-05-1327 min
Grace SermonsIdentity - You are New in ChristIn this opening message of this Identity Series, you'll discover your new identity in Christ. You are not who you once were.
2023-05-1340 min
Ag State of Mind with Jason MedowsASOM Ep 149 - Amber Jones - My Grace StoryAmber Jones is founder of GraceStory Ministries. She is a peer psychoeducator and considers herself blessed to be an advocate for families and individuals who are in need of hope. Amber authors GraceStory’s Instagram blog, My_Grace_Story, where she draws from her own story of childhood trauma and her journey to wholeness in order to inspire others to take their own first, intentional steps towards healing. Amber's other favorite job titles include homeschooling momma to four precious kiddos, wife to her high school sweetheart, and beef rancher at their family-owned Devon Valley Farms. Amber and I talk this we...
2022-08-2900 min
Reign of ChristMeans of Grace: Using the Word, Pt 2Introduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2022-05-2416 min
Reign of ChristMeans of Grace: Using the WordIntroduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2022-05-2423 min
Reign of ChristMeans of Grace: The WordIntroduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2022-05-2422 min
Reign of ChristOutward Means of GraceIntroduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2022-05-2421 min
Reign of ChristMeans of Grace: Importance of FaithIntroduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2022-05-2420 min
Reign of ChristOrdinary Means of GraceIntroduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2022-05-2419 min
Reign of ChristDoctrine of Covenant: Covenant of Grace, Pt 3Introduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2021-03-1523 min
Reign of ChristDoctrine of Covenant: Covenant of Grace, Pt 2Introduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2021-03-0830 min
Reign of ChristDoctrine of Covenant: Covenant of GraceIntroduction to Systematic Theology--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereignofchrist/support Get full access to Reformed : Contra Mundum at www.reformation.blog/subscribe
2021-03-0233 min
Fastlane Founders and Legacy with Jason Barnard: Personal Branding, AI Strategies, and SEO Insights for Visionary CEOsPatents and entities in search since 1999 (Bill Slawski with Jason Barnard)Bill Slawski with Jason Barnard at SEOcamp Paris 2019
Bill Slawski talks with Jason Barnard about patents and entities in search since 1999.
Patents are really easy (or so says Bill Slawski): they identify a problem, they tell you about the prior art used to solve the problem, tell you why that’s insufficient, then they provide a solution. We also talk about patent writing styles and the Ernest Hemingway of patents. We look at Google Maps as a knowledge graph and traffic cop. Onto why many of the best employees moved from Microsoft and Yahoo to Google (the reason is not wh...
2019-03-3021 min