Living Your Dash Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sean Lee
A podcast to bring additional encouragement for the disciple of Jesus to find and fulfill God's purpose for their life.
John Maxwell said "You've got to give up, to go up", meaning that you can't hold on the past, can't hold on to failures - or even successes - to reach newer, better goals. "There is no significance without sacrifice. But the good news is… you will be moving toward a better and more fulfilling way of life if you learn to give up so you can go up."
This is why forgiveness is so important. We don't like to admit we hold grudges, nurse bitterness, and incorporate bias. But those are all too-human characteristics. Your enemy might not even be human or it might be a system or just bad circumstances. But you have to let it go.
So, make sure you listen to Rick's message, then come and listen to this great conversation on the importance of developing the skill of giving up the right to get even.
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/Mo1upt1Uccg?si=y2SnFDk4P48yHY0e&t=2313
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"Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together," wrote Billy Graham. "What our young people want to see in their elders is integrity, honesty, truthfulness, and faith. What they hate most of all is hypocrisy and phoniness…Let them see us doing what we would like them to do." As Grace Community Church enters into this next phase of its life - or as you might be facing (or will soon BE facing) challenges, it is important to guard and exercise your integrity.
In this discussion, Sean and Rick talk about the ways we can demonstrate and nurture the moral rebar of our lives!
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/niaFI0FK2Rk?si=v7eMXp_5nEWADzrc&t=2527
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What does Orwell's 1984, Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Dostoyevsky's Brother's Karamazov, and Bronte's Wuthering Heights have in common? Only that they were the last works written by the authors. Now, to be clear, Rick is as healthy as a horse. But his last few messages remind us that every preacher has his last sermon and sermon series. NEXT is Rick's last choice.
In this podcast, we discover why he's chosen this series and its main character, Joseph, and why we've got a lot to learn!
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://www.youtube.com/live/OZ9SJy30ykA?si=4H4EJMMQaqM0w7f8&t=3040
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It is a very special place that Grace is in, right now. We all feel a paradox of emotions: challenging, exciting, sad, happy, cautious, open, etc. And in the middle of this is Rick Hale, who is giving us an opportunity to witness his own journey in a very candid way. For most of us, the end of jobs come with little to no fanfare, and without much philosophical reflection. Rick invites us into examining his own experience so that we can perhaps evaluate our own retirements or cessations.
But he's not out yet! He's got work to do! This week, based on our Lord's teaching of how we are salt and light, he reminds Grace - and therefore every disciple - what we must focus on.
Join us in this fascinating conversation.
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/tzHUYwqMGw0?si=5uThGzIax6pi89tg&t=2761
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/1545-2/
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Fifteen years after the American Civil War, a man by the name of Thomas Edison patented and began commercializing the incandescent light bulb. It was a watershed moment not only for the United States, but for the world. Thereafter, it would change the way we design buildings, changed the nature of the workday, jumpstarted new businesses, and forced energy production and conveyance into the stratosphere. It was exciting - but very disruptive. If you were in the gas lighting business, back then, you had better have your resume updated!
Disruption. It's all around us and in us. How do we tackle disruption? Paul wasn't worried about the disruptions at the church at Colossae (a church he didn't plan nor ever visited), he simply PRAYED.
Oh - it can't be that simple ... Yes - yes, it can. Simple doesn't mean easy. But simple doesn't mean feeble, either. A hammer is a simple tool. Used correctly, it can be used to build the most useful items conceived by man.
Listen-in on this conversation Rick has with Sean on the message he gave over Memorial Day weekend.
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/rTuqBMjw6JM?si=OwGLYEd1py4LrNMF&t=2709
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There comes a time when pastors need to retire, and if he's the founding pastor, that's brings a new set of challenges to that local church. Mostly because they've never been there before.
While that could bring anxiety, depression, or insecurity, that's not the case for Grace.
Rick Hale has basically written the textbook on how to transfer leadership in the most gentle, generous, and logical way, the benefit is that he gave his church time to find their next Senior Pastor, Nathan Marsh.
Hailing from the great state of Kansas, Nate, Cosette, Shamonique, and Tyson, are about to make New Mexico their adopted new home - and Grace couldn't be more excited!
Listen-in to this amazing conversation Sean has with Rick and Nate.
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▶️ WATCH Rick's Mother's Day message, here: https://youtu.be/tB-7E6C1fTw?si=ODzW3LuNzodZWc5a&t=2296
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"There is no such thing as a permanent Senior Pastor. In fact, we are all interims at what we do." It's true, isn't it: all we are in this world are stewards of our time and opportunities.
On August 22, 2022, Rick Hale signaled his intention to retire, setting in-motion actions that would lead to a retirement that has always been inevitable, but now steadily drawing near.
What does a Senior Pastor do as he faces retirement? What should the congregation do? What can the average disciple learn from their Head Shepherd as he navigates his own ride into the sunset.
It's exciting to be a part of this major historic event in Grace's history - but it also makes us a little nervous! But Pastor Rick assures us: we have nothing to fear!
Listen-in on this revealing podcast!
Are you in the midst of a fire you can't outrun? Has the blaze taken everything from you except your existence? Or are you watching helplessly from the shore, watching a friend or loved one struggle to reach the shore in the storm? Why does this have to happen? Why does disaster (literal or relational), disease, financial ruin, depression, anxiety, and unceasing pressure exist? Didn't God promise to protect us from all that? Or did he say something else?
"Where is God when it Hurts?" is the series that takes a no-punches-pulled look at the whys and what-nexts of life's unwanted events - and finding that the purpose is so much bigger and grander than we could ever imagine.
Make sure you listen to the conclusion of the podcast of this powerful series.
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/8n0k6xAwqkI?si=u37zwdaqmags9H6H&t=2495
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/1545-2/
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Dallas Willard, a UC Berkley professor of epistemology and philosophy died in 2013 after a tough battle with pancreatic cancer. He was also a deeply devoted disciple of Jesus Christ. "The reason the book of Job is in the Bible partly is to help us understand we're in a battle. You might think if you read the book of Job it would be a good idea not to call the devil's attention to yourself by being too good, but testing does come. In the time of testing, we want to cling to God, not doubt him, but cling to him ... You want to understand that sometimes the suffering doesn't come for that reason; it comes because there is an enemy who wishes to make you doubt God."
In this new series, "Where is God When it Hurts?" Pastor Rick Hale embarks on a 30,000 foot level study of the book of Job. Make sure you make all of the series, but especially this first message: "Behind the Curtain".
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://www.youtube.com/live/vN3MsTtqXmo?si=-AJyzygUVwZqKZyw&t=2659
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/1545-2/
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The late Tim Keller wrote: “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.” Keller believed in the hope Jesus brought to us, that when he died, his departing words were: “There is no downside for me leaving …”
Easter changes everything. It's not an occasion to remember a dead religious figure, it is the triumphant climax of the crescendo of the "earthly" ministry of Jesus - one that still continues!
In this fitting discussion of Mark's Gospel account of Jesus' resurrection, we see Jesus as Lord over death and the grave, and what that means for you and me!
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/RjTQiwUkGRY?si=T8YNnJJ_50QHKWzC&t=2810
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
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We all want the right answer. But the right answer can be useless if we don't understand the question. CS Lewis brought this up: "Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. How many hours are in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask - half our great theological and metaphysical problems - are like that."
But one man had a TurningPoint because he asked all the right questions. Listen to Rick's message, then come back and listen to his conversation with Sean.
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/wU8mttmfj5I?si=sT5mwMu1ASOaURLK&t=2810
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
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Have you ever felt like you weren't enough? Dr. Brene Brown triumphantly declared war on the war we wage on ourselves: "Sufficiency isn't two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn't a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn't an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough." But Dr. Brown is the first. The Apostle Paul had to figure it out, too, and what he discovered uncovers for us this powerful truth: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!" Listen to this great podcast with guest speaker, Alan Gedde.
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/fXGL0_Y-M5I?si=mNmYBCzL-NOp264n&t=2477
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
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His name was Levi. But that's probably not what others called him. To them, he was collaborator with the enemy, villain, turncoat, traitor, or profiteer. He must have been a lonely, and unhappy man. What respectable family would allow their daughter to marry him? If he was married, what of his children? Perhaps you have very little in common with a first century tax collector, but we all have this in common: we need a champion, we need someone who values us, and we need grace.
Don't miss this great conversation on the calling of Matthew/Levi!
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/_p8fmtYGKBM?si=igScj2gJ1NXjigCa&t=2755
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
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We don't know her name. We can only guess at what her life was like before, and we don't hear much about her after. But her turning point conversation with Jesus was one of the most remarkable in the New Testament. Thanks to her experience, so many of us have hope, security, and refreshment!
This week's Living Your Dash Podcast is a conversation about one of the most famous "water cooler conversations" ever. Don't miss the message, but then afterward, don't miss this podcast!
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/JQ6z-B0Z0tQ?si=Sk_ay52vL6SmDGDL&t=3048
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
👩🦰 LEARN more about the ASPIRE Women's Conference https://aspirewomensevents.com/roswell-nm-2024/
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On April 19, 2021, Ingenuity, an autonomous arial drone took off and took video of it's surroundings. "Big deal," you might say, "that happens all the time."
It IS a big deal because Ingenuity is on MARS. That's right - the fourth planet in our solar system! It performed way past it's expected lifespan - but all things came to an end because it crashed and broke off a propeller blade. With no one there to repair it, it has become a part of the dirt and rocks of that Big Red planet.
There comes a time in our lives, as well, when what works suddenly comes to a catastrophic end. That happened to a man named Nicodemus - and I'm so glad it did! Listen to a conversation Rick and Sean have about a conversation Nicodemus had with Jesus!
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/b-LD4djWfmA?si=-uj_t_RgiMAdbs34&t=2424
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
👩🦰 LEARN more about the ASPIRE Women's Conference https://aspirewomensevents.com/roswell-nm-2024/
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Imagine you've worked all night in the cold and water.
You're exhausted. Your body aches. The morning sun is bouncing off the water making you squint - and you're probably dehydrated and getting a headache.
Suddenly a guy is at the bow of your boat asking if he could use your boat as a platform to speak. Maybe you're a little annoyed at this uncouth request. Maybe all you want to do is just go home and sleep. But for some reason, you listen to him. You take a chance, not realizing that he's taking a chance on you ...
And you end up becoming an important part of world history.
God uses ordinary people. People like you and me. But we need to be willing to be directed - to pivot on the Turning Point he prescribes. Will we take it? Listen to this lively and and important podcast!
