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Racing Back🏍️ MotoGP Secrets, Toilet Truths & TT Tales | Nick & Julian Unfiltered! 🎙️In this no-holds-barred episode, Nick and Julian dive into the chaos and charm of two-wheel racing – weather permitting at the Isle of Man TT, of course! From MotoGP’s best-kept secret – Aragon – to some questionable geography, things get hilariously off-track before going deep on 800cc vs. 990cc machines: were they really trying to slow things down? Spoiler: it didn’t work.Plus:What do commentators really look for at a new circuit? (Hint: toilets. Especially VIP ones.)The mystery of Julian’s missing lunch packs 🍱Explosive team feuds, Nürburgring tales, and a “fuel-injected” Honda that… wasn’tAnd more behind...
2025-06-0546 min
Racing BackIt's TT Time!In this episode, Nick and Julian dive into the thrilling, dangerous, and legendary world of TT racing, with a spotlight on the iconic Isle of Man TT. Buckle up as the duo explores the rich history of one of the most extreme motorsport events on the planet — and its modern-day resurgence and growing global coverage.Nick, in a slightly less-than-sober moment of enthusiasm, confesses to a rash decision involving a TT race, leaving Julian somewhere between exasperated and amused. The pair also vent their frustrations over the awkward clash in scheduling between the British Grand Prix at Si...
2025-05-2937 min
Relational Grace Podcast#2 The Birth of the Church: The Gamble of JudasSend us a textIf the religious leaders of the church thought they had an issue with Jesus when he was alive, well boy they have a bigger issue now! It’s kind of like one of those sci-fi movies when you chop the little monster in half and it basically multiplies and creates two more little monsters. That is exactly what is happening. All of the sudden, Jesus is no longer here physically, but he has multiplied in the believers.Now there are 300, 600, 1000, 2000, 10000 and this thing is completely out of control. And that is what...
2025-04-2839 minRelational Grace Podcast#1 The Birth of the Church: The Acts of the Holy SpiritSend us a textAt Easter we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, the week preceding that we typically focus on the events leading up to the cross. That was the culmination of the perfect life of Jesus which was sacrificed for all of us. Now in this series we will focus on the other side of the story. If you can imagine, just for a moment, it is AD 31, 32, maybe and we are believers, maybe we are one of the 11 disciples that remain, perhaps we are one of the several hundred believers, or maybe we are one o...
2025-04-2243 minRelational Grace PodcastOklahoma City Bombing Day-of Story: An Interview with Kris Skinner former Director of Property & Programming at First United Methodist ChurchSend us a textIt is truly hard to believe that we are approaching the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. As many of you are well aware at this point, Pastor Harris, was the pastor of First United Methodist Church, which is situated directly east of the OKC bombing site. Pastor Harris was at the church that day, and we have shared his story both in audio podcast as well as video on our YouTube channel. However, in this episode we will hear from Kris Skinner, a cherished family friend and a former employee of Fi...
2025-04-1458 minRelational Grace Podcast#4 - Four Lies of Satan: Inferiority Complex - “I am what I am, and I cannot change.”Send us a textIn the first three episodes of this series, Pastor Harris touched on one key topic in each teaching. In episode one, “The Performance Snare”, Pastor Harris discussed the topic of Justification and that we are completely forgiven and have become fully pleasing to God. We no longer have to fear failure. In the second episode, “Approval Addiction”, Pastor Harris touched on the topic of Reconciliation and that we are totally accepted by God and we no longer have to fear rejection. In the third episode, “The Blame Game”, Pastor Harris delivered a message of Propitiatio...
2025-02-2433 minRelational Grace Podcast#3 - Four Lies of Satan: The Blame Game - “I am not responsible for what I do, someone else is.”Send us a textIn the first two episodes of this series, Pastor Harris touched on one key topic in each teaching. In episode one, “The Performance Snare”, Pastor Harris discussed the topic of Justification and that we are completely forgiven and have become fully pleasing to God. We no longer have to fear failure. In the second episode, “Approval Addiction”, Pastor Harris touched on the topic of Reconciliation and that we are totally accepted by God and we no longer have to fear rejection.In this episode Pastor Harris will walk us through the third or f...
2025-02-1933 minRelational Grace Podcast#2 - Four Lies of Satan: Approval Addiction - “I must be approved by certain others to feel good about myself.”Send us a textLast week Pastor Harris started a series of sermons in which he will examine four of the major lies that Satan uses to destroy the lives of far too many people. We looked at the first of these lies in the last episode which is this, “I must meet certain standards of behavior so I can feel good about myself.”  In this episode, Pastor Harris will deal with the next lie which is this, “I must be approved by certain others to feel good about myself.” This leads to a condition Pastor Harr...
2025-02-0531 minRelational Grace Podcast#1 - Four Lies of Satan: The Performance Snare - “I must meet certain standards of behavior so I can feel good about myself.”Send us a textTo say 2025 hasn't kick off how I had hoped would be an understatement. No, I am not talking about politics or anything like that, who knows, maybe it is the tribulation Pastor Harris mentions in this teaching that is needed, time will tell. But spoiler alert… here shortly you will here Pastor Harris mention how tribulation produces perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and amazingly enough, character produces hope. All the sudden, I am starting to think that maybe a little tribulation is just what I needed to kick off 2025. Who is going to tur...
2025-01-3034 minRelational Grace Podcast#18 The Saga of David: The Poison of an Unforgiving SpiritSend us a textLast episode Pastor Harris taught about Absalom, the son of David and his planned assault on the city of Jerusalem. He planned to surround the city, take it, and kill his father David and ascend to the throne of Jerusalem. David had two options therefore, he could stay and let Absalom’s army lay siege and try and fight them off and this would most likely meet the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, David’s beloved city, or he could flee and go to a place that Absalom might have difficulty trying to r...
2024-04-2929 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #19: From a $333 Paycheck to Center Stage: A Journey to Broadway, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Emceeing for Lewis Howes: with Elec SimonMy guest today is Elec Simon. Elec refers to himself as a “host-tainer” - he’s an event emcee and percussionist based in Orlando, FL, combining his passion for rhythm and entertainment. Originally from Ohio, Elec has performed Stomp on Broadway, was a Cleveland Cavaliers entertainer, and has emceed for the likes of Lewis Howes. Elec’s journey in the entertainment world has allowed him to connect with diverse audiences and leave a lasting impact through the power of music and words. He brings so much energy and excitement to his audiences, but it wasn’t an easy journe...
2024-04-151h 09Relational Grace Podcast#17 The Saga of David: David's Son's RevoltSend us a textWelcome to the Relational Grace Podcast where we share the teachings of Pastor Nick Harris who taught us that Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship. I’m your host Jamie Russell, Pastor Harris’s son.Last episode Pastor Harris talked about Absalom, Son of David, as he made his plans for a coup d'etat against his very own father. He left Jerusalem making his home in Hebron, which was the first capital city of David. Apparently David found nothing curious about this, he had no suspicion as to Absalom...
