http://www.graceinrouge.org Grace Baptist Church Podcasts en Grace Baptist Church Podcasts Grace Baptist Church no Grace Baptist Church info@graceinrouge.org ℗ & © 2008 Grace Baptist Church 720 The church is to be a unique place in a fallen and broken world. It is to be a place of harmony, purpose, and unity. But too often, the church has been divided, filled with people seeking their personal agendas, or filled with people who are living their own lives without thought of the message that they are sending to other people through their lives. Far too few understand the unique nature of the church that God has called together in this world. As a church, we must strive to be a place of unified diversity—people from all different walks of life who are unified around the lordship of Jesus Christ. As we pursue this, we will be a dwelling place of God in this world, and place from which God will call more people to himself for salvation in Jesus Christ. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/a-church-called-together http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/a-church-called-together.mp3 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:54:32 CDT Larry Rogier The Church ephesians,church,unity,diversity,reconciliation 46:59 God is in the process of calling out his church from this world by his sovereign choice through the preaching of the gospel with the goal of bringing his church to share in the glory of Christ. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/god-calls-his-church http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/god-calls-his-church.mp3 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:44:18 CDT Larry Rogier The Church god,call,church,election,gospel 45:31 Who is the most important person in the church? It is Jesus. He created the world and redeemed the church so that he might come to have first place in everything. Through creation and reconciliation, he has shown himself to be the one to whom the church must submit. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/jesus-is-the-head-of-the-church http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/jesus-is-the-head-of-the-church.mp3 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:44:57 CDT Larry Rogier The Church church,jesus,head,colossians 41:00 In Matthew 16, as Jesus gets closer to the time of his death, he promises his disciples that he will build his church and that the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. This promise is the hope of the church today. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/jesus-builds-his-church http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/jesus-builds-his-church.mp3 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:27:17 CDT Larry Rogier The Church church,jesus,rock,peter,matthew 49:25 Sometimes people look at the situation of life that they find themselves in and see how it differs from someone else. Almost inevitably the response is to compare our lives with someone else. Interestingly, we rarely complain that our lives are not like the less fortunate. Few people say, “God, why could you not have made me a poor homeless person with cancer?” More often people say, “God, why could not you have give me a better paying job and fix my health problems?” This in itself is a commentary on the way that we view the gifts of God to us. Today, in the continuing story of Joseph, we see once again that God’s plan for people is different. In his sovereign rule over this world, he does not deal with everyone the same way. The challenge for us is to be content with what God is doing in our lives, knowing that he is bringing about his ultimate purpose, and recognizing that we must live in humble obedience to him. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/different-strokes-for-different-folks http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/different-strokes-for-different-folks.mp3 Sun, 25 May 2008 18:23:38 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis genesis,joseph,jacob,blessing 47:45 One of the enduring and encouraging truths in Scripture is that God never leaves us alone. He is always with his children, even though his plan for life may take us through some strange places. Today, in the life of Joseph, we see God taking Jacob to a strange place—Egypt. It is strange because it is taking him away from that land that God had promised him, and it is strange because it is a place that both his father had been told not to go to Egypt. But today we are reminded that God is working out his plan through the mess we call life, even when it takes us to some strange places. And when we are confident that God is working out his plan in our lives, we can live in strange places and wait to see the abundant provision of God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/going-strange-places http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/going-strange-places.mp3 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:57:20 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis joseph,jacob,egypt,genesis 41:58 A firm belief in God's sovereignty enables us to deal with difficult situations with grace. Since Joseph realized that God was in control, he was free to treat his brothers with grace and kindness. In so doing, he did not excuse their sin towards him. He rather depended on God's sovereign rule and grace to rule even in sinful situations. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/reconciliation-and-reunion http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/reconciliation-and-reunion.mp3 Sun, 11 May 2008 16:27:26 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis 43:53 Change is hard. In fact, it is so hard that most people never change, at least for the better. They simply do not want to do the hard work necessary to bring about lasting change. Yet we must understand that God’s purpose for our lives is change. He desires biblical change that comes from bringing our lives into subjection to the lordship of Christ in every area. But God is not interested in just any kind of change. He wants to take us from being self-centered people who live for their own satisfaction to the God-centered people who live for the glory of God. And that change will not come easy. It will be the result of many great works of God’s grace in your life that will bring difficulty and testing. Those tests that come from various people and places will be the opportunity to evaluate the change in your life. Only through testing can you see what has really taken place. Is the change just external, something that is easy to show in times of ease? Or will the change hold up under the stress