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▶️ WATCH today's message: https://youtu.be/NOiHy7J3TOo?si=g_HP7-2FVKduFWRI&t=2558
🚀 LEARN more about our series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
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Do you love surprises? Probably if it's fun or positive ... but how about an ominous diagnosis, a loved-one in a car wreck, an unexpected budget buster, or a sudden death. That's the kind of surprise we don't appreciate. On Feb 11, 2024, a freak snow storm blew in to ordinarily arid Roswell for just a few hours - unfortunately shutting down Grace's church services. Since Living Your Dash is based on those messages, it forced us to adapt to today's content. We decided: "Why not talk about unexpected circumstances? How can we be prepared for them?
Maybe you're going through an unwanted surprise right now? Maybe you want to be prepared for - not if, but WHEN - the unexpected and unwanted shows up at your door? Take a few moments and ponder that with us.
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🚀 Find out more about our NEXT series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/turningpoints
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John Wesley, the prime mover of the Methodist Revival, wrote: "Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can." (Letters of John Wesley) Generosity should flow from a disciple as freely as possible because it is not only expected by Jesus, but he proved that generosity can never be drained. He proved that his very blood - and he gave it all - had no limits.
So how do we live a life of generosity and joy? Listen to this fantastic conversation with Rick and Sean.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/SfutBLmvLLE?si=pCwRRfE1Z79BSq-t&t=2602
🚀 - Find out more about the Red Letter Challenge: https://www.roswellgrace.com/rlc
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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” Martin Luther King Jr.
“To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.” Douglas Adams
“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” Mahatma Gandhi
Three very different people: One a pastor and civil rights leader, the other a satirical author, and third global civil rights leader. Only one of them is a Christian - one is radical athiest. Yet all agree that serving others is the pinnacle of what a person can contribute to their nieghbor. Service to others, it seems, is as much a law of the Universe as gravity, motion, and standing in line at the DMV.
In this pocast, Chris VanDyke and Sean sit down and discuss his recent message on the Red Letter Challenge of Jesus to serve. Don't miss it - and make sure you take time to serve someone today!
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🎧 Listen to Chris's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/d7JcsfvmlXc?si=pRuCPdU3N3nYqnOF&t=2557
🚀 - Find out more about the Red Letter Challenge: https://www.roswellgrace.com/rlc
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CS Lewis brilliantly cut to the chase about WHO Jesus is - and of crucial importance - what HE wants to make of us when he famously penned:
I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. (Mere Christianity)
The "red letters" - the accentuated words of Jesus - were not meant to make us feel good or bad or cross-stitched on a pillow. They were said to transform mankind and elevate our destiny in ways that we could never ask or imagine.
In this incredible series Rick brings, we can focus on what Jesus says and why he says it.
Don't miss this incredible series or this enlightening conversation!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/rKbn5-YBwxg?si=kdF94hVPY4xMwlFr&t=2604
🚀 - Find out more about the Red Letter Challenge: https://www.roswellgrace.com/rlc
🚀 - Check out the bulletin for ministries you may find interest in: https://www.roswellgrace.com/_files/ugd/de706a_5a563b197d8e462cbc7872cb16c1f802.pdf
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Lebanese poet and artist Kahlil Gibran famously wrote: "An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind." Forgiveness. We want to receive it - and at our altruistic best, believe that we'll grant it. But then the exceptions come ... the justifications become easier. We sigh. We wonder: "Why even try?" But as our ragamuffin friend, Brennan Manning would say, “To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark ... In admitting my shadow side, I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.”
In walking with Jesus, wading through his words, we understand: we truly cannot live apart from him and we must allow the fruit that must punch through tough and bitter bark.
Join Rick and Sean as they discuss his latest message and the importance of forgiveness.
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🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/yqbUDW43IuU?si=FNdA3V9nE8Dg-Vnm&t=2273
🚀 - Find out more about the Red Letter Challenge: https://www.roswellgrace.com/rlc
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While it's important to have life goals and even more important to have a life purpose statement, those things don't live in a vacuum. They must be expressed in the real world, past the words, and in with the lives of people. Perhaps this is why pastor JD Greer wrote: "Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future."
"Well, nothing is more important than fulfilling your life goals!" Maybe? What if it is that, and your eternity? It's not just one is more important than the other - they are linked and both important.
Perhaps it is profoundly important, then - perhaps, more than we realize - that when Jesus says: "Remain in me and I will remain in you," he's saying that being with him is preeminently important for today - and also for forever?
In this fascinating and deeply practical podcast, Rick and Sean uncover the meaning of what it means to be with Jesus.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/jSi6gWjvO8I?si=JKiu6DBBXFYDZ1un&t=2502
🚀 - Find out more about the Red Letter Challenge: https://www.roswellgrace.com/rlc
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What does Martin Luther, Rick Hale, and Bing Crosby have in common? Not only are all three good looking and smell nice, people pay attention to what they have to say at Christmas!
With apologies to Bing, Rick borrows from the famous Latin phrases of the Reformers to frame Christmas in its purity: Sola Fide: Faith Alone; Sola Gratia: Grace Alone; Sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone, and this week: Sola Christus: Christ Alone.
It seems obvious, doesn't it? Don't we sing about it? "Joy to the World the Savior reigns ..." or "O come let us adore him Christ the Lord ... " or "Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today ..."?
French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal gave us a warning: "Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."
Listen in on this important podcast!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/vf05M0RWhTQ?si=8zCNFdUFVnFDoS1y&t=2561
🚀 - Learn more about the series "A Savior is Born" https://www.roswellgrace.com/savior
"Salvation" is defined as "preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss. It's a common theme in literature, movies, music and art. What would summer super hero movies be like without the salvation by caped crusaders?
But our need for some ONE to deliver us from ultimate harm, ruin, or loss is what Christmas is all about. It is not the celebration of wonder, or innocence, or cultural affects of warmth and human achievement. Those are not bad things - but we must be careful not to miss the point.
What is he point? The Reformers were wise to show the critical importance that Christ is not only the Savior we want and need ... he's the only One there is.
It's a fascinating podcast discussion you won't want to miss!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/_IQn11f_BKg?si=tHKeZZNaQDtmXuAr&t=2570
🚀 - Learn more about the series "A Savior is Born" https://www.roswellgrace.com/savior
What does the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), and an American manufacturing theorist have in common? The Deming Prize! Established in Japan in 1951 by the JUSE consortium, the prize is given to individuals who contribute excellency in the production of goods and services. Because of Deming's principles, names like Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and others have become household names. The irony is that while American automotive manufacturers in Detroit could have benefited from adapting Deming's principles, they chose not to change, and well, a small glimpse into Detroit will show you what happened. "It is not necessary to change;" Deming would later quip. "Survival is not mandatory."
What does this have to do with Christmas? Christmas is mankind's only opportunity to change for the good, for good. We mustn't get caught up in the materialism, emotional attachment to cultural affects, and certainly not to a "Jesus-less" Christmas.
In this fascinating talk between Rick and Sean, they discuss Rick's message, "How to Miss Salvation" and conclude the necessary ways we must change.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/Snunwn4LniQ?si=XN-nOkK9MXp4e7WM&t=2492
🚀 - Learn more about the series "A Savior is Born" https://www.roswellgrace.com/savior
Happy 25th Anniversary to Grace Community Church! Anniversaries are important because they commemorate an important event. To "commemorate" is literally a "mindful remembrance," in Grace's instance, the relationships and shared covenant of purpose; the shared ups, downs, highs and lows as we face them together. After twenty five years, a lot of babies are born, some move away, some pass away, and some find that - truly - we are better together! And of course, there's the unexpected and funny surprises - like when Rick tried to open the Time Capsule ... (must see the video!)
Join Rick and Sean as they think about the past twenty five years of Grace!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/rnMb8MdpSaY?si=oBteNsuU26Kjd0B_&t=3235
🚀 - Watch the (attempted?) unsealing of the Time Capsule: https://www.facebook.com/roswellgrace/videos/319987877471824/
🎉 Remember: you ONLY have until Dec. 24th to get your Time Capsule donation! 🎊
Ever heard of Tesla? Of course you have. Depending on who you ask, it's either the most inflated company in the world, or the most groundbreaking. But, like "Jack Sparrow," you HAVE heard of it! Did you know that Elon Musk, it's founder, went bankrupt with the company and almost lost it all? He resorted to never going home and sleeping on the factory floor. Today, Tesla is one of the most profitable and innovative companies in the world. But Musk came just a razor's edge from losing it all.
Sometimes, that's how it goes. And for every "come back" story there are four very sad endings.
So how do we approach failures and fatigue?
In this episode of Living Your Dash, Alan Gedde talks about his message and the lessons learned he couldn't share from the stage. It's a great wrap-up to a great series!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Alan's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/dBOlzvcV9r8?si=LJ9gZ8U9zuw9sNxW&t=2733
🚀 - Learn more about the series Created to Dream: https://www.roswellgrace.com/dream
🎊 🎉 Learn more about our 25th Anniversary Celebration here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/twentyfivemore
It's a common, "folksy", thing we've heard: "Never pray for patience because God will answer that with lots of trouble!" As if to say, what? God is bumbles around, capriciously looking for ways to make our life harder? If that's true, how can we trust God with help during our most desperate times? What if patience - and its conveyance, delays and difficulties - is exactly what he wants? What if he in fact demands that we learn it for not only our good, but also the fulfilment of His greatest plans? This week, Rick let Sean Lee talk about this "difficult" topic on Sunday, and we dug a little deeper into its meaning.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Sean's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/8A6RPqhivcs?si=uPn4DT-Zt2Zw7w0a&t=2297
🚀 - Learn more about the series Created to Dream: https://www.roswellgrace.com/dream
☝️ Learn more about Joni Earekson Tada: https://youtu.be/VVXJ8GyLgt0?si=Gaig5-tLN8LxCSmV
✌️ Learn more about Corrie ten Boom: https://www.biography.com/activists/corrie-ten-boom
Delays. Whether it's a stop light, road construction, a post-poned or cancelled flight, or much needed job or money, delays seem to suck out the joy and peace in our lives.
But delays are not only a fact of life, they are also an important part of God's process in resolving the dreams he's placed in our lives.
It's understandable: who wants to wait? But if you're serious about following God's plan God's ways, there's going to be an important growth element requiring faith, trust ... and waiting with hope through the delay! Check out this important podcast!