2024-04-0238 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #18: Life of the Party - How Your Past Shapes You (and Doesn't Define You)On this solo podcast, I’m sharing some stories and moments from my life before I got sober, my “life of the party/party animal/rock star era.” Whilst most people know me now as a pretty chill sober dude that does a bunch of yoga and meditates, I used to be a MASSIVE partier and I’ve got a lot of wild stories. Some of these stories might strike you as kinda funny, others might shock you, others are just plain embarrassing.The reality is, I’m not proud of the way I used to l...
2024-03-251h 10
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #17: From Newbie Yoga Teacher to Yoga Studio Owner with Rachel BrooksRachel Brooks is the owner and an instructor at Seeking Space Yoga and Yin Yoga Space in Portland, OR.A Portland-native, Rachel opened Seeking Space Yoga in 2017 as a first time business owner and brand new yoga teacher! She continued to work her “day job” at a mortgage company and bartend at night whilst also running and teaching at the yoga studio - it was a lot!Throughout her eighteen years in the service industry, Rachel found yoga to be a positive way she could wind down after her bartending shifts. It is Rachel’s belief...
2024-02-261h 04
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #16: From performing for a crowd of 2 to opening for the Boss with Frank TurnerFrank Turner is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon an acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. He’s been super successful as a solo musician, releasing nine solo studio albums to date, with his most recent studio album, FTHC, reaching number 1 in the UK albums chart in 2022. He’s performed over 2,800 shows over 48 countries, and he’s opened for the Boss himself - Bruce Springsteen! Franks tenth studio album, “Undefeated”, which he'd just finished recording when we chatted last year, is to be release...
2024-02-121h 00Relational Grace Podcast#12 The Saga of David: Nathan's PropheciesSend us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris reminds us about the prophesies of Nathan and provides a lot of back knowledge leading into this topic. More specifically Pastor Harris reminds us that God sent the prophet Nathan to David with certain instructions and a grave warning. That warning was this, just because a temple to God stood in their midst, it did not mean that his presence would always dwell in that temple. Pastor Harris will explain more about this warning in this teaching.NOTE: To save any confusion, please note that Pastor H...
2024-02-0543 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #15: On the Inside: creative connection for incarcerated women with Nikki WeaverNikki Weaver is an actress, a yoga teacher, a trained massage therapist, and an art therapist. She leveraged her diverse skill to co-found the Portland Playhouse and she now leads On The Inside, a non-profit supporting incarcerated women through creative connection. On the Inside is currently operating in prisons in Oregon, Nebraska, Wyoming, Missouri and Virginia. Nikki also runs wellness retreats for women.Nikki has witnessed first-hand the creative power that art making has in healing emotional, mental, and spiritual beliefs. In this episode, we cover how she empowers women through connection to their bodies, each other...
2024-01-291h 10Relational Grace Podcast#4 The Saga of David: Getting VengeanceSend us a textWe continue to follow the life of David in our current series. In this episode we will touch on the topic of vengeance. The need for vengeance is as old as human nature. Vengeance can be overwhelming. Let’s listen to Pastor Harris as he walks us through how David handles vengeance against King Saul. Finally Pastor Harris will provide us three things regarding vengeance that will help us understand it and in turn deal with it. Support the show
2023-11-1736 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #14: From a 1.8 GPA, self-sabotage and hitting rock bottom to a dream life with Zach Azar, RNMy guest on today's episode is my dear friend and my housemate, Zacharia Azar. Zach was a paramedic and professional firefighter in New Mexico. He owed his own home and had 2 cars. He had a great life! But then he failed a drug test, was fired from his dream job, and his life spiralled downwards for a number of years. Learn how Zach picked himself up from rock bottom, became a registered nurse and is finally living his dream life.Be the first to know when the latest episodes of The Power of Positivity P...
2023-11-1345 minRelational Grace Podcast#2 The Saga of David: Losing the CrutchSend us a textAs we continue on with our second episode of this new Saga of David series I continue to think about episode one and how Pastor Harris focused on Samuel and the strange circumstance he found himself in when it came to anointing the next king of Israel. It was an interesting approach to kicking off a teaching about the life of David. Similarly, one of the obvious stories from the life of David would be that of his victory over the giant Goliath. However, Pastor Harris chooses to diverge from the standard teaching r...
2023-11-0336 minRelational Grace Podcast#1 The Saga of David: Your Circumstances Through God’s EyesSend us a textThis new series is a large and in-depth study of Pastor Harris’s which covers the man after God’s own heart, King David. As always, Pastor Harris’s approach to the life of David is very unique and we hope will touch the lives of our listeners, teaching after teaching. This series is over 20 episodes in length and rightfully so, there is so much to learn from the story of David’s life, much more than his run-ins with the likes of Goliath and Bathsheba. Matter of fact, it can more accurately be defined...
2023-11-0142 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #13: Holding Grudges - Why It Hurts and How to Let Them GoThis episode is another solo episode. I wish I could say that I haven’t struggled with holding grudges in the past, but I have! There was a time in my life not too terribly long ago that I held a HUGE grudge. This grudge had a large and shitty ripple effect on my life and on a lot of people that I love...Dive into this episode to hear more about this grudge, the impact that it had, and how I let it go.Be the first to know when the latest episodes of...
2023-10-161h 14
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #12: Rock 'n' roll & veganism with Derrick Green, SepulturaToday I am joined by Derrick Green. Derrick is the lead singer of the Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura and co-host of the plant-based travel TV show, Highway To Health.Sepultura is a world famous metal band that’s been around since 1984 - Derrick’s been the lead singer since 1997 - he's one of the few African American men in metal music Derrick’s been vegetarian for 38 years, vegan for 5 years and sober for 3 and a half years!  Connect with Derrick:Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/derrickgreenofficial/https://www.instagram.com/hig...
2023-09-1847 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #11: How to set powerful intentions to change your life!How does one set intentions? Good question! In this episode, I take you through my journey where I learned how to set powerful intentions that helped me make massive shifts in my life AND I share my step-by-step intention-setting process with you. In fact, ALL of the intentions I set when I started this process in May 2020 have since come to fruition - plus SO many more! One example? I went from working two jobs that I HATED (working at pizza spot and, believe it or not, a liquor store!), to delivering workshops all over the country, te...