of life? http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-test-of-change http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-test-of-change.mp3 Sun, 04 May 2008 11:55:49 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis joseph,genesis,change 45:32 There are some things that are simply too hideous to look at, while at the same time they are too gripping to turn away from. To come face to face with something so horrible can be life-changing. It can soften us and melt us, or it can harden us. Yet the greatness problem is not what is going on around us. It is what is going on inside of us. The ugliness of sin has created a hideous monster—self. We have learned to live with it only by ignoring it. Yet through God’s grace in our lives, he brings about circumstances that reveal to us just how bad we really are. When we come face to face with ourselves, we have come face to face with a monster that is far more gruesome than any fictional character could ever be. Yet that face to face encounter with our inner man is often the tool that God uses to wake us up. Today, in the story of Joseph, we see the awakening of a conscience as his brothers come face to face with their own hideous actions. We are reminded that only God’s grace can awaken our conscience and only that same grace can deal with our conscience and cause us to find grace and hope in Jesus. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/face-to-face-with-ugliness http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/face-to-face-with-ugliness.mp3 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:23:48 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis conscience,genesis,joseph 45:02 Everyone is interested in success. They want to reach "the top," whatever that is in their mind. However, defining success God's way is the only way to please him, and it is the only thing that will enable us to endure difficult circumstances. Success must be defined as being what God wants us to be where he wants us to be it. Joseph shows us what it means to accept God's plan and live life in difficult times with a desire to please God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-road-to-the-top http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-road-to-the-top.mp3 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:30:11 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis joseph,genesis,success 48:39 In the ups and downs of life, we have no idea how deep the downs will go, how long they will last, and how steep the ride up will be. Often, we feel so overwhelmed by the downs that it threatens our faith in God and causes us to wonder if he is really in control. It is during the down times that God is usually doing his best work in our lives. All of us find it easy to live when things are going well. But God brings the down times so that we can learn to experience his grace. From the life of Joseph, we can learn how he handled the down times so that we can learn how we should handle them. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-ups-and-downs-of-life http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-ups-and-downs-of-life.mp3 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:36:47 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis genesis,joseph,temptation,disappointment 38:16 It is easy to fall for pragmatism, the idea that it doesn't matter how you get there, so long as you get there. That type of life leads to great problems. The good news is that God is a God of grace overrule our own sinfulness. It won't make our ugliness of sin any prettier, but it will accomplish God's good purpose. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/ugly-things-may-turn-out-good--but-they-are-still-ugly http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/ugly-things-may-turn-out-good--but-they-are-still-ugly.mp3 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:49:09 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis judah,tamar,sin,sovereignty 45:38 God often works in ways that are different than normal human ways of doing things. And God usually uses normal human behavior to accomplish his plans. But we can be sure that God is always working his ultimate plan through this mess we call life. This beginning of the story of Joseph sets in motion events that are setting the stage for the future. Though God doesn't tell anyone what he is doing, he is bringing about his plan through the life of Joseph and his brothers. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/i-didnt-see-it-coming http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/i-didnt-see-it-coming.mp3 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:32:48 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis genesis,joseph,god's_plan 60:23 The report of the Messiah was not believed by the people to whom the Messiah came. He was too unimpressive to be a King. But through his undeserved suffering and his unsurpassed victory, Jesus brought the glory of life to sinful man. Have you believed this report? http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-glory-of-life http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-glory-of-life.mp3 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:34:06 CDT Larry Rogier The report of the Messiah was not believed by the people to whom the Messiah came. He was too unimpressive to be a King. But through his undeserved suffering and his unsurpassed victory, Jesus brought the glory of life to sinful man. Have you ... easter,crucifixion,resurrection 38:43 As God prepared to redeem the world, he for a time gave authority to Satan to bring his darkness to bear in the life of Jesus. But in this power of darkness came the hope of life. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-power-of-darkness http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-power-of-darkness.mp3 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:57:39 CDT Larry Rogier As God prepared to redeem the world, he for a time gave authority to Satan to bring his darkness to bear in the life of Jesus. But in this power of darkness came the hope of life. crucifixion,darkness 54:56 In concluding his teaching on how to handle differences between believers, Paul points to unified worship of God as the ultimate goal of dealing with differences. By accepting others whom Christ has died for and accepted, we follow the pattern of Christ, and see God's promises to his people fulfilled. In so doing, we can honor God through the worship of a unified body. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/when-people-differ-worship-god-together http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/when-people-differ-worship-god-together.mp3 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:54:43 CDT Larry Rogier Romans romans_15,christian_liberty,unity,worship 49:13 When people in the body differ over matters which God has approved, those who are "strong" must be sensitive to those who are "weak," choosing to restrain their own liberty for the sake of building up the body. There is no room in the church to insist on your own way, particularly when it might cause someone to stumble into sin and be destroyed. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/when-people-differ-build-up-the-body http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/when-people-differ-build-up-the-body.mp3 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:13:00 CST Larry Rogier Romans romans_14,christian_liberty,weak,strong 55:51 Living under the lordship of Christ is the key factor in learning how to get along with people who disagree with us on matters of personal preference. We must be fully convinced in our own minds, which requires careful study of the Word and the world that we live in. However, we are not able to be the lord of someone else's life. We must prepare for the judgment, while loving others under the lordship of Christ. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/when-people-differ-the-lordship-of-christ http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/when-people-differ-the-lordship-of-christ.mp3 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:30:26 CST Larry Rogier Romans 59:37 One of the first things that people see when they become a Christian is that Christians do not always agree on everything. The result is that some Christians treat other Christians poorly because they see things a little bit differently. These attitudes of intolerance have created great problems in the church today. In Romans 14, Paul tells the church how to deal with people who differ on matters of personal preference. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/when-people-differ-part-1 http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/when-people-differ-part-1.mp3 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:21:12 CST Larry Rogier Romans romans,christian_liberty,weak 47:05 Love toward others is an obligation that can never be fully paid. Following the example of Christ, who kept the law for us, we must love others so that we can be what God intended us to be. Paul reminds us that by looking for the return of Christ, we can put on the Lord Jesus Christ and learn to love as he did. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/dying-for-the-return-of-christ http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/dying-for-the-return-of-christ.mp3 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:56:56 CST Larry Rogier Romans romans,love,return_of_christ 51:23 Politics and religion are the two things people aren't supposed to talk about. But Paul mixes them well in Romans 13:1-7 where he calls on Christians to recognize that living sacrifices to God must still submit to government, not just because of wrath, but because it is the right thing to do. God established all governments, and delegated authority to them. Therefore, we must honor them. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/whos-in-charge http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/whos-in-charge.mp3 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:29:18 CST Larry Rogier Romans romans,government,christians 64:52 The desire for retaliation and revenge is built in to every person because of sin. It started in the Garden of Eden, where Adam tried to get revenge against Eve by blaming her. And it escalated when Cain retaliated against Abel by murder. But God has a different plan for those who will be a living sacrifice. God says, "You be loving and let me handle the outcome." http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/dying-to-not-get-even http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/dying-to-not-get-even.mp3 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:31:10 CST Larry Rogier Romans retaliation,revenge,wrath,anger,love,living_sacrifice 54:09 Paul's call to be a living sacrifice is not a call to some theoretical way of life. It is a call to love others in concrete ways. After talking about the use of spiritual gifts in vv. 3-8, Paul now talks about the spiritual fruit of love in vv. 9-16 http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/dying-to-love http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/dying-to-love.mp3 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:11:18 CST Larry Rogier Romans love,living_sacrifice,romans_12 66:39 Finding our part in a group of people can be a challenging task. But it is never made harder than when we have an unrealistic expectation of who we are and what we can do. The body of Christ is made up of people who are supposed to be finding their spiritual gift and serving the body with it. But far too many in the church have too high an opinion of themselves. In Romans 12:3-8, Paul talks of how the transformed life of the living sacrifice has learned to think rightly about itself and uses its gifts in service to the body. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/small-enough-to-be-a-part http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/small-enough-to-be-a-part.mp3 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:22:23 CST Larry Rogier Romans romans,spiritual_gifts,pride 62:54 God's great mercy toward us in salvation calls for a well-reasoned response of total life worship. Only by being transformed in our thinking can we live this kind of life that God calls us to live. This living sacrifice is the call of God on our lives. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/a-living-death http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/a-living-death.mp3 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:04:26 CST Larry Rogier Romans living,sacrifice,romans_12 56:52 The long awaited arrival of the King was inauspicious, but the venerable Simeon was led by the Spirit to recognize the baby Jesus as the promised Messiah who would bring salvation to all people. As the light of revelation to the Gentiles, Jesus brought hope to people who were outside the covenant, while fulfilling the promise made to those who were part of the covenant. In so doing, he has shown himself to be the only hope of a world darkened by sin. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-light-of-the-world http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-light-of-revelation.mp3 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:23:11 CST Larry Rogier The long awaited arrival of the King was inauspicious, but the venerable Simeon was led by the Spirit to recognize the baby Jesus as the promised Messiah who would bring salvation to all people. As the light of revelation to the Gentiles, Jesus ... simeon,jesus,light,christmas 39:07 The life of following after God is a journey with difficult times. Often, these difficult times are times that are brought on our own weakness and proneness to sin. Following a God we cannot see is difficult when we are stared down every day by things that we can see, things that cry out for our attention. It is a sad fact that the things of this world are quite often much more real to Christians than the life that we have in Jesus. As a result, we are easily distracted from following after God. As we conclude the major portion of the story of Jacob in Genesis, we see that Jacob was side-tracked from following after God. His stay in Succoth, and then in Shechem, had brought idol worship into his house and had stopped him from returning to the place of God’s blessing. God, in his grace and faithfulness, comes yet one more time to Jacob and calls him to return to a place of spiritual growth and renewal. For Jacob, it was time to get moving—on to the land of promise, to the place of God’s blessing. When our own spiritual lives get stalled, we must quickly return to God through repentance and obedience. It is not enough to start tomorrow. God is calling us today, just as he did Jacob, to get moving again so that we may find the place of God’s blessing for our lives and bring honor to God in this broken and fallen world. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/time-to-get-moving http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/time-to-get-moving.mp3 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:56:08 CST Larry Rogier Genesis jacob,shechem,bethel,el_bethel 53:31 When Christians face the world, they are often unprepared for what awaits them. Separated from strong parental leadership and a strong church family, life takes a quick turn for the worse. When an unprotected girl, a disinterested father, unbridled passions, and uncontrolled urges meet, you end up with a girl who has been raped with a father who says nothing and brothers who wipe out a whole town. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/its-a-dangerous-world http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/its-a-dangerous-world.mp3 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:17:47 CST Larry Rogier Genesis genesis,dinah,shechem,jacob,rape 42:53 Reconciliation is not always an easy thing to pursue. Broken relationships bring great pain and personal distress. However, through the grace of God and His work in Christ, we can find reconciliation and learn to live peaceably with others. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/finding-reconciliation http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/finding-reconciliation.mp3 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:15:23 CST Larry Rogier Genesis jacob,esau,reconciliation,forgiveness 58:25 Long dark nights of the soul are devastating to one unanchored in the promise of God in Jesus Christ. They shape our view of the world around us and dictate our responses to the life in which God has placed us. Yet to the one seeking after God, these dark nights of the soul are one of God’s must useful instruments to change us through his grace that comes only through Jesus Christ. Sometimes God takes through long dark nights in our souls to demonstrate our own helplessness apart from Him. It is His desire that we come to a place of total dependence and submission to His will, to abandon ourselves to Him. Jesus told His disciples, “Apart from me, you can do nothing.” It is a lesson we must all learn. Today, in the life of Jacob, we see a long dark night of wrestling, resolved only at daybreak with a prayer, an answer, and a life forever changed. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-long-dark-night http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-long-dark-night.mp3 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:10:38 CST Larry Rogier Genesis jacob,peniel,blessing,israel 60:01 In the midst of struggle and difficult, it can be easy to think that God has forgotten us. Yet this story in the life of Jacob reminds us that God never forgets. He always keeps his promises. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/god-always-keeps-his-promises http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/god-always-keeps-his-promises.mp3 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:01:08 CST Larry Rogier Genesis jacob, 58:03 Does it ever seem to you like life simply is not going your way? Imagine waking up on the first morning of your marriage and the person lying next to you is not the person you thought you were marrying. Imagine the confusion, disappointment, anger, and hurt that would run through your mind all at once. That was the life the Jacob woke up to on a very strange morning. Jacob waited another week to get the wife he really wanted, and it was not long before the two wives became four wives. What a mess. It was not a mess that was entirely Jacob’s fault, but it was a mess that he was going to have to live with. And it is a mess that God has preserved for us in His Word so that we could learn about His greatness and mercy. Most of our lives are not filled with problems that stem from four wives, or marrying someone we did not plan to marry. They are rather problems that stem from our own choices and the choices of those around us. While these choices may have brought great problems for us, we can learn about God’s mercy and goodness through the life of Jacob as we look at this part of life this morning. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/doing-right-when-life-isnt-working http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/doing-right-when-life-isnt-working.mp3 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:34:15 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis jacob,rachel,leah,sons,grace 54:08 Christ is everything in life and life must be viewed through the commitment that Christ made to us in the gospel and the commitment that the gospel draws from us. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/christ-is-life http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/christ-is-life.mp3 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:35:08 CDT Paul Sand Philippians christ,life,die,death,gain 34:40 The Old Testament contains stories of people who are just like us. They are people who live in dysfunctional families where backbiting, deception, treachery, bitterness, and anger occur everyday. When Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Esau get together in Genesis 27, we see a messed up family who does everything wrong, and yet God's grace still uses this family to bring his promise of salvation to the world. In Genesis 27, we can see a little bit of ourselves in all of these characters, and a lot of ourselves in at least one of them. See who you are like and what you need to do to be like the Savior who died for people like this. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/who-are-you-like http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/who-are-you-like.mp3 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:55:13 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis genesis,isaac,jacob,esau,blessing,bitterness 42:38 Desperation in our lives always makes what we do not have seem bigger and more important than it really is. When we get desperate, we ended trading away things that are important for things that will satisfy. From the life of Jacob and Esau, we learn the danger of desperation and the sinfulness of greed. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/dangerous-yard-sales http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/dangerous-yard-sales.mp3 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:38:20 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis genesis,jacob,esau,birthright 46:09 Fathers don't live forever. Some fathers are dead, even though they live. All fathers will live, even though they die. They will leave a legacy through their children. What kind of legacy they leave depends on what kind of life they live. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/on-the-death-of-fathers http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/on-the-death-of-fathers.mp3 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:42:17 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis genesis,abraham,death,fathers 55:53 Forgetfulness can be frustrating, both for those who forget and those who are forgotten. When we think God has forgotten us, it leads to disillusionment with God and his work in our lives. From the life of Abraham we learn that God never forgets. His timing may not be our timing, and we may have to learn patience in faith, but God never forgets. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/god-never-forgets http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/god-never-forgets.mp3 Sun, 20 May 2007 16:22:17 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis abraham,forget,patience,disillusionment,genesis 50:59 How do you eat an elephant? The same way sin takes over your life: One bite at a time. Incrementalism is a dangerous thing. Sin starts off small but soon it will not leave you, even if you leave it. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/lingering-in-sodom http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/lingering-in-sodom.mp3 Sun, 06 May 2007 11:25:50 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis sodom,lot,judgment,sin,homosexuality 53:08 The promises of God are not all good. Along with promises of blessing, God has given us promises of judgment. In this appearance to Abraham, God has one of each. We must remember that we cannot pick and choose which promises we like. We must listen to God and learn his way to receive his blessing and avoid his punishment http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/promises-and-punishment Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:44:46 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis blessing,punishment,abraham,sodom Our human minds are troubled with forgetfulness. But God in his grace, constantly reminds us, just as he did Abraham. With a sign (circumcision) and a ceremony (cutting up animals), God reconfirms his intent to bless Abraham, and foreshadows the gospel which is a circumcision of the heart. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/remind-me-again http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/remind-me-again.mp3 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:26:32 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis circumcision,genesis,abraham 51:14 http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/taking-matters-into-our-own-hands http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/taking-matters-into-our-own-hands.mp3 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:32:49 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis faith,commitment,obedience,trial,difficulty 56:00 http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/stepping-out http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/stepping-out.mp3 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:38:02 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis faith,commitment,obedience,radical 55:32 http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/and-then-you-die http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/and-then-you-die.mp3 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:15:04 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis death,righteousness,sin,die 48:00 Society is constantly on an upward trend in technology. Our ability to do things has never been this high in history. Yet with all the growth in technology, mankind can still not address the basic problem of sin. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/growing-in-all-the-wrong-ways Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:09:29 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis sin,technology,civilization,salvation http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/control-freak http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/control-freak.mp3 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:03:17 CST Larry Rogier Genesis sin,control,domination,cain,abel 45:02 http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-way-it-was http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-way-it-was.mp3 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:59:37 CDT Larry Rogier Genesis creation,genesis 52:05 The purpose of preaching is not to entertain, nor to pass time. It is to change the lives of the hearers. With this in mind, Paul urges the young Timothy to preach for life change from the inside out. http://www.sermoncloud.com/grace-baptist-church/the-purpose-of-preaching http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/393/the-purpose-of-preaching-1-timothy-15.mp3 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:11:57 CST Larry Rogier 1 Timothy purpose,preaching,change,entertainment 52:45