❤️🔥 - It's our 200th episode! Help us break the old record of 143 listens! Pass this on!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/iysOKsmtrbk?si=2j4SJAJx-9YSupcN&t=3277
🚀 - Learn more about the series Created to Dream: https://www.roswellgrace.com/dream
Noah was told to build a giant ship. Moses was told to go back to Egypt and demand the Hebrew's freedom - with no means to compel their slave masters. Gideon defeated 135,000 Midianites with just 300 men, and some torches. Jesus was going to cover the world with his disciples starting with just 12 (eleven, actually, since Judas ... well, you know). God seems to always seem to do things in unexplainable ways. He is under no obligation to let us in on the secret. But he does gives us a path and builds us in the process. "Wisdom," the Bible Dictionary comments, is "a process of attainment and not an accomplishment." So our clue is NOT that it's not so much to BE wise as we pursue the dream God gives us, but SEEK His wisdom and act wisely.
In his message covering the topic of wisely seeking God's Wisdom, Chris VanDyke helped us to give proper focus. Join us in this really fun talk! Then Rick and Sean talk about some great things happening at Grace.
❤️🔥 - We're heading to episode 200! Help us break the old record of 143 listens!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Chris' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/XyKbAgHDEcY?si=xxyxfPDMSnfrQuPs&t=2594
🚀 - Learn more about the series Created to Dream: https://www.roswellgrace.com/dream
🎧EXTRA: Check the bonus beginning montage!
Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt wrote: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Did it ever occur to you that only humans (as far as we know of) imagine the future, dream dreams of something that could be, or should be, or must be? In fact, our imagination is a gift and creation of God. God dreams! Think about it: the Gospel is the powerful focus of His dream for all humanity.
Are we meant to dream dreams that God means to use for humanity's future? In this series and this podcast, Rick and Sean talk about this overlooked but powerfully important part of our lives that literally effects everything we do. Don't miss this podcast!
❤️🔥 - We're heading to episode 200! Help us break the old record of 143 listens!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/p0H3vIfvqAE?si=cF-3YS1NPK9wGuRc&t=2607
🚀 - Learn more about the series Created to Dream: https://www.roswellgrace.com/dream
🥊 - Cancer with Grace - a cancer support Group: https://www.roswellgrace.com/cancer-with-grace
🥊 - Walk for Hope: Oct 14 - https://www.walkforhopechavescounty.com/
To define culture is an adventure of sorts because it can mean a lot of things. It's a sample of bacteria. It's the expression of arts and literature. It's the standards and mores of a society. At the end of the day, you can scratch your head and be puzzled in it's definition, but know exactly what it is - or what it is not.
Enter the Gospel. What the world didn't know at the time was that it was a singularity event of culture. The Gospel was a new definition of culture. Was it a religion? Yes, and no. Were there expectations of behavior and acceptance of others? Yes, and no. It didn't matter what political boundary it crossed, what age of discovery, or technological advance. The "culture" of The King Jesus and his disciples would mix seamlessly into the context of wherever and whenever they were, and yet find absolute similarity.
This is not a theory or dream. This is history for the last 2,000 years. In this podcast, Rick and Sean talk about the Kingdom of God expressed in how it doesn't want to change culture, per se, but it must. Sound like a contradiction? No. Listen-in and find out more!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/dy0dU-Si-1c?si=zM80NtQ2FtcxMotz&t=2560
🚀 - Learn more about the series The Fourth Word: https://www.roswellgrace.com/fourthword
Dr. Dallas Willard wrote "The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become." According to Jesus' own word, the only way that truly happens is when we are born from above. Jesus did not mean some kind of ephemeral, philosophical, state of mind, he meant that we need to be supernaturally reborn through the Spirit, empowered by his sacrificial, vicarious death and resurrection. This is the Gospel he, himself, prescribed.
But that presupposes that life is precious - not just to the individual, but to the One who started it all. The sad fact of the matter is that neo-darwinianism, based solely on naturalist phenomenon, will always render one towards nihilism: nothing matters. That is the opposite of good news. Who can - literally - live with that?
In this fourth installment of The Fourth Word, Rick discusses the topic of the specialness, holiness, and consequence of life that began with God. You are not an accident or an abberation: you are prized and preferred by Majesty and are uniquely designed and lovingly created for His purpose! Don't forget to check out the special links below!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/bqE6XlW0iks?si=RJRXprebCHuHhFGK&t=2351
🚀 - Learn more about the series The Fourth Word: https://www.roswellgrace.com/fourthword
📕 Suggested Resource #1: Jason Thacker: "The Age of AI"
🌐 Google search for "Intelligent Design"
▶️ Louie Giglio: "Laminin" the amazing cell adhesion molecule
▶️ Louie Giglio: "Galaxy M51 nucleus" - the cross in the galaxy core
Welcome to Season 5 of the Living Your Dash Podcast!
Congratulations, listeners, for making it this far with us! It all started off as an interesting side-project, but it has become a favorite (at least to the show's co-host!)
We've already started to talk about a series that Rick started: The Fourth Word. This week's focus? Even though the culture would love to "self-identify" nearly everything, for it be true to the Scriptures, the Biblical Covenant Marriage must match in form (one man and one woman), in function (publicly and legally for life), and in faith (true to the intentions and design of our Creator). That is the VERSION God handed to us. Anything else is a PER-version. And the stakes are quite high. Don't miss this important podcast as a follow-up to Rick's message!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/7AflAJzF2Sw?si=SniD8F991Se6C7Yh&t=2706
🚀 - Learn more about the series The Fourth Word: https://www.roswellgrace.com/fourthword
📕 Suggested Resource #1: Gary Thomas - Sacred Marriage
📕 Suggested Resource #2: Jeff Colon - Ashes to Beauty
In his satirical masterpiece, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams wrote: "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Funny guy! However, nothing could be more important than origins because otherwise - well - you wouldn't be reading this. Origins is much more than the physical universe. It determines our philosophy of life; our teleology, ontology, and epistemology (you know, all those big words you have to Google!). It's not simply anecdotal. It's primary.
The Bible, God's revealed Truth, within just a few paragraphs, reveals everything we need to know about the basis of all reality, physical and metaphysical. This great series will take is through the cornerstones of what we need to understand about God's intention for the Universe.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/SQ3O5z9CGHc?si=b9jtnaYAzZEX5e6l&t=2679
🚀 - Learn more about the series The Fourth Word: https://www.roswellgrace.com/fourthword
📕 Suggested Resource #1: Dinesh D'Souza - What's So Great About Christianity
📕 Suggested Resource #2: Richard Swenson - More Than Meets the Eye
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
RECOVERY is defined as "a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength or the action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost." It can apply to the economy, business function, physical strength after accident or illness, as well as reclaiming that stolen bike or car. It also applies to our character - which if you're a sinner - everyone is in recovery. "The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy," Jesus told us, "I have come that you might have life and have it to the full." The church, if nothing else, is a recovery node. It's really all it does. Recently, Grace had a special Celebrate Recovery Sunday where we focused on Christ's power of deliverance and recovery in our lives. Make sure you watch it, and then listen to Barry and Sean talk about it.
Then, Rick and Sean talk about the upcoming series, THE FOURTH WORD, where we talk about the single most important factor that brings clarity and power to our lives.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Watch Celebration Sunday, HERE: https://youtu.be/Vx1t6PNl2Ic?si=-mLPbGVGDisvaPqL&t=2246
🚀 - Learn more about CR, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/cr
💖 - Learn more about The Fourth Word series, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/fourthword
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Leadership author John C. Maxwell wrote about the Leadership Law of Magnetism, which is "Who you are is not determined by what you want. It’s determined by who you are." Whether we're leading the person in the mirror, your family, your work group or an organization, it's the quality of the person INSIDE that matters, not what you say. Hopefully, the two align!
In this episode, Rick and Sean discuss the all-important work of structuring the build of the leader so that - whether it's the individual or the organization - there is fruit and productivity.
Don't miss this insightful episode of Living Your Dash!
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(🔕 SERMON LINK DELAYED - Please check in a few more days: https://www.youtube.com/@roswellgrace8562/videos)
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality." Did Abraham Lincoln say it? We don't know. What we do know is that it's the truth. Promises are easy to make and say - but commitment of time, effort and resources into real action is what makes it happen.
What about YOU? What kind of promises do you make to yourself? Your family? Your church? To the Lord? We can say a lot of things that we believe, but in the end, if we don't DO something - even if it fails - it doesn't matter.
In this energetic podcast, Rick and Sean talk about the importance of commitment in leadership: leading ourselves, our families, our work, our church, and ultimately, our world.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
( 🔕 NO LINK THIS WEEK - we experienced a technical break this week - check back later)
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Passion gets a lot of street cred, these days. We're encouraged - rightly so - to follow our passions. Wisely. That's where purpose comes in. But passion alone can get one into a lot of problems! But purpose with out passion is just a plan. So what brings life and fruit into a purpose with passion? Devotion. Devotion to the Purpose-Giver Person, of course, but devotion wins out when the road gets pitted with potholes, when people are taking pot shots, and the way is hazy with the fog of uncertainty. Jesus calls us to an amazing, fruitful, life. Devotion, is an essential part of self-leadership, leadership in your influence, and leadership in your organization.
This was a fun podcast to produce - we hope you enjoy it!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/uIoXDZO1CC0?t=2345
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
James Clear did us a service by asking a defining question: "Life is a series of tradeoffs, and greater results usually require greater tradeoffs. The question is not, "Do you want to be great at this?" The question is, "What are you willing to give up in order to be great at this?"
The Disciple's Calling - generally, as we fit into "His Kingdom Come and Will be Done", as well as specifically, how we personally make the difference in how that is done - is the signature of our life and we spend our life's ink to make sure it's done beautifully ... or randomly.
What do you want to do? Because of the cost paid by Paul and Timothy, we are literally talking about it all over the world two thousand years later.
Sean and Rick and a great time talking about this!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/IcIkMJ_9n94?t=2815
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
🧨Find out more about Grace and Membership: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"Honesty," wrote Warren Buffet, "is a very expensive gift. Don't expect it from cheap people." And when we think about it, a person who is honest is more than someone who tells the truth. It is a person who has done his best to integrate his values, convictions, beliefs, behaviors, and actions into a single person. It is very difficult to do; we spend our life perfecting it. They are "expensive" or "wealthy" in the investment they made in themselves. They are golden people to know and they are always adding value to our lives. The contrary is - unfortunately - negatively true: a person without integrated character cannot be trusted, cannot be generous, and is prone to destruction.