2023-08-211h 00
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #10: Healing from domestic violence with Day BibbDay Bibb is the founder of Om Thrive, a nonprofit organization that provides free online yoga classes to survivors of domestic violence. Day is also the founder and CEO of Helen Rose Skincare, which makes handmade, all-natural, eco-friendly skincare products. A native Portlander, she’s a mother to two daughters, a yoga instructor and a domestic violence survivor and advocate.I hope you enjoy this episode with Day Bibb - she’s a powerhouse and a true inspiration!Connect with Day Bibb:Websites: https://helenroseco.com/https://omthrive.org/
2023-08-071h 06Relational Grace Podcast#10 Courage and Confrontation: Naboth’s VineyardSend us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris picks back up with Elijah returning to the kingdom of Israel after his sojourn at Mount Sinai, at least two and maybe three years had passed before Elijah made a reappearance. We can determine this from several situations that are recorded in I Kings.In the first place, in I Kings 21, we find a vineyard thriving in Jezreel which means the effects of the three and a half years of drought had now been overcome. This would take at least a year or two to occur...
2023-07-2533 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #9: Living in the fire and not getting burned (being sober in the music world)In the very first episode of this podcast, I shared a little of my own personal story: “How I went from beer-chugging meathead to sober vegan yoga instructor.” In this episode, I expand on the impact that the party lifestyle that I used to lead had on me, what I think it means to truly be a “rockstar”, and some tips for how to live that “rockstar” lifestyle whilst sober! Be the first to know when the latest episodes of The Power of Positivity Podcast drop, and receive more POSITIVE content emailed to you weekly by signing up to...
2023-07-241h 04Relational Grace Podcast#8 Courage and Confrontation: Elijah's FlightSend us a textAs we dive into another episode of the “Courage and Confrontation” I wanted to remind everyone that you can visit Courage.ArielMinistries.com for more details and aggregate content around these teachings on the life and times of Elijah.In this episode we follow along as Elijah’s fear sets in and he takes flight from the evil queen Jezebel. Pastor Harris will walk us through Elijah’s thinking and actions here. Although Pastor Harris admits along the way that this action bothered him personally, he also explains why we shouldn't be too ha...
2023-07-1727 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #8: Mormonism, Moms & Sexy Sunday's: with Bonnie WeeksBonnie Weeks is a yoga teacher and coach who mentors others on how to amplify their voice. I’ve known Bonnie since 2020 - I took one of her yoga classes that she was running out of her garage and it was like nothing I had ever experienced before! Since that time, I’ve done two different yoga-related trainings with Bonnie - she was, and still is, such an inspiration to me! In this episode, we chat about Bonnie's journey from being raised Mormon (she got married and gave birth to her first child whilst still in college) to sh...
2023-07-031h 57Relational Grace Podcast#1 Courage and Confrontation: “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More” - Where are the Elijah’s today? God can use us mightily despite ourselves.Send us a textThis series will be titled Courage and Confrontation. Pastor Harris will follow Elijah the Tishbite. We will follow him from insignificance and we will watch God take him and turn him into one of the giants of the Biblical era. The Bible will remind us that Elijah was more like us than we could even imagine. It is important that we all recognise and accept that God can use us all mightily, even despite ourselves.This series is dedicated to not only the current membership of First United Methodist Church in do...
2023-06-2837 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #7: What Does it Mean to Fail?My last solo episode was on the topic of success, so I thought it would be relevant to follow that one up with the topic of failure. Something I know a thing or two about, being in the music business! In fact, if I believed all the “nos" I've received over the years, I would have given up on music way back in 2002!  In this episode I talk about whether rejection equates to failure, my advice for how to deal with rejection, the breakdown and "failure" of my marriage and MORE!Be...
2023-06-191h 00Relational Grace Podcast#14 Spiritual Gifts: The Nine Manifestations of the Fruit of the SpiritSend us a textThis episode marks the final teaching of the Spiritual Gifts teaching series. What a fascinating teaching Pastor Harris has saved for the last. I have to admit I have probably listened to this teaching over five times to fully understand everything Pastor Harris was trying to get across to us. In this Pastor Harris will cover the nine manifestations of the Fruit of the Spirit. I can’t wait for everyone listening to learn now the Fruit of the Spirit work within us as believers.Support the show
2023-06-1239 minRelational Grace Podcast#13 Spiritual Gifts: The Function and Interpretation of the Gift of TonguesSend us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris will be continuing his teaching on the topic of the manifestation gift of tongues. More specifically he will begin this teaching discussing the function of the gift of tongues and he will end it by discussing the final manifestation gift which is the gift of the interpretation of tongues. There is quite a bit of detail Pastor Harris has to unpack on this episode so I hope everyone is ready to provide your undivided attention.Support the show
2023-06-0629 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #6: Mental Illness and Meditation: with Jonathan Horstmann, Urban HeatJonathan Horstmann is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and the creative force behind Urban Heat, an American post-punk band from Austin, Texas. Urban Heat had a viral moment on TikTok in 2022, with their single “Have You Ever” being viewed over a million times. I'd been into Urban Heat for a while, and after I saw them perform live, I knew I had to get Jonathan on the podcast! Jonathon was such a commanding force on stage - his epic performance, stage presence and charisma blew me away!! I’d never seen an African American man front that kind of band...
2023-06-051h 04
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #5: What Does Success Look Like on You?I often say that happiness and success aren’t off limits to anyone! That happiness and success are truly available to all! But what does that truly mean? How do we define happiness and success?In this episode, I invite to you to reflect on these questions, and I share my own personal definition of what success looks like on me. Because I believe that the answers to these questions aren't found in dictionary definitions, or in societally dictated versions of what success supposedly looks like. I believe that success is PERSONAL. That we've each gotta define what...
2023-05-2240 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #4: Nakedness & Nests as Art Therapy: with artist Debbie BaxterDebbie Baxter (she/her) is a mother, artist, fine art photographer, author of NEST, and creator/founder of The Nest Project, Inc, an arts nonprofit. Debbie turns life's pain and challenges into beautiful works of art. In this episode, Debbie shares her powerful story of how she used art as a way to make sense of, and hold, her pain and wounding from a challenging childhood in small town Ohio. The human-sized nest she built in her own backyard provided her with the healing she’d been searching for, and she knew that others could also benefit fro...
2023-05-051h 57
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #3: Is Yoga Only For Rich White People?Diversity, inclusiveness and accessibility are much needed in the yoga space. As someone who has pretty much always been the only Black man in the yoga studio, it's important that we break down the assumptions and perceptions about what yoga is and who yoga is for. Because I once thought that yoga wasn’t for me, and that I was excluded from it. But I gave it a shot, and it changed my life. Yoga isn’t about image or aspiration. To me, it's a sacred ritual, it's an everyday physical, mental, emotional and spiritual practice. Yoga is not...
2023-04-221h 07Relational Grace Podcast#12 Spiritual Gifts: The Manifestation Gift of TonguesSend us a textPastor Harris will continue on in his teachings on the Spiritual Gifts. Specifically his teachings on the Manifestation Gifts. In the last episode Pastor Harris taught us about the gift of prophecy as it relates to the idea of manifestations, he also covered the gift of discerning spirits. In this teaching he will begin covering the eighth and ninth manifestation gift which is the gift of tongues and the manifestation gift of the interpretation of tongues. Get ready… because just as Pastor Harris reiterates, you are really going to need to focus on thi...
2023-04-1733 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #2: Metal, Black Belts & Breathwork: with Crowbar guitarist Matt BrunsonIt’s our FIRST episode with a guest - and our guest is Matt Brunson, guitarist for the doomy yet groovy, legendary metal band, none which is heavier - CROWBAR!!  When I came up with the concept for this podcast early last year, I KNEW that Matt had to be my first guest, because I KNEW the impact he would have on people. Matt’s a total metalhead - and you know the stereotype of a metalhead. Hard, tattooed, longhaired and certainly don’t show emotion! But Matt flips that script on its head. Sure, Matt is longhair...
2023-04-0850 minRelational Grace Podcast#11 Spiritual Gifts: The Manifestation Gifts of Miracles, Prophecy, and Discernment of SpiritsSend us a textIn this episode we will continue learning more about the individual Manifestation Gifts. In the last several episodes Pastor Harris has taught us about the manifestation gifts of the word of knowledge, the word of wisdom, faith and healing. In this teaching Pastor Harris will discuss three more of the Manifestation Gifts. He will cover the gift of miracles, the gift of prophecy as it relates to the idea of manifestations, and finally he will cover the gift of discerning spirits. Like the previous gifts he has taught on, Pastor Harris will give r...
2023-04-0429 minRelational Grace Podcast#9 Spiritual Gifts: The Manifestation Gifts of Knowledge and WisdomSend us a textIn this episode of our teaching series on the Spiritual Gifts, we will continue to dive into the final category of gifts that Pastor Harris refers to as the Manifestation Gifts. The first category consists of the seven motivational gifts, the second category consists of the eleven equipping gifts, also called ministry gifts. There are a total of nine Manifestation Gifts and in this teaching Pastor Harris will touch on two of these gifts. One being the Manifestation Gift of the Word of Knowledge and the other being the Manifestation Gift of the W...
2023-03-2135 min
The Power of Positivity Podcast with Nick HarrisEpisode #1: How I went from beer-chugging meathead to sober vegan yoga instructorWhat’s up good people! My name is Nick Harris and I'm the host of The Power Of Positivity Podcast.  I’ve been blessed to be able to do a lot of things and live a lot of life at my age. I was once a beer-chugging meathead. I would drink 40s almost every night in college - I was the party captain of my rugby team, and would lead our team in drunken rugby songs. I smoked pot all day, every single day. I’d take 4 foot bong rips, smoke joints - however I could smoke it!
2023-03-211h 09Relational Grace Podcast#8 Spiritual Gifts: The Minor Equipping Gifts of Miracles, Healers, Helpers, Languages (Tongues) and AdministratorsSend us a textAs we continue this Spiritual Gifts teaching series, Pastor Harris has made his way through what he calls the Motivational Gifts and then into the Equipping Gifts, which as a reminder are also referred to as the Ministry Gifts. We’ll now dive further into another subsection of the Equipping Gifts which Pastor Harris reluctantly refers to as the “minor” gifts. Now there are eleven Equipping Gifts total, of course there are the “five-fold” gifts or “major” gifts which are covered in the last two episodes. These refer to the gifts of the apostles, prophe...
2023-03-1035 minRelational Grace Podcast#6 Spiritual Gifts: The Equipping Gifts of the Apostles, Prophets and EvangelistsSend us a textAs Pastor Harris continues to walk us through the Spiritual Gifts, in the last episode he completed his teachings of what he refers to as the Motivational Gifts, or in the Greek, these are referred to as the CHARISMATA. In this episode he will get into the Equipping Gifts, or in the Greek, these are referred to as the DOMATA. Being equipped, as we are all becoming very aware, is one of three things we all need to be successful in any task. To help with any confusion you may have as we al...
2023-02-2437 minRelational Grace Podcast#2 Spiritual Gifts: The Motivational Gift of ProphecySend us a textAs always we hope everyone enjoyed our introductory teaching on the Spiritual Gifts. I for one am very intrigued with the three categories of gifts that Pastor Harris has provided for us. Of those three categories I am referring to, one contains 7 motivational gifts, another contains 11 equipping gifts and another contains 7 manifestation gifts. I am looking forward to digging into these with Pastor Harris as he unpacks each of the life of this teaching. In this episode Pastor Harris we review the ins and outs of the motivational gifts answering questions like; when do we...
2023-01-2431 minRelational Grace Podcast#1 Spiritual Gifts: Introduction to the Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Why are there three types of spiritual gifts and what are they?Send us a textIn this episode we kick off one of our largest teaching series to date; Pastor Harris is going to walk us through the Spiritual Gifts. What are the spiritual gifts? How many of them are there? How do we know which gifts we have? There are so many questions to be answered on this topic. In this episode Pastor Harris will examine these God given abilities through the lens of none other than the Apostle Paul and you know that is going to make for some great teaching.Support the show
2023-01-1634 minRelational Grace PodcastThe Christ of Christmas: Something Beautiful - Let the Christ in you be seen this Christmas.Send us a textIn this episode we will jump into the second episode of our Advent series this year titled, “The Christ of Christmas”. Pastor Harris will tell us more about the “Little town of Bethlehem” which was made famous by the great Christmas carol that we all have sung so many times. Bethlehem is located some six miles south of the city of Jerusalem near the chief north-south route that links Jerusalem with the town of Hebron. The word Bethlehem means “house of bread” and its significance lies in the fact that it is located in a fertile...
2022-12-1232 minRelational Grace PodcastDiscouragement's Curse - Why we never need to wallow in discouragement again.Send us a textAs we wrap up Pastor Harris’s fourth and final message on Discouragement. Let’s step back a few episodes to episode one where Pastor Harris defined discouragement and explained this with some of his own personal examples. In the second episode on discouragement, Pastor Harris discussed Its many causes and ways that Christians can combat these feelings. In the third episode, Pastor Harris discussed three “don’ts”, or three things we should avoid doing to rise above discouragement. In this final episode on the topic of discouragement, Pastor Harris will use the story of Josh...