Whether it is self-leadership, leading one's family, or leading a multi-billion dollar company, integrity of character is a MUST with a leader!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/pr7vbLsCqBg?t=2616
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
🧨Find out more about Grace and Membership: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
We hear it quite often: "Around here? We're FAMILY!" But if you're also a customer, they expect to get paid; If you need technical support or warranty fulfillment, prepared to spend a lot of time with a guy in an east Asian country; if there's an economic down-turn, they might just lay-off a family member ... But FAMILY in the Bible is a Christian distinctive! God has definite promises and expectations based on this pattern, and he is "betting" the future of the Universe based on FAMILY, not a corporation, not an organizational structure, not a stratified hierarchy ... but, FAMILY.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/KP4MLnRhQ3s?t=2854
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
🧨Find out more about Grace and Membership: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Former vice-president Al Gore once challenged America to stare into "The Inconvenient Truth." In actuality, the truth isn't concerned about one's convenience with it - it simply is. The world has never been keen to the acceptance of truth. Time and again, the world has proven that we'd rather restructure, repackage, or destroy that which is culturally, socially, or politically repugnant or a threat to power structures. But the truth doesn't care. "We have nothing to fear from the truth," a brave soul once said, but "in-truth" they were naive. Unless we go forward with courage.
In this podcast, Sean talks with pastor Barry Anderson about the humble adherence leaders must have toward the truth. If we want to be leaders of integrity, we must stick with our commitment to the truth.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Barry's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/gmXOiuAH0SY?t=2562
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
🧨Find out more about Grace and Membership: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Leadership expert, John Maxwell, wrote: "Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best." Think about it: leaders sacrificially give; great leaders give sacrificially (in some cases, not in a healthy way!).
You ARE a leader - whether of yourself, your family, a work team, a ministry team, or t-ball team ... but EVERYONE leads. The question is: Are we leading well? In this great podcast, Rick and Sean discuss the important principle every leader must possess: they will give up, to go up.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Ricks' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/g34z7JU5g6A?t=2460
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Stephen Covey wrote that a leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, 'Wrong jungle!' To the rest of the group under the canopy, we just want out of the jungle as quickly and as painlessly as possible. We certainly don't want to hear: "We need to restart!" But that's why we need leaders. And those leaders must persevere in the hardest circumstances, convincing others that it is our moral duty to realign. Wow!
That's why Rick's message is tremendously important. Join this conversation he has with Sean as we discover why perseverance is a leader's best friend!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Ricks' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/_paH4evN0E0?t=2713
🚀 - Learn more about the series LEADERSHIFT: https://www.roswellgrace.com/leadershift
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"Everything rises and falls on leadership," wrote John Maxwell, whether it is a Fortune 500 company or the person staring at you in the mirror every morning. Leadership, the vector into the future, the vote into the person you want to be - or your organization it must be ... it takes careful, consistent, and knowledgeable leadership. You'll find no better guide than God our Shepherd, and no better guidebook than the Holy Scriptures.
Rick is launching this new series - start your base, here - and then make the shift in leadership!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Ricks' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/_R6ibbVr2s0?t=2488
📕 Get the book, LeaderShift by Dr. John Maxwell
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
The Psalmist declared and commanded: "Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!" (Ps. 66:1-2) What does it mean to make his praise glorious? Sean attempted to talk about that when he took the pulpit on May 28, 2023, but in this very special podcast, Sean, Kenny (Grace's Worship Pastor) and Rick (Grace's Senior Pastor), sit down and talk about what it means to sing to the Lord and make his praise Glorious. It's fun, it's revelatory, and if you always wanted to serve on worship team but thought it was only for "singers" - you'd be wrong! Check out this podcast!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Sean's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/9WVZW5iPgRQ?t=2281
Check out the companion BLOG, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/post/for-the-love-of-god-sing
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
It goes by other monikers: "Until the wheels fall off", "Until the cows come home", "Until the light go out" ... or simply: "A Lifer". It means that a person is so enthusiastic about something or discovered that wonderful nexus of their abilities, skills, and personality, that they are living out their calling. For the disciple, we're all "Lifers" in serving each other. Ministry may take various forms and iterations, but we never stop serving the Body of Christ.
Some people erroneously believe that "volunteer" ministry is something we do only when we have the desire, time, or optimal ability. God doesn't have a retirement plan for ministry - just transitions to something else. Check out the last of this series - and become a Lifer!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Ricks' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/3Qp5tLBnGvM?t=2344
🛒 Get a copy of the recommended books, here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2TA4GUXYZ1Y5U?ref_=wl_share
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
When the Lord Jesus said those words, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” I doubt that many of us realized the profound authority and potential that was given to his disciples. Sure - we could have done a better job over the centuries - but the fact remains that disciples of Jesus have guided history in fruitful and beautiful ways because of our desire to substantiate our desire to be obedient to Jesus in this matter: government, art, justice, science, education, music, research, healthcare, economy ... so many examples of good could be easily shown that have very clear Christian origins.
So where do WE start? How do we do good at the basic level - and let God take care of the rest? You need to listen to Rick's message!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Ricks' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/3Ro4xRc4ebE?t=2530
🛒 Get a copy of the recommended books, here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2TA4GUXYZ1Y5U?ref_=wl_share
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
The sky diving community has funny sayings when it comes to "anomalies" with your gear after jumping out of the plane. Here's one: "If you have a problem with your parachute (due to misdeployment or gets ripped or tangled) ... think through the problem, but relax - you've got the rest of your life to figure it out." 🤪
In this week's podcast, we discover that while we're not plummeting out of an airplane at 200 feet per second, we don't have all the time in the world to decide if we'll obey the Lord in collaborating with him in his Kingdom. Especially as it concerns kids and students. Once they're gone - they're likely gone from our influence forever. Listen to this interesting conversation with Alan Gedde, Grace's Children's Pastor, and Chris VanDyke, Grace's Student Ministries Pastor.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
🎧 Listen to Alan and Chris' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/7uOkWiXwIlw?t=2480
🛒 Get a copy of the recommended books, here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2TA4GUXYZ1Y5U?ref_=wl_share
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Dr. Alister McGrath, former atheists (now theologian and professor at Gresham College) had this to say about the Priesthood of the Believer: "As early as 1520, Luther had laid the fundamental conceptual foundations for created sacred space within the secular. His doctrine of the 'priesthood of all believers' asserted that there is no genuine difference of status between the 'spiritual' and the 'temporal' order. All Christians are called to be priests - and can exercise that calling within the everyday world. The idea of 'calling' was fundamentally redefined: no longer was it about being called to serve God by leaving the world; it was now about serving God in the world."
The logical consequence that a disciple has about God's purpose for their life cannot be overstated. Whilst we wander about pining of this or that, arguing and celebrating that or this, we waste time that does not belong to us, gifts and abilities that are not meant for us.
Don't miss this intriguing podcast!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/MjSPiQqlPU8?t=2643
🛒 Get a copy of the recommended books, here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2TA4GUXYZ1Y5U?ref_=wl_share
🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Most people spend about $800 a year on the lottery. A gambling addict will waste $10,000 a year. People cope with stress in their lives by turning to games of chance for that adrenaline hit, or deceive themselves on many levels in believing that more money will be the answer to their problems. Gambling, then, wouldn't make sense to God, since he is omniscient and omnipotent. He doesn't need anything and is completely happy.
AND YET ... the mystery of the Bible is that God worked in human history - people made in his image - by placing "bets" on their obedience. No, not bets. But something more important. It turns out his most desirable "purchase" was mankind's redemption. The staggeringly high cost of the currency of his desire and love was his Only Begotten Son. Then, he bet that his Church would complete the process of testifying to the Gospel and bring about his greatest glory.
Care to invest on that bet? You'd be wise if you did!
In this podcast, Sean and Rick talked about ministry given to the church as love demonstrated to each other as the greatest gamble in HIStory. A dangerous mix of metaphor? Possibly. But what might be worse? Find out in this interesting and pot-stirring podcast!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Sean's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/chLlAeIoQCY?t=2511
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The Great Reformation brought with it ground-breaking changes to the Church, symbolized by three Latin phrases: Sola Fide (faith alone), Sola Gratia (grace alone), and Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone). What was NOT changed, however, had negative consequences that are still being felt today. The concept is "the Priesthood of the Believer" - which should have done away with an elite sacerdotal corps and returning ministry to every member of the church. But for many reasons (not good), that didn't happen. Today, much of the church is unscripturally hamstrung by the belief that "professional clergy" must do all the ministry - or at least all the "important" ministry.
In this brand new series, Rick is trying to destroy that myth. Listen to this really important podcast - and then take up YOUR duty as God's Minister!
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❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/zzVd1z_Ssys?t=2896
🛒 Get a copy of Rick's recommended book, "Cure for the Common Life": https://a.co/d/iFQzppo
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Easter is about the Resurrection of Christ after he laid down his life as The Atoning Sacrifice for our sins. But have you ever thought about the particular days in "Holy Week"? Thursday has a special title: Maundy Thursday; Friday has a title: Good Friday; Sunday is Easter Sunday ... but Saturday is left nameless. That is the title of Rick's Easter Message and the topic of this week's podcast.
If you've ever wondered what "The Day With No Name" is all about ...
If you've ever what that means for us on a practical level ...
Listen to this podcast!
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❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/e8NrygT12_U?t=2891
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On Palm Sunday, the people in Jerusalem laid down palm branches and even their cloaks on which Jesus and the donkey he rode on could trample. We would say, "rolling out the red carpet" - in Jesus honor. Biblical Commentator William Barclay observed: "It may well be that the world is denied miracle after miracle and triumph after triumph because we will not bring to Christ what we have and what we are. If, just as we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us."On that Day, two types of people made a decision: to rejoice in God's decision or to deny him with every fibre of their being. Good Friday and Easter Sunday is soon upon us! Today, we still have to decide: Is Jesus worthy of laying down our lives for His Kingdom? Or do we - as the religious elite and political power of that day - wish he'd just go away? 🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/y-bs9m_y65U?t=2866🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Jesus Christ gave a command that is profoundly powerful: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (John 13:34-35) To serve each other - not for our own satisfaction but the help of the other - is not intended to be purposely conspicuous, but by nature of its very being in a selfish world, it will be. This is the way the Church is to meant to impact our world: loving service no matter what. In this message from his heart, Barry Anderson talks with Sean about his message on Sunday, then Rick jumps in to tell us about Easter!🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/🎧 Listen to Barry's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/wyqc-kbtP0o?t=2483🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Have you ever heard of a "dummy tank"? No, it's not a place where you stick your little brother or sister. During WW1 and WW2, armies on both sides would use decoy tanks to try and fool the enemy into thinking they were moving in one direction while they were really amassing a lethal movement elsewhere. This was famously done in North Africa to draw forces away from Normandy during WW2. Sometimes, you need to do the unexpected and benign in order to unleash the dynamic and potent. In this final rule of the Jordan River Rules, God determined to show his people that he wanted their obedience more then their swords; he wanted their faith, more than their forces. He was building a case for them - and for us - that it is not by might or by power, but by His Spirit that he will accomplish what he attends. Listen in to this fun conversation over an unusual "conquest".🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/SlaqME2kSFk?t=2525📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver🏠 Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
If anyone knew of the shadow of the complexities and paradoxes of our Universe, it was Albert Einstien, who was quoted - quite astutely, I might add - as saying: "Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy." If the Jordan River Rules tell us anything, it's that there are things beyond our control and beyond our understanding, but we still have to take responsibility of our part in the matter. Pretending that our choices doesn't matter is foolishness; pretending that only our choices matter is madness. We need to recognize that God, who created the Universe, is powerful enough to create it, and powerful enough to get us through our own Jordan River.