2022-11-3034 minRelational Grace PodcastDiscouragement Don’ts - Rising above discouragement.Send us a textWe are continuing on to Pastor Harris’s third message on Discouragement. In the last episode Pastor Harris discussed the causes of discouragement and ways that Christians can combat these feelings. In this episode, Pastor Harris will discuss three “don’ts”, or three things we should avoid doing to rise above discouragement. Hopefully this message helps everyone listening to discover their true role in life.Support the show
2022-11-2331 minRelational Grace PodcastDiscouragement’s Causes - Turning Problems into Possibilities.Send us a textAs you all know we recently kicked off a series on Discouragement. This episode will mark the second of four on this topic that Pastor Harris will deliver. In the last episode Pastor Harris defined discouragement using its most basic definition of “losing heart” or “to lose heart”.  In this episode Pastor Harris will address some of the causes of discouragement, specifically some that caused him to lose heart. He’ll will walk us through how we as Christians can combat these feelings of discouragement, specifically how we can deal with some of those...
2022-11-1634 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Impediments to Personal Success: The Man with the Plan - Disfunction is the human tendency to become disorganized.Send us a textThis episode marks the sixth and final teaching of the series Six Impediments to Personal Success. In this message Pastor Harris will bring the final of the six impediments which relates to the human tendency to become disorganized, thus dysfunctional. To demonstrate how this occurs, pastor Harris will use the biblical example of the twin brothers, Esau and Jacob, two brothers who could not have been any more different.Even as a fetus in the womb, Jacob desired to be the firstborn. Before conscious awareness ever dawned, he wanted to attain...
2022-10-2530 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Impediments to Personal Success: Going It Alone - The Lone Ranger MentalitySend us a textIn this episode, Pastor Harris will continue his sermon series entitled, “Impediments to Personal Success.” In this series, he is pointed out how the great people of faith guaranteed their successes by their attitudes. Pastor Harris will be addressing what he calls a Lone Ranger mentality, one he considers to be a great impediment to succeeding. So, in this message Pastor Harris will focus on a man who exemplifies a totally different attitude toward life, a man Pastor refers to as being “a team player.” This man is known to us as Nehemiah.Fro...
2022-10-2433 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Impediments to Personal Success: Pure Old Laziness: Overcoming a Poor Work EthicSend us a textIn this episode we are going to continue our series entitled “Six Impediments to Personal Success.” This message for today will be the fourth in this series and will focus on the subject of a poor work ethic. Previously, Pastor has shown us three other impediments, the first is a negative self-image, the second is self-pity, and the third is what dad calls “stinking thinking.”  Whereas last week, Pastor Harris appealed to the great man Joshua to enable us to overcome “stinking thinking,” In this message he will appeal to the book of Prove...
2022-10-1733 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Impediments to Personal Success: The Dilemma of Stinkin Thinkin - Learn how to be like Joshua and never surrender to the plague of stinking thinking.Send us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris will be focusing on the third impediment, the one he identifies as stinking thinking. In America today, this stinking thinking is a plague. To illustrate how a stinking thinking can be overcome, he will appeal to one of the great men of the Old Testament, a man whose name was Joshua ben Nun, the central figure in the Old Testament book focusing upon him. According to the books of Exodus, Numbers, and Joshua, he was the assistant to the great man Moses and succeeded Moses as the leader...
2022-10-1033 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Impediments to Personal Success: Negative Self Image - Developing a authentic and unclouded idea of who we are.Send us a textIs it safe to say that everyone listening right now agrees that we all want to achieve our goals? I know I do. Personally, I’m a goal setter, sometimes I do it subconsciously but I definitely set goals. Now, we all probably also know that there are many impediments to achieving those goals, or certain impediments that will always stand in our way. Well, for the next six episodes Pastor Harris will touch on one of these impediments each episode and help us address this head-on, and put us on a trajectory of...
2022-09-2636 minRelational Grace PodcastBreaking the Chains: Made of Woman - The Apostle Paul tells the Christmas Story in five easy words.Send us a textIn this message Pastor Harris is going to tell us the Christmas story as presented by the Apostle Paul. The amazing thing is that Paul tells the Christmas story and explains it with five easy words. This is what Paul writes. “When the fullness of time was come, God. sent. forth. his. Son. That is it. That is the Christmas story as told by the Apostle Paul.Obviously his version is very short and it is also extremely powerful. The major point the Apostle was making is this. Christmas is a total...
2022-09-0731 minRelational Grace PodcastBreaking the Chains: The BabysitterSend us a textIn the previous episodes of the Breaking the Chains series on the epistles to the Galatians. Pastor Harris makes a rather revolutionary claim. He suggested that the Abrahamic covenant, the great agreement described in Genesis 15, is really the New Testament covenant. In other words, he believed that the Abrahamic Covenant was an initiation of the new covenant. This covenant was established on a dark starry night sometime around 1750 BC. But that covenant was not fully finalized until 30AD on a lonely hill outside of Jerusalem at a place called Golgotha. When a young ma...
2022-08-3039 minRelational Grace PodcastBreaking the Chains: No Help Wanted, No Help Needed - Can Gentiles become Jews? What’s the difference between Hebrews and Jews? When was Abraham’s salvific experience? Why does it all matter?Send us a textIn this series we have been examining what Pastor Harris calls the Pharisee Gospel. Over the past seven episodes we have taken a close look at the various arguments of a group of Pharisee Christians used to convince believers in Galatia that they should abandon the concept of grace and submit to Jewish law. These Pharisee Christians were so convincing that many of the Galatians believed and concluded that they had not been saved at all.All this confusion began because these Galatians had bought into the Pharisee Christian argument that...
2022-08-1540 minRelational Grace PodcastBreaking the Chains: The Great Conflict - Why one church thrived and another church died.Send us a textIn the last message of the Breaking the Chains series, Pastor Harris examined the thorny issue of the curse of the law in the so-called “Jerusalem incident”. This incident involved a confrontation between the Apostle Paul and the leaders of the church in Jerusalem. What made this confrontation tricky was that some of the leaders in the church were some of the original 12 disciples of Jesus. Also present in the leadership were certain Christians from a Pharisee sect who had become very vocal in the church over the years. They argued continually that a pers...
2022-08-0138 minRelational Grace PodcastBreaking the Chains: The Trouble with the Law - Why struggling to keep the law will never save us.Send us a textIn the last episode we saw that the Apostle Paul had introduced the believers in Galatia to the concept of freedom in Christ. Paul knew once he had introduced this idea the legalists would show up in force, and they did! Legalists came to Galatia to challenge this concept, and when Paul journeyed to Jerusalem they showed up again.Anytime freedom in Christ is championed, whether it be now or then, legalists will always voice an abjection. However, the Apostle Paul was ready for the legalists. When Paul left An...
2022-07-2533 minRelational Grace PodcastBreaking the Chains: The Jerusalem IncidentSend us a textIn this episode we will learn that the letter to Galatians is focused on two major struggles for the earliest church and how the outcome of those struggles would determine the future direction of the body of Christ on earth. These two struggles were as follows. Salvation by Grace vs Salvation by Works, and Spirituality by Grace vs Spirituality by Works. We should be aware that one major difference exists between these two concepts. Salvation and Spirituality.In this message Pastor Harris will focus on the former concept of salvation. This...