Check out this fascinating talk with Sean and Rick.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/owA1V6OIQPI?t=2695
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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On July 20, 1969, the LEM or Lunar Excursion Module, Eagle, touched down on the moon. The LEM had two parts: the top part was the ascent stage that lifted off after their mission was over, to join up with Columbia, and head on home. The bottom part, the descent stage became a permanent structure on what became Tranquility Base. NASA, knowing a bit of decorum was in order, placed a plaque on one of the landing legs, reading: "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." It is of course there to this day. Untouched and unvisited, but unforgettable because of what it means.
In this segment of the Jordan River Rules series, Rick and Sean discuss what it meant for the Israelites to build a monument of his Grace ... and how that applies to disciples, today! Don't miss this discussion!
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❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/KCsfd_10cb8?t=2850
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I was first, astounded by his height (5'7"), but then I was dumbstruck because I knew who he was: Felix Baumgartner - the first man to break the soundbarrier ... while skydiving. He had been training in Roswell, NM for his death-defying jump from space on Oct 14, 2012, and now he was getting a cup of joe at Starbucks like any other "Joe". I applauded his effort and tried to buy him coffee, but he had to go. Before he stepped off the capsule, he said: "I'm going home now ..." and stepped into history.
That's exactly what the Levites did, too, when they carried the Ark ... a more important historical event (Sorry, Felix, but true)! Listen to Rick and Sean talk about Sean's recent sermon on Living Your Dash!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Sean's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/IbkFW500ilA?t=2604
👨🚀 (If you missed Felix's jump above, watch it here: https://youtu.be/Hz2F_S3Tl0Y )
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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Do you know what 32.1ºF means? How about 211ºF? It's just before water either freezes or boils - before H2O changes from a liquid to a solid or liquid to vapor. One degree is all that makes a difference. And when it comes to making a difference for God, it just takes that degree of faith to move toward the direction that God intends for us to go.
What will it be? Do you want really cold or really hot water ... or something that can make a difference and even be transformed into working energy?
In this week's podcast, find out the critical difference it takes to turn wishful thinking into spiritual power.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/Teq2WKuuq_E?t=2324
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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Psalm 32:8 gives an incredible promise: "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you." How about it: do you believe God meant that? Do you believe he can tell no lies and that he'll do just that? This morning, did you walk out the door counting on the fact that he would do that?
As we reach the fifth marker of the Jordan River Rules, we discover that God will guide us to the place we've never been before, and he's delighted to show us the way! In this podcast, Sean and Rick consider God's wonderful plans and purpose, and why we can trust him to get us there.
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/fvT6fQNu0jw?t=2741
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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It seems that great things happen when there are two men and a woman: Lewis, Clark and Sacajewa; Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma; Sponge Bob, Patrick, and Sandy ... even Superbowl LVII with the Kelce's: Jason, Travis, and Donna (go Chiefs!). And as we examine this week's portion of the series, The Jordan River Rules, we see that pattern again: two spies and a prostitute! Wait - what? Yes, that's right, and believe it or not, finding God-ordained help like this has advantages that echo throughout the ages and even affect the Church in a powerful way! Curious? You should be! Don't miss this episode of Living Your Dash!
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❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/ap4suDA5mac?t=2423
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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Ever heard of Ronald Wayne? Not surprising. But he was one of the co-founders of a little know computer company (in 1976) called "Apple". It was Wayne who drew up the first partnership agreement, wrote the Apple I manual and even drew the logo. BUT he sold the his 10% share for $1,500 ... today, that would be $55 billion. You read that right. The moral of the story: there is such a thing as a cost of lost opportunity, and for the disciple, there is no "gamble" with our obedience - only the profit that comes from God's pleasure.
The Israelites were told to get ready and MOVE ... there comes a time when YOU must MOVE - no more planning, time for preparation is over ... it's time to GO!
Join Rick and Sean as they discuss the important Rule: Step Up!
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❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/0a9noINq6Dg?t=2869
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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Did you know that the phrase "be strong" is found 30 times in the Bible? That's what Robert Morgan found. And he needed to know where every one was found because he needed to companion his wife through the final stages of disease. Have you been there? Maybe not experiencing a family member's death, but maybe when a dream died, a job loss, failure of health, or whatever it was that made you want to throw up your hands and say, "I quit! This is too much, too soon, too intense!" You're not alone! And here's the good news - you CAN make it! You're meant to, in fact. Listen-in on this great conversation of Rule #2: Say NO to Discouragement and YES to Strength!"
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/x441wYfRcGI?t=2543
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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JP Morgan was quoted as saying: "The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are." Whether you're talking about investing, planning a work work project, planning a vacation, or what you're going to cook for dinner, you have to start moving - you have to take a step. The Bible is FULL of journey metaphors and and this message by our Children's Pastor, Alan Gedde, is no different. Make sure you listen to his message, then come on back and listen to Sean's discussion with Alan!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Alan's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/D_TPsry79ss?t=2630
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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A guy named Arthur Ungnome said "Never let the past spoil your present or govern your future." I don't know who Arthur is, but he's right, don't you think? And I'm so glad that when it was time for Moses to let go of the riegns and let Joshua take over, he did so knowing the best was yet to come. And we saw it happen! It's literally history.
But what about you? Do you believe that - while the past can inform us - it's time to let it go and move forward toward the future? It's time to put it in the rear-view mirror - then break off the mirror. Make sure you don't miss one episode of The Jordan River Rules series!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/evkBtjaq__o?t=2986
📗 Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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"Christmas" has had a long time to develop a socio-cultural construct all it's own. American Christmas is tied not only to its Jewish foundation, but a millennia and more of european influence plus the steamroller of twentieth century advertising (ever thought: where did the fat red Santa come from? Think: Coke adverts from 1931!).
Rick's message series beckons us to give an honest look at the meaning of Christmas and find out that the hope, light, life, and joy that it brings is not found in sentimentality or marketing: it is in the love of Father God whom the angels declared: "on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests." Oh, there is MUCH to be MERRY about! But ... we need to understand it from God's perspective. Check out this powerful podcast!
🔔 Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/3ea83Tuxk7o?t=2416
📗 Learn more about the Making the Most of Christmas series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/mostofchristmas
⏭️ Learn more about our next series: Jordan River Rules! https://www.roswellgrace.com/jordanriver
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The term "salvation" is not restricted to the Judeo-Christian faith. Most religions have at the core of their beliefs a narrative of why the world is in the mess that it is and why their solution is the best. But "Followers of the Way" (Acts 9:1-2), disciples of "The Way, Truth and Life" (Jn 14:6) have always said that it was not WE who found the Person or designed the Path - it was HE who revealed himself, HE who initiated the plan (and revealed it had existed for centuries), HE who followed through, and HE who proved his character and word by raising from the dead. The Birth of Jesus was no accident (Jn 1:9-14)! Christmas gets lost in the flurry of Christmas songs, emotional attachment, senitimentality, and consumerism - but it's real reason is the eradication of the ugliest things in the universe: our sin.
This week, Rick and Sean talk about the nature of salvation and what it means for you and me.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/DvC0N79g6PE?t=2367
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
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A stunning aspect of the coming of Christ is that no one saw it coming. Oh, people had their guesses as to what tribe and region he'd come from (Judah and Judea), but it was simply a surprise. The surprise gets thicker: the only other people whom the Father would reveal this with other than Mary and Joseph were some shepherds. Shepherds?! Talk about a strange choice: no one cared about what they thought; they weren't known to be men of influence, wisdom, or spiritual depth. They were ordinary - maybe sub-ordinary. Why? One sure reason was to teach us some great lessons to learn TODAY, in a time far from then, and in a country and language those shepherds never would have guessed! But here we are!
Make sure you listen to Rick's message and then stick around for the discussion!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/A5uYpcFNMUg?t=2782
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
"To deny your pain is to refuse God's power to help you recover. You will never find healing from your hurts, hang-ups, and habits, until you confront your pain." ~ Johnny Baker
When we think of the besetting problems we have in the United States, alcoholism, crime, drug abuse, opioid addiction, suicide, etc., substances get the focus. But substances - or any maladaptive behavior - are simply the means of escape. Adverse childhood trauma, bullying, co-dependency, suicide ideation, loneliness, pornography ... these are the blinking red warning lights of America's soul. If only there was a way forward ... THERE IS, and Jesus Christ told us so: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Mt. 11:28) At Grace Community Church, we are commited to helping people find and fulfill God's purpose for your life - which means real freedom from past trauma and the entanglements they cause.
In this powerful episode of Living Your Dasy, Sean sits down with Major Tony Kessel and Olivia Tucker for an amazing discussion of how God helped them live their dash by setting them free!
Make sure you watch their story - and listen to others! - on-line, and then come back for more:
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Tony, Olivia, Daniel, Gina, and Venus' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/VQgXQBvDT5I?t=2537
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
Faithful trusting in God our Father is not the same thing as having faith that your favorite sports team will make win the World Series or the Super Bowl. Believe me - Cleveland fans know this is true! God is not interested in building a fan base or making "fan boys" - he wants trusting children who believe that "timing" doesn't matter: God will always honor his purposes, promises, and people who trust him. But what do we do in the mean-time? In this podcast, Rick and Sean talk about the complexities and rewards of becoming a mature person of faith who waits!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/dQVQ53wbyGU?t=2488
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
🙏 PRAYER: Join us in Praying for the Succession Process and Rick's Successor every THIRD THURSDAY of the month: https://roswellgrace.ccbchurch.com/group_detail.php?group_id=826#events/11477/occurrence/20221117
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👨🌾 - MISSIONS: THIS Sunday is Missions Giving Sunday! Find out more about the miraculous events that Jerry and Kiela Acosta are doing in Panama! https://www.roswellgrace.com/reach
Probably every world religion has something to say about facing your fears. For some, fear is an illusion to be meditated out of existence. For others you take a saying or proverb and do your best not let it become overwhelming. But that is not what Jesus says: "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." He didn't deny fearful things existed, nor did he say, "just deal with it." He said HE OVERCOMES. He personally helps us.
In what is probably one of the most important podcasts we've done, listen-in on Rick and Sean's conversation on the specifics of trusting God with a daring faith where struggle always leads to a strategic victory!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/hgN7dx3oKh0?t=2674
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
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The dictionary defines initiative as: (1) the ability to assess and initiate things independently; (2) the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do; (3) an act or strategy intended to resolve a difficulty or improve a situation; a fresh approach to something.
When it comes to living our lives out as disciples, we must daily - and in fact, moment by moment - take the initiative to modify our "followship" of Jesus as we navigate this world. Sometimes the rules and culture conform without problem to Jesus' rule and riegn; sometimes there's an opposition or even a bizarre twist. That's what Peter had to do as he learned that following Jesus can happen at a time and place that just doesn't make sense! But as disciples, we must take the initiative that faith allows! Don't miss this really interesting conversation Sean has with Pastor Kevin price, then stick around for Rick's last word.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Kevin's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/5qAmHnrnkK4?t=2477
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
Stephen Covey wrote "All things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things. Through imagination, we can visualize the uncreated worlds of potential that lie within us.” This isn't just hype or mawkish self-help blather - it's true. If the great explorers had never imagined a world over the horizon; if pioneering doctors had not imagined powerful healing elements; if the founders of the Constitution did not a imagine a government of the people, by the people, for the people, where would we be?
God imagined your life. What does that mean?
Does how you imagine the stewardship of your life make a difference? Is it?
In this week's podcast, Rick and Sean discuss his last message and the importance of yielding our imagination go God.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/yTakEwTnvoc?t=2846
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
Author CS Lewis wrote: "God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing." What do you think of that?
The Bible does promise much of the opposite: that when we trust God for all our peace and happiness, we will have more than we could ever ask or imagine! That was the topic of Rick's message and that's the topic of ep. 153.
Recorded on the road, while Sean was getting his fourth scan at MD Anderson, join Rick and Sean as they discuss the importance of expectation in our faith!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/MfSXXHRaclA?t=2447
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
In 1873, Rev. Henry Varley made friends with a young American evangelist. They were cut from the same cloth because they both cared deeply about those who did not know Christ as Savior and a church that seemed sleepy about the whole affair. Varley said to his young friend: "The world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to him." The Holy Spirit challenged that man's faith. That day, Dwight Lyman Moody, told himself and others: "By the grace of God - I'll be that man!" Moody later became the most important evangelist in American history, leading over one million people to discipleship to Jesus Christ. His church and institute still exist today.
Do we need that kind of faith today? Surely we do! What does it take? Listen to the sermon and then listen to this important podcast!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/xqv7qjRjn7w?t=2517
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
Jesus the Christ made the world this promise: "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." How does that meaningful life happen. It happens at multiple levels and has various attachment point, but in the end it is quite simple: He wants to restore what our ancestors abdicated, what we rebelled against, and what the devil lies about to repent. But Jesus wants us to ask him: "Thy Kingdom come and Thy will be done!" How on earth does this happen? Simple, actually - but not without consequence. Our guest Speaker Walter Nusbaum delivered a powerful message to make us think about God's process of restoration, and then Sean sat down with Walter and then Rick for deeper discussion! Make sure that you listen to Walter's message, first, then come back and hear the rest!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Walter's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/Dd-xPuSOzZE?t=2790
🎙 - Findout more about Walter Nusbaum - https://thenusbaumgroup.com/ and check out the podcast he does with his wife, Stacey: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-arete-way-podcast/id1510622086
📗 - Learn more about the Daring Faith series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
💡 - Come to this Sunday's BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY! https://www.roswellgrace.com/backtochurchsunday
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
Singers get famous for it. Movies are made about it. Books become best sellers about it. They say that it makes the world go 'round. But you can't see it, taste it, touch it, or quantify it ... but you know it's there! We're talking about LOVE! But what the world says is love is very different from what God says about it - and only He knows it's true definition, power, and character. In fact the Bible says: "God is love." (1 Jn. 4:7), and we need to learn to grow in love, by being shown that love and showing that love. Simple, right? Yes! Easy? Well, make sure you watch the message, and then come back and listen to the podcast ... it's not impossible, but there are unique challenges!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/DHwtjz2zUQw?t=3037
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/growup
🎙 - Check out next week's message and podcast with guest Walter Nusbaum - https://thenusbaumgroup.com/
💡 - Discover the NEXT series: Daring Faith! https://www.roswellgrace.com/daringfaith
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
Building on the message in a series called "Grow Up", Rick and Sean discuss Rick's third message on HOPE. Hope is far more important and far different from wishful thinking - it is the reality of God's promises that he makes in our lives.
How do you know you've matured in hope? Listen to Rick's important message, and then come back and gain a bit more perspective on HOPE!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/DHwtjz2zUQw?t=3040
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/growup
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
WELCOME TO SEASON 4!
It's been our pleasure to bring to you the Living Your Dash Podcast and we appreciate you taking the time to check out what we're laying down! It's our intention to add value to your life by helping you connect the dots of discipleship so that you can more clearly find and completely fulfill God's purpose for your life!
As we start Season 4, we're talking about Rick's lastest message series: Grow Up! Did you know that the Bibile talks about three components of maturity that God tells us is absolutely essential? It's true: Faith, Hope and Love! Listen in on THIS week's podcast as we focus on the importance of growing in your faith!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/1bhMCHHL9qY?t=2759
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/growup
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
It has been said that you know you're an adult when you get excited about a new cleaning sponge at the kitchen sink. (I know! It's awesome, right?!) 🤩 🥳
But truthfully, we sometimes think of the disciple's life as a free-for-all - that it doesn't matter about measing growth as long as your growing. But Jesus had different ideas:"A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher." (Lk 6:40) There are definately benchmarks. Wouldn't it be great to know what they are? Look no further! You've come across the right series and the right podcast!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/4WpxLtb8m_k?t=2477
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
God says in 2 Cor 3:17 "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." For the disciple of Jesus, we know it is not the freedom to do what we want, but liberation to pursue God winsomely and unencumbered by the nagging voices of "you should" or "you have to" in order to please God! That's the beauty of a RELATIONSHIP and SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION. In this podcast, Rick and Sean talk about closing this series up and explore the unexpected ways that freedom helps us to live in a way that pleases God and frees us to live with each other.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/qpjARnatQ4w?t=2617
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
You've heard about the Ten Commandments ... maybe the Four Spiritual Laws ... but how about the Galatian Laws? No? Never heard about them? Well, you probably have, but on thing is for certain: you need to be crystal clear on how they apply to your life. And it's not hard ... but it is important! Check out Sean and Barry Anderson's discussion in this week's podcast as well as hear Rick make a very important part of our church's history.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Barry's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/wIyywAa2L_0?t=2901
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🚀 - Check the status of Rick's Retirement and our Pastor Search: https://www.roswellgrace.com/search
As Americans, we love liberty - we sing about it, have gargantuan statues memorialized for it, and even name space craft after it. Our common thought is that liberty is the right to do what we want. But that's not true. Philosopher Dallas Willard clarified that "to do what you want can be the greatest prison you can be in. It all depends on what you want. And the way out, of course, is to realize that what I want must be what God wants, and that is what's best for me. Freedom from is very different from freedom to."
This week, Rick and Sean take some time to discover this important difference and why a disciple of Jesus must be absolutely clear about their Liberty in Christ.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/Ack_fsKnigg?t=2188
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
In New York, a Mr. H. Smithers purchased a car on payments and paid faithfully for it ... even after he had paid it in full! In fact, he would not have even know he had finished paying were it not for the fact that he was transferring the title over to his daughter. The bank ended up owing him more than the car was worth due to intrest!
"What a stupid bank!" we might cluck our tongues and say. But when we have the mentality that we need to receive the grace of Jesus AND also add on more works ... it's the same thing. Actually, it's worse! Make sure you listen to Rick's message and them catch this fascinating podcast on liberty un-tapped!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/EAXtRn-Beg4?t=2471
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
It's been said that "good" moms let you lick the beaters; Great moms turn off the mixer first.
Can't argue with that. Know what else you can't argue with? The importance of having the right "spiritual mother." Oh, it's not what you think ... or maybe it is? One thing you need to do is listen to Rick's amazing message, then come back to the discussion in this week's Living Your Dash Podcast!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/kbiJEq-b4Co?t=2621
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
That humorous but indecorous rascal Woody Allen once quipped: "Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." If he only knew how bad it could get in the coming years! BUT the one thing we humans are really good at, it's making a mess out of something! The Apostle Paul had to have a few hard words for his Galatian brothers, and pastor Kevin Price talked about on Sunday. But today, Sean and Kevin drilled a bit further down to get more out of the message.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Kevin's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/ygFs7G2t6p8?t=2195
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
The Gospel - literally meaning: good news - promises that God loves us and has provided the means for us to be forgiven, purchased, and even adopted as sons and daughters because of the vicarious death and resurrection of his Son, Jesus Christ. This makes us light and joyful and happy! But there is a stern, sober side: not only is there the constant insistence of the sinful nature to draw us back into a wasteful life, there is a perversion of grace that on the outside looks like God's intention, but in reality, it is a monstrous imprisoning of our hearts: the earning of God's favor by good works. This week, Rick talked about the dangers of legalism and why we need to be vigialent against it! Catch the message below!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://youtu.be/875rTeFgU9U?t=2663
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/Lf_XG5UyHEo?t=2475
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🏡 - Robert Munger's story: My Heart Christ's Home: http://ashfieldpresbyterian.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/My-Heart-Christs-Home.pdf
Some have accused the Church of using the Bible as a means of promoting prejudice. They point to exclusion, patriarchy, and even oppression. While it's true that any tool intended for good can be used for evil purposes, are they right? This is where even a simple, brief overview of the Bible makes it clear that God love justice, hates oppression, and that Christ came to uplift and give voice to the weak, downtrodden and illegitimized. So does the Bible talk about prejudice, the "gateway drug" to oppression? Absolutely! Listen into this important timely podcast about the freedom God intends for us to have regarding prejudice!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/o2ID_G0l_uo?t=2811
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Simon, son of Jonas (not to be confused with the other Jonas brothers), aka: The Apostle Peter, was recorded in Acts as being instrumental in leading the Church of Jesus into an important relationship that God wanted with the world: that they were highly prized and desired by him. In his letter, he made it clear the kind of attitude the Body of Christ should reserve: "You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming." (2 Peter 3:11-12) The Church is meant to engage with people - all kinds of people - and no one is better suited.