2022-07-1832 minRelational Grace PodcastBreaking the Chains: Abundant Grace - How did the virus of legalism germinate amongst the Galatians?Send us a textIn this episode, we are going to jump into a new series from the book of Galatians. This series of teachings were delivered at Ariel Chapel in Norman Oklahoma back in 2011 and overlapped into 2012. Paul’s letter to Galatia, like many other books, has its own theme. For example, the theme of the book of Romans’ is Justification by Faith. The theme of Ephesians is the Church. The theme of Philippians is the joy of the Holy Spirit. Well, Galatians has a theme too, and it is one that was very special to dad. So...
2022-06-2735 minRelational Grace PodcastInitiation and Location - WW III: When, Where and Why (3 of 3)Send us a textIn this episode we will be wrapping up a quick three part series titled WW 3: When, Where and Why. In this teaching Pastor Harris will focus on, what he has learned according to scripture, which will need to happen in order to initiate WW III. He will also break down the factors that should be considered to deduce the location this war or invasion will take place. He’ll also review some specifics around the timing and location of these happenings.This is a very interesting approach to understanding how this war...
2022-06-2125 minRelational Grace PodcastAlliances - WW III: When, Where and Why (2 of 3)Send us a textToday we are going to share the second of three teachings from a series we kicked off in the last episode called World War Three: When. Where. And Why. Pastor Harris will focus in on specific alliances that will assemble as the next World War approaches. I will have to say that as Pastor Harris starts to chip away at some of this scripture in Ezekiel 38 there are a few elements that do hit fairly close to our current news and events.One thing to note. As you listen to this e...
2022-06-1331 minRelational Grace PodcastGog and Magog - WW III: When, Where and Why (1 of 3)Send us a textIn this episode we begin a new study titled, WW III: Who, What, When, Where, and Why? Many aspects of what Pastor Harris taught in the Beast from the East series could be applied here so weI thought we should go ahead and share this teaching now while topics like the prophetic timetable are fresh on our minds and our decryption and biblical decoding skills are finely tuned and well-oiled.Pastor Harris opens this message talking about his father, Pastor Raymond Harris, who was an evangelist himself, who traveled across the...
2022-06-0639 minRelational Grace PodcastArmageddon - The Best from the East (5 of 5): A Survey of World Events from the Persian Gulf War to ArmageddonSend us a textIn this episode we will close out the Beast from the East series, by discussing Armageddon and how Pastor Harris believes it could manifest itself in modern day… outside of the fact that this teaching was recorded about 20 years ago. You can expect a quick recap from Pastor Haris, so for those that back-to-back listen to some of these teachings, fear not, you are simply in a recap. The new stuff will kick in eventually. Some of the new elements Pastor Harris will bring to light, pertain to the wars that will erupt, jud...
2022-05-3151 minRelational Grace PodcastThe Antichrist - The Best from the East (4 of 5): A Survey of World Events from the Persian Gulf War to ArmageddonSend us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris will teach on the Anti-Christ and the various aspects leading up to his identity being revealed. These final two teachings in this series are going to be extremely revealing. Now, before we continue forward we want to ensure that everyone listening understands that of course Biblical scripture is Biblical scripture, no one can deny that. However, much of what dad teaches throughout this series is his interpretation of what we simply do not know for fact. The truth is… no one knows. The scripture tells us that! Truth is th...
2022-05-2359 minRelational Grace PodcastDaniel’s Empires - The Best from the East (3 of 5): A Survey of World Events from the Persian Gulf War to ArmageddonSend us a textIn this episode, Pastor Harris will again dive deeper into the book of Daniel and focus on the five apocalyptic visions we have been touching on in the last two episodes. We’ll hear more about the statue of many metals as well as the four beasts. Although Pastor Harris does touch on the same topics we have been talking about in earlier episodes, he takes a different approach in this teaching. We’re reminded of the specific nature in which the books of Daniel and Revelations were written. Many who read these books...
2022-05-1652 minRelational Grace PodcastPART 2 - The Beast from the East (2 of 5): A Survey of World Events from the Persian Gulf War to ArmageddonSend us a textPastor Harris will begin by taking us through Jeremiah chapter 50 which is a message about Babylon. He’ll then take us through a quick “Prophecy Fulfillment 101” that’s proved for me to be very important to take into account while listening to messages like these.If we look at the principles of the last episode we can see several continuing to take shape in our present time. For example, the Two State Solution is still the road map which is being pursued by the global community. An example, the Abraham Accords signed ove...
2022-05-091h 00Relational Grace PodcastPART 1 - The Beast from the East (1 of 5): A Survey of World Events from the Persian Gulf War to ArmageddonSend us a textBack in 2003 Pastor Harris prepared a study he titled “The Beast from the East.” These topics included Daniel, Revelations, Armageddon and the Antichrist. However, in this series of messages Pastor Harris will discuss these teachings through the lens of the time, his time being 2003 when this was originally recorded.It was Indeed a historic time. Back in 2003 in the Persian Gulf War, the Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussain had been removed from power by the Alliance. Pastor Harris will walk us through God’s timeline and hypothesize about the meaning of these events...
2022-05-0259 minRelational Grace PodcastInterview with Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor, Arlene Blanchard: False Evidence Appearing RealSend us a textThe day this episode was published marks the 27th anniversary of the Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It is a date that changed the lives of so many people. Amy Moffiet was home with my two month old son, Christian. But the family of Pastor Nick Harris, knew that their dad was across the street. We are excited to introduce a new friend of ours and survivor of that day. Amy Moffiet was at a women’s conference and met a lady who asked how sh...
2022-04-1931 minRelational Grace PodcastLeading in Tough Times: Pastor Nick Harris tells his Oklahoma City Bombing story.Send us a textPastor Harris led his church and he led his community in the days, weeks and months following the Oklahoma City Bombing on April 19th 1995. Listen as Pastor Harris tells his story to North Church's School of Ministry Leadership Class where his daughter Amy Moffiet is on staff. This class took a field trip that day and toured the OKC Memorial and followed that tour up with a teaching on leadership through tough times with Pastor Harris at First United Methodist Church, in the former sanctuary which is now called Harris Hall. He spoke of...
2022-04-1837 minRelational Grace PodcastEaster Sunday: April 16th 1995 - Three Days Before the Oklahoma City BombingSend us a textIn this episode we are going to share Pastor Harris’s sermon from Easter Sunday, April 16th, 1995. This would be the last Sunday Pastor Harris and the congregation from First United Methodist Church, or First Church as we will refer to it from here on out, would gather on the corner of 4th and Robinson in Oklahoma City for many years. For those new to this story, First Church was located directly east of the location of the Alfred P. Murrah Building that was bombed just three days following the delivery of this ser...