In this very special podcast, Sean sits down with his old friend and former staff member at Grace, Lendell Nolan, to talk about the message he gave on June 26. Don't miss this very special podcast!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Lendell's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/Xk8PX2Dyt2o?t=2310
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
🌐 - Find out more about Bixby Church HERE: https://www.bixby.church/
Nineteenth century English pastor Charles Spurgeon observed keenly: "Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse than we do. Since union is strength, he does his best to promote separation."
Christian unity is not a nice thing to have - it is essential. In this week's podcast, Rick and Sean discuss why and how the Disciple's birthright is something we must guard and fight for.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/fawYURaueGw?t=3119
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"KEEP OFF!" That's usually a sign we see on golf courses, missile ranges, and private hunting ranges. At first blush, it might feel like someone is paranoid, miserly, or doesn't trust anyone. But think on this: if you were going to surgery, would you care if the surgeon wore sterile gowns, gloves and washed his hands and arms? How about a restaurant: would you want the waiter to test the food for you, or sneeze on it? Suddenly, KEEP OFF seems like a good idea!
When it comes to the Good News, it's perfectly pleasant in every way. It doesn't need anyone to add or subtract to it. It is the exact truth we need of a relationship God wants to establish. God doesn't want his message of love to be impure when it reaches you! That's what Rick and Sean talks about this week!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/ESHZvnZRiDw?t=2274
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
The word Gospel means "Good News". It wasn't originally a particular religious word back in the day, but after the coming of Jesus and what he did for mankind, there is no other connotation. In fact, some people will align a statement as truly truthful by adding, "That's the 'gospel' truth!"
But has western culture, particuarly American culture, shaded what the Gospel is, why it is so costly, why mankind so desperately needs it, and why we must honor it's consequences?
In this brand new series, Rick is taking us through the book of Galatians, whom the Reformers called "The Magna Carta of the Christian Faith." You won't want to miss one message or one podcast in this series! Thanks for being with us!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/6kfPLWprqGk?t=2537
📗 - Learn more about this series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/freedom
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’S holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, 14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” The mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Those words are from Isaiah 58:13-14. Now, as Sean and Rick will talk about, he had only recently rediscovered this passage and the unique privlege it presesnts. In fact, Sean would confess: "I commited the sin of dishonoring the Sabbath."
"Wait! I thought Sabbath was church on Sunday!"
That's kind of what Sean thought. Listen to the message, then listen to his rationale and specifics of how he keeps the Sabbath and why it could be vitally important to YOU!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Sean's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/D-DKjpAt9hg?t=2363
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? —Romans 10:14
The witness of a disciple is the most important offering we make in this world. Is that controversial? Maybe. But why else are disciples on earth except to bring glory to God and be the objective proof of his love and intention for all man-kind? Capping-off his Super Series "Getting a Grip", Rick and Sean discuss the importance of this series and why this last message is fundamentally consequential to all of the series.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/BEl401tdi7U?t=2679
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
We all know we should be people of integrity: people who live by values and wouldn't dream of being inflexible with them. But as the famous philosopher Woody Allen once said, "Life doesn't imitate art; it imitates bad television." And have you seen reality TV? 🤢 But the Kingdom of God is made up of people who desire integrity more than anything. One could say, it is the essense of discipleship: becoming the person we're created by God to be, not just who we (or who we think others?) aspire to be.
In this bouncy house of a conversation podcast, Rick and Sean discuss the importance of really integrating the character of Christ in our lives.
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/7NZ7N8Cl8Pk?t=2226
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
If someone were to tell you that the Bible guarantees your success as a family, would you believe them? No? Maybe? It depends? Believe it or not, there are assurances that, yes, you can expect great things from God when you align your plans with His plans, your ways with His ways.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Not at all!
Grab your Bible, read Psalm 127, then listen to Pastor Alan Gedde's message, then for fun, come back and listen to Alan and Sean fill in the blanks in this week's Living Your Dash podcast!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Alan's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/GXQY7LkTTIk?t=2398
📙 - COMING SOON: Alan's new book! Check back later!
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
“Some jobs pay better," said Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe, "and some jobs smell better, and some jobs have no business being treated like careers. But work is never the enemy, regardless of the wage. Because somewhere between the job and the paycheck, there's still a thing called opportunity, and that's what people need to pursue.”
Work is made up of four letters, but it's not a "four letter word" - it was always meant to be a blessing and the track of fulfilling our purpose. God cares about your work! But there are constraints that make it powerful - or can make it toxic. Listen in to this powerful podcast!
🔔 - Listen to the podcast NOW! https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/esCGfycgAug?t=2345
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"Attitude," wrote business consultant Zig Ziglar, "not aptitude, is what determines your altitude." What does it mean to have a winning or transformative attitude? The Apostle Paul knew because the Holy Spirit gave him instructions to teach the Church how to have a truly undeafetable and powerfully positive attitude. It's not for the "elite" or "super-spiritual" - it's readily accessible for all and it's a crying shame if we don't know how! Have we got your attention? Don't miss this great podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/esCGfycgAug?t=2345
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
The name "singularity" is given by physicists describe a place in the universe where our laws of physics simply break down. Black holes, in particular, are given this description because it is theorized that its enormous mass is squeezed down into a point so infinately small that its gravity far exceeds anything imaginable. Anything - mass, even light and time - are swallowed up. Impossible? No - in fact, they've even taken pictures.
Now, this may spike the ire of physicists (let us know, okay?) but it is not a stretch of the imagination to say that The Resurrection of The Lord Jesus Christ is the most important and powerful singularity event ... in Everything. The Creator, incarnated Himself into his marred creation, and swallowed up the sin and destriction we caused, setting us free!
Rick and Sean talk about the importance of getting a grip on the Resurrection. Don't stand outside the Event Horizon of Easter ... jump in!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/uUbCh6AFPhs?t=2726
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
When America was barely 50 years old, Danish theologian and philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard lamented: "Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." I think we'd all agree that with all the progress and pleasures weve created, not much has been learned.
It might surprise you to learn that God is very interested in your rest. In fact, it's such a big deal, he made it one of the Ten Commandments. Yet, most of us confuse it with relaxation or vacation. Not so.
Don't miss this important message by Rick, and see if the conversation Rick and Sean have stirs interest in not just taking time off, but re-creatively devoting time to God.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/Sae2Fn41bb8?t=2404
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
This week, we're taking a break from our series to discuss the message and messenger that is Hosanna Wong. Before he met Christ, Hosanna's dad was a heroin addict and gang member in San Francisco. When Jesus Christ dramatically changed his life, he flipped the switch for his whole family and became a street preacher and outreach to the down, the out, the rejected, the disrespected and championed their value and dignity. What's it like, though, to grow up in "The Tenderloin" district of San Fransisco, witness a homicide when you're nine, and think church is about bringing your bottles and needles? She'll open your eyes and hearts! Check out this week's message and the discussion with Rick, Barry, and Sean.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Hosanna's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/gpSL1FUV4jo?t=2475
🧭 - Check out Hosanna Wong: https://www.hosannawong.com/
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Like any parent, God wants his children to mature. I mean, don't we want our kids to be self-differentiated, free, and powerful? Imagine your adult child, still only seven pounds and nineteen inches long ... you don't want that? Why should we expect anything less in our spiritual maturity? Why should God? In the lastest podcast, Sean is back from Sabbatical and get's to dig in with Rick on this week's podcast! Also - Don't forget to check out Hosanna Wong on April 2nd!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/SVFYdAjiuw8?t=2878
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🧭 - Check out Hosanna Wong: https://www.hosannawong.com/
✈️ - Sean was on Sabbatical? What's that? https://www.roswellgrace.com/blog-1
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Relationships can be difficult, in fact, sometimes they can be outright brutal. The problem is, for a healthy life, we all need to have relationships. Listen as Rick Hale and Alan Gedde talk about relationships.
By the way, I know this is three days late, technical difficulties, or am I just getting old, you pick
How is your health? Well wherever it is, this podcast is for you. Today we discuss what it means to "Get a grip on your body" Join Alan and Rick for a good discussion on the subject.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Chris's message here: https://youtu.be/rOBk4pdFJbQ?t=2461
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Pray without ceasing, that is what we are called to do, but it is easier said than done. Maybe the problem is that we don't know how to pray. Chris VanDyke, our student pastor did a great job talking about prayer this last Sunday and we take some time to expound on that this week. Enjoy
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Chris's message here: https://youtu.be/5HZ_JVToKBA?t=2582
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/miracle-of-mercy
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
This week, Rick is gone and so is Sean. So.... Alan is in charge. After much thought, I decided to replay the episode that has had the most views. Next week we will be back on track with a new episode, enjoy all of this from almost two years ago to the day.
"Life is not a dress rehearsal," John Maxwell remembers his dad saying. And it's true. We need to figure out, as soon as possible, how and in what way we will make the contribution that God intends for us to make during our life. Long or short - it doesn't matter; it's what we did with that time.
In this message, Pastor Barry Anderson pulls out the stops to talk about the stewardship of our talents and why - if it matters to God, it better matter to us!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Barry's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/pncXjuXJlpI?t=2700
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🧭 - Check out these books for further study:
- Cure for the Common Life, by Max Lucado
- SHAPE, by Erik Rees
✈️ - Sean and Brenda are out for Sabbatical. What's that? https://www.roswellgrace.com/blog-1
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
It is said that time waits for no man. But one of things that we must do, is that we must tell our time what to do. The question is not do I have time to do what I need - the question is do I know the wisest thing to do?