2022-04-1557 minRelational Grace PodcastWHAT'S NEXT: Sermons, Teachings & Discussions Surrounding the 1995 Oklahoma City BombingSend us a textAmy Moffiet and Jamie Russell, Pastor Harris's children, share several podcast episodes and upcoming YouTube videos that will be shared soon. These episodes and videos are relevant to the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing that Pastor Nick Harris and many others survived, and that took 168 lives.Support the show
2022-04-1403 minRelational Grace PodcastNehemiah (13 of 13) - Internal Threats & Forgiven DebtsSend us a textWe will finish strong as Pastor Harris explains to us how Nehemiah, who has quelled the external threats but now has to turn to a much more serious threat that has emerged internally among the people of Jerusalem.Pastor Harris is not simply telling a story here. Of course, through types and shadows, he will share with us how these internal threats, if not properly addressed can dominate the life of the unbeliever or the unregenerated spirt as Pastor Harris often teaches of and models through his Circle Teachings, or “Circles of...
2022-04-1331 minRelational Grace PodcastNehemiah (10 of 13) - Laborers Together with GodSend us a textIn this message Pastor Harris is going to teach on the importance of cooperation and co-laboring in our Christian walk. Likewise, with successful cooperation and co-laboring the people of Judea begin to raise the walls of the City of Jerusalem, so shall we raise not only our individual protective walls but the protective walls of our co-laborers we are in cooperation with. We will also see how Nehemiah's gift of administration regarding how he appointed his leadership played a significant role in his success.  Pastor Harris will continue teaching us through typ...
2022-03-2847 minRelational Grace PodcastNehemiah (5 of 13) - The Four Essentials to Rebuilding Our WallsSend us a textToday we dive into the fifth teaching of the Nehemiah series where we will learn about the four essentials that Nehemiah requested of King Artaxerxes. No spoilers here… these same four essentials are also required to rebuild our ruined lives or our own crumbled walls.Those that frequent this podcast know that part of our unique narrative is that of Pastor Harris’s life. In this message Pastor Harris reminds us of his own broken walls. Sadly for him, his walls began to crumble at the early age of four years old wh...
2022-02-2841 minRelational Grace PodcastNehemiah (4 of 13) - Bringing Petition Before the KingSend us a textWe continue following along as Nehemiah approaches the only man in the world in that day that had the power to change the circumstances that existed in Jerusalem. It just so happens that Nehemiah was the cupbearer to that man, and that man was King Artaxerxes of Persia, who he had a close relationship with.  Now as we recall from past episodes, Pastor Harris continues to share with us the types and shadows found in this story. We have learned that Nehemiah represents the Holy Spirit, and not only that, we le...
2022-02-2127 minRelational Grace PodcastNehemiah (2 of 13) Ruined Condition to Renovated LifeSend us a textIn this episode we are going to hear about King Nebuchadnezzar overtaking Jerusalem, destroying the city and sending the Jewish people into exile. We learn about their return to the ruined city and it’s destroyed walls, and the many challenges they faced to rebuild. We also learn about Nehemiah and who he identifies as the perfect person to lead the rebuilding effort.With regard to Pastor Harris's Circle Teachings. Last episode we learned more about the Body, the first circle, In this episode we will learn about the second circle of...
2022-02-0752 minRelational Grace PodcastNehemiah (1 of 13) - Types and Shadows of the Walls of Jerusalem (Circle Teaching Introduction)Send us a textThis episode is the first of the series on Nehemiah. Today’s episode is a short introduction to Nehemiah but it also is a great introduction to Pastor Harris’s Circle Teachings that we reference often on this Podcast. In this message Pastor Harris will explain the main components or what the three main circles represent in these teachings as well as the various aspects to each. Now in this short introduction, Pastor Harris explores the types and shadows found in the infrastructure of the ancient city of Jerusalem juxtaposed to that o...
2022-01-3116 minRelational Grace PodcastWhy Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?Send us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris answers the age old questions, "Why do bad things happen to good people.' Pastor Harris shares about his personal battle with this question, he shares some of the bad answers he received, and he shares his journey to get his own true answers. Pastor Harris has a way of explaining in both simple terms but also explaining the complexities required to answer this question that take us all the way back to creation.Support the show
2022-01-2436 minRelational Grace PodcastEssentials of the Faith: ForgivenessSend us a textIn past Essentials of the Faith episodes we talked about things like sanctification, justification, the second birth and all the elementary things that surround those topics. Pastor Harris has discussed a lot of big words like propitiation and redemption and Justification. The last one of these we talked about Justification which is related to Propitiation, now we will talk about forgiveness which is related to redemption. Those two things belong together so you have to consider them in their specific category.You cannot take lightly the fact that ALL of your si...
2022-01-0340 minRelational Grace PodcastGood Tidings: The Wise MenSend us a textIn this episode we learn more about the men we refer to as "The Wise Men". Pastor Harris reminds us how important it is that we make it a standard practice to dig into scripture and make sure we really know what it’s telling us. Case in point, the Three Kings we find in the traditional Christmas story.  Dad was always a pretty straight shooter, so I got a kick out of dad’s answer to his own simple question he posed regarding how the story of the three wise men fo...
2021-12-2735 minRelational Grace PodcastRemembering Pastor Nick Harris a Year Later: His Passion and His PurposeSend us a textJoin us today as we remember Pastor Nick Harris after losing him a year ago today.  Hear from Pastor Craig Groeschel, Pastor Harris's children Deak Harris, Amy Moffiet and Jamie Russell, and finally his wife Crystal.  Learn a little more about the man, the teacher, the dad, the husband, the coach, the friend, and our pastor. Support the show
2021-11-2343 minRelational Grace PodcastMISSIONS: The Mission in Tharaka Kenya with Each One Feed OneSend us a textMissions are crucial in ministry. We hope you enjoy this unique story of a partnership between a pastor and a missionary that started over 35 years ago and how a simple unscheduled meeting at a church in downtown Oklahoma City helped fuel a mission to spread the gospel on the other side of the globe for so many years.In this episode Crystal Harris, Amy Moffiet and Jamie Russell are joined by Linda McCarter, wife of the late Cal McCarter. Cal and Linda started their mission known as Each One Feed One ma...
2021-11-151h 15Relational Grace PodcastEssentials of the Faith: A Decision of DestinySend us a textPastor Harris will distinguish the difference between the mean of salvation and the effects of salvation. He will explain to us the meaning of grace and the many things we receive from God that we cannot earn and do not deserve: His love, His forgiveness, His righteousness, His acceptance, His mercy, His redemption, His eternal life. These are free gifts upon salvation given to us by God if we are willing to receive them.Pastor Harris will explain the meaning of repentance and how it goes hand in hand with salvation. Ea...
2021-11-0838 minRelational Grace PodcastEssentials of the Faith: Redemption - Explaining the debt we owe and the qualifications of the redeemer.Send us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris will remind us of the debt we owe and explain the qualifications of the redeemer who would pay the price to free us from our slavery to sin: He had to be a free man, one without sin, he had to be next of kin to the human race, a mediator, and He had to accept the task voluntarily.  On the day of His crucifixion, Jesus became our redeemer. Pastor Harris reminds us in this episode that Jesus experienced aloneness so we would never be alone. Lo...
2021-10-1128 minRelational Grace PodcastEssentials of the Faith: The Man God BecameSend us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris will present the Old Testament prophecies found in Isaiah and Micah that tell of the Messiah who would come as both God and man. He will also show how the New Testament points to the identity of this God-Man. That man is Jesus.You will hear that Jesus became the only person to have two natures-one divine and one human. Pastor Harris will explain that Jesus became a man for five reasons: to become our savior, to pay the penalty for our sin, to mediate on our...
2021-10-0434 minRelational Grace PodcastEssentials of the Faith: The State of DeathSend us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris will illustrate the final stone of the wall that separates us from God-the state of death in which we can no longer commune with God. Pastor Harris will discuss three aspects of death: spiritual, physical and eternal. He will take us to the scene in the garden where God demonstrates the meaning of death. Pastor will show us the rule of sin and death that God put into place for sin to be covered and ultimately forgiven. We are also introduced in this episode to a ce...
2021-09-2734 minRelational Grace PodcastEssentials of the Faith: Why God Became A ManSend us a textPastor Harris continues discussing the Essentials of the Faith. He will explain how God communicates with his people through his creation and ultimately by becoming one of us. A foundation will be laid regarding why God had to become man. He will talk about the barrier between man and God and his plan to tear it down by the substitutionary death of Jesus. Pastor Harris will explain the qualifications of the substitute to be able to take away our sins and how Jesus filled all these requirements for you and for me.S...
2021-09-1334 minRelational Grace PodcastEssentials of the Faith: The SacrificeSend us a textYou will witness Pastor Harris's passion for the Old Testament as he shares hidden secrets he has uncovered having to do with the sacrificial system. This message also covers the development of substitutionary death we find in the Bible. Pastor Harris takes us on a journey from the first sacrifice to the final sacrifice and their necessity for the forgiveness of sins. Support the show
2021-09-0732 minRelational Grace PodcastWhy I’m Addicted to Grace: Not justice, it's grace. Free will, self-doubt, pride and fully realizing God’s grace bestowed on us.Send us a textPastor Harris juxtaposes grace to that of justice and mercy. With Justice you receive what you deserve, with Mercy you receive less then you deserve and with Grace someone else takes what you deserve. Pastor Harris also touches on the topics of free will and how it can make our lives hell on earth. Also discussed are the two attitudes that can stop us from appropriating God’s grace.Support the show
2021-08-0928 minRelational Grace PodcastReligion vs. Relationship: The Evolution of Paul of Tarsus to Paul the Follower of Jesus Christ.Send us a textPastor Harris walks us through the religion to relationship evolution of the lying, maming, torturing, murdering, Paul of Tarsus to Paul the follower of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:6-14). Salvation is not based on what we do or who we please. Religion says you missed the mark... relationship says you are unconditionally loved because of who you are, a child of God. The number one thing that Pastor Harris always taught was that Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship. This phrase represents the teaching legacy that he has left beh...
2021-07-2640 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Steps to the Throne (6 of 6) - Seated with ChristSend us a textIn this series Pastor Harris has attempted to show us six steps which could lead us to the very highest place a Christian can reach in life, and that place is to be seated together with Christ on His throne according to Revelation 3;20-21. Of course, we all recognize the fact that we are not dealing with physical realities here. When we ascend the six steps, we are not going to find Christ sitting in a great big chair, and He is not going to scoot over as far as He can so t...
2021-07-1233 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Steps to the Throne (3 of 6) - Buried with ChristSend us a textIn this series Pastor Harris is attempting to demonstrate that the very highest place to which any believer can attain is to be seated together with Christ on His throne, as Revelation 3:20-21 clearly affirms. The issue is how? The riser of step 2 was, Christ died on that cross. The tread of step 2 was you and I died with Him on the Cross.Now in this episode Pastor Harris gets pretty personal regarding what he calls “The old man” or “a steamer trunk”. As you listen to this message, what is your so cal...
2021-06-2533 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Steps to the Throne (2 of 6) - Dead with ChristSend us a textIn this episode Pastor Harris will be introducing the second step of six steps leading towards the great thrown of Solomon. In the last teaching of this series Pastor Harris made the point that before King Solomon could be seated on his throne, he was required to take 6 steps. Pastor Harris also demonstrated that by its very nature, every step has 2 parts, a riser and a tread. The riser always comes first. The risers represent Gods revelation to us and the treads represent the truths in which we stand. The last teaching described...
2021-06-2133 minRelational Grace PodcastSix Steps to the Throne (1 of 6) - Crucified with ChristSend us a textPastor Harris kicks off a message series where he breaks down the six steps up to Solomon's throne and how they relate to everyone listening. Pastor Harris's goal in this series is to help everyone listen to live an exciting Christian life. A life that is victorious, a life that is overcoming and a life that is powerful.  Years ago Pastor Harris was honored to receive a gift of an incredible model, built true to scale, of the magnificent Temple of Solomon.Along with this model of the temple, he...
2021-06-1439 minRelational Grace PodcastThe Lame Prince: A story of the blood covenant and Relational GraceSend us a textMany years ago Pastor Nick Harris wrote a book that introduced the idea of Relational Grace, hence the name of our podcast. This book features the story of Mepobisheth and touches on the blood covenant and the many types and shadows found in this story. Pastor Harris says it himself, this is the clearest picture of salvation that he could find in the Bible. We thought it would only be fitting to lead off our podcast efforts with this foundational Relational Grace message. For context this message was recorded at Ariel Chapel in N...
2021-06-0733 minRelational Grace PodcastFamily Discussion: Podcast purpose and the life and ministry of Pastor Nick HarrisSend us a textThis episode kicks off the Relational Grace Podcast by telling listeners more about what to expect from the ongoing teachings of Pastor Nick Harris who we sadly lost in 2020 just short of his 80th birthday. We also tell more about what to expect from Ariel Ministries, Pastor Nick and Crystal Harris's ministry, as we move forward without Pastor Harris. We consider it a responsibility to continue to share his great teachings and foundational message of Relational Grace. Visit the RelationalGraceBlog.com for more supplemental details and visuals.We use the majority of...
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