Join Rick and Sean, as they discuss Rick's brand new series: Getting a Grip on life, especially this week's focus: time!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/6JL8G5WnGZs?t=2886
📗 - Learn more about the Getting a Grip Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/getting-grip
🧭 - Check out these books for further study: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/FK423HQ1GVMP?ref_=wl_share
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
The day is coming. It may be the last day you work at your job, or the day you wave goodbye to your child (now an adult), or the last day you live in your "earth suit" ... but the day is coming. Will you be able to smile, look out and say, "I did it! No regrets! No sour feelings! My new plan awaits me ... " Like it or not, we are practising the passing of that baton well ... or not so well. The choice is ours to make.
In his final message of the Passing the Baton Series, Rick extends the conversation a bit more with Sean to reveal valuable insights into how to properly pass the baton.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/KCmkP2dtyNE?t=2513
📗 - Learn more about the Passing the Baton Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/passing-baton
🧭 - Check out these books for further study: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/FK423HQ1GVMP?ref_=wl_share
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
When Jesus ascended to heaven, do you think he was worried? Did he have second thoughts? No, he'd been clear many times that his plans were much larger. "I tell you the truth, " he said, "It is for your good that I am going away." (John 16:7) The Lord Jesus Christ - the smartest, most powerful, most creative person in the Universe - basically said, "Nothing can beat my succession plan!" And so he entrusted it to his disciples - and by succession - to you and me. What do you think about that? What does that mean for your life? In this podcast, Rick and Sean discuss those very things! Don't miss Rick's message and join us in this podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/eLkBB9Yffro?t=2293
📗 - Learn more about the Passing the Baton Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/passing-baton
🧭 - Check out Next by William Vanderbloeman https://www.amazon.com/Next-Pastoral-Succession-That-Works/dp/1540900177/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1540900177&psc=1
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"People can project success," writes Lyle Tard, "but you cannot project significance. We all know what they both look like, but significance can’t be faked. We can feel significance — we know its tangible effect and it lasts."
In Rick's teaching on succession, the important fruit of significance is the most outstanding goal that we want to achieve. How do you get there?
In this podcast, Rick builds on the theme presented in his message. Don't miss this powerful podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/41zvYbhOF_w?t=2740
📗 - Learn more about the Passing the Baton Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/passing-baton
🧭 - Check out Next by William Vanderbloeman https://www.amazon.com/Next-Pastoral-Succession-That-Works/dp/1540900177/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1540900177&psc=1
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Recently a teenager asked their aged grandparents about growing up. "Well, back in my day, we didn’t watch TV while we ate dinner. We actually talked to each other. It was awful."
While we chuckle at things like that, what isn't funny is what happens when don't talk about inevitabilities that carry huge consequences: like "If this job or career isn't what you want to stay in, how do you transition out?" or "I own my own business - here's my plan when I retire or die." or "I haven't really thought about retirement ... and it's coming within a decade ..."
Succession doesn't have to be scary - it's actually exciting because it's good stewardship. Listen-in on this great conversation about how King David passed on the Kingdom to his son Solomon.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/U0rmpcYPftA?t=2523
📗 - Learn more about the Passing the Baton Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/passing-baton
🧭 - Check out Next by William Vanderbloeman https://www.amazon.com/Next-Pastoral-Succession-That-Works/dp/1540900177/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1540900177&psc=1
🥰 What is membership at Grace about? https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
We're all an interim something - what matters is if we realize that and plan and live our life accordingly.
Have you ever thought of that? That your current job or role in life will not stay the same - that one day it comes to an end. We all think of "retirement" as something we do when when we don't do what we're doing now. But retirement is not a place - it's a door. What does that door lead to?
In this episode, Rick blends the Bible's teaching on how leaders transition, how that applies to his own transition out of being the founding/senior pastor at Grace, and - just as important - what that means for you and me today!
This is a little longer than usual, but you'll be fascinated and perhaps shocked by what you hear.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/M8-3yj-Sz_s?t=2467
📗 - Learn more about the Passing the Baton Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/passing-baton
🧭 - Check out Next by William Vanderbloeman https://www.amazon.com/Next-Pastoral-Succession-That-Works/dp/1540900177/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1540900177&psc=1
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
The great philosopher and catcher for the New York Yankees, Yogi Berra, once said, "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."
Truer words could not be spoken! (I guess?) And that might be an amusing way to get lost, but that's a terrible way to live your life. After all, there are no do-overs.
In this podcast, Rick and Sean sit down and discuss some of extensions of thought based on his message, "Don't Waste Your Life" from the first Sunday of 2022. Make sure you check out that message, and some of the other links that are mentione, below.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/f259EkuHSQQ?t=2742
📗 - Learn more about the Passing the Baton Series, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/passing-baton
🧭 - Learn more about Grace's Recovery and Healing ministries by clicking here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-road-to-healing
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
At this time in 2016, you could have bought stock in a certain electric car company for $47 a share. Let's say that you bought 100 shares - about $5,000. It sat for a while - finally in December of 2019, you thought: "enough is enough. It's only grown by $10 - I'm selling!" and you make $1,000. Nice. But if you had waited until November of this year, you would have earned $ 122,000. That's a 2,300% increase! Some things, you must wait for. Some things you must take advantage of. The same is true of following Jesus, the light of the world. It's not that there aren't better options - it's that there are NO other options. It's not that other systems don't mean well, it's that no one is listening, no one is coming to the rescue. Just Jesus. That is Christmas. Don't miss this last crucial podcast of the year!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/jTjAporajRo?t=2667
📗 - Learn more about The Light of the World Series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/light-of-the-world
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Where were you on March 5, 1979? Well, Voyager 1 was 499 million miles away taking the very first closeup picture of Jupiter. Voyager 1 and its brother, Voyager 2, were both part of a something called The Grand Tour of the outer planets. It's a remarkable story that you need to check out here or on video. The images they captured have helped form the philosophy of space missions, ever since.
Now what's amazing is that after their initial mission was over, they were flung out of the solar system ... to who knows where. Headed by Carl Sagan, they made gold discs with instructions on how to play them. It included photos, videos, and a message of peace.
But what did God do? He didn't send a probe or a disc - he sent a Person.
Make sure you listen to this podcast - and check out Rick's message if you haven't listened already!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/xYt-2CMIcio?t=2655
📗 - Learn more about The Light of the World Series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/light-of-the-world
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
If you go to the Lower Cave at Carlsbad Caverns, they will do something shockingly special. You'll get in an absolutely pitch black portion of the lower cave, and then the guide will tell you to turn off your headlamp. It is the strangest sensation to not see even the slightest light. You can put your hand right in front of your face and not see it. And there's no ambient noise. Some thought it was peaceful - I found it confusing to the point of terror.
Light is the chosen metaphor for the opening salvo of God's mission to redeem those created in his image. This is the backdrop of this Christmas series by Pastor Rick Hale and the focus of our podcasts. Don't miss this powerful series!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/OLazi_0hjUQ?t=2688
📗 - Learn more about The Light of the World Series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/light-of-the-world
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
When your world is falling to pieces, how do YOU find peace? God's got an answer - and it's not a trick. But it is an alignment. Rick talks to Sean about his recent message which was birthed in the midst of Sean's experience of going through chemotherapy. THEN, Rick and Sean discuss the upcoming Christmas series, "Light of the World". There are several key questions about life and the need of mankind - and the answers are all found in Jesus Christ. Don't miss this series!
Meet Keila Acosta. In 2004, Grace Community Church had the opportunity to help send Dr. Mark and Karen Andrews to evangelize and plant churches in the beautiful country of Panama. It was there that they met Jerry and Keila Acosta, who had grand and clever thoughts about helping local churches regain a healthy and reproductive vision of Latin America. Eventually, Mark and Karen returned to the United States, but Jerry and Keila became even more important in Grace's extension of our Mission of making disciples "to the ends of the earth".
Today, we present a special edition of Living Your Dash with Sean interview Keila Acosta!
Make sure you listen to Rick's final message in the Miracle of Mercy series!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's latest message, HERE:https://youtu.be/6u13BAvZOWs?t=2798
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/miracle-of-mercy
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
It may not surprise you - then again, it might - that the Living Your Dash podcast is only an extension of ministries at Grace. The "meat and potatoes" of Rick Hale's teaching ministry and leadership are at the local church level as we help people find and fulfill God's purpose for their lives. But he didn't get there alone. As Moses had Zipporah, Acquilla had Priscilla, Peter had ... Mrs. Peter(?). Rick has Mary. It could be argued that the spiritual DNA of thousands of people in Roswell and across the world has been powerfully altered or directly affect by this power couple.
In this episode, we're going to get a little glimpse of the values that made them, the decisions they intentionally made, and why the rest of us ought to pay attention.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to the latest message, HERE:https://youtu.be/zh1mmgw0QKM?t=2458
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/miracle-of-mercy
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
One of the most distinctive characteristics of Christianity is that Jesus himself makes certain promises that are eternal and profoundly encompassing. Take, for instance, when he says: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Mt. 11:28-30. He is saying that he will categorically be there for you! He wants to help you and give you rest! Who else promises that - and stands behind his own compassion and love? Find out more in this week's podcast!
AND don't miss NEXT week, when we interview both Rick and Mary Hale as they look back over the years at Grace.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/VV3P_fPSMIk?t=2695
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/miracle-of-mercy
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Ever heard of "burying the hatchet"? It's an early American idiom of native American origin. When an accord was reached between two warring people or tribes, they would literally throw their fighting tomahawks in a river or lake, or bury and forget where it was. The idea was to never revisit the quarrel or think of using it again.
God's forgiveness is like that. Let us thank Him for that gift!
In this week's podcast, Rick and Sean discuss how even when we've been "repeat offenders" (and everyone has!) God leaves his wrath buried. His Son took care of it for us. Let's listen in on these important lessons of forgiveness.
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/LR7Ryz-uACM?t=2771
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/miracle-of-mercy
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
When you hear the word "mercy" what comes to mind? The dictionary defines it this way: "Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm." Mercy implies that a wrong has been committed. Mercy isn't a right - it's a grace. But, again, that implies there is a Grace-Giver. Conventional wisdom tells us that is the God of the Bible - and you would be absolutely correct. But we need to fully understand what that means, and the consequences of mercy needed, mercy given, and mercy received. Don't miss this incredible NEW Series that Pastor Rick Hale is starting at Grace: The Miracle of Mercy!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/5Hy2LTP0H7c?t=2420
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/miracle-of-mercy
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
There's a story of a thief who went to confession and wept before the priest, openly telling him everything but feeling that he couldn't stop - that it was too late to repent. He didn't even know why he was there. But he asked the priest, "Father - how does a thief stop being a thief?" The priest paused for a moment and told him: "The Gospel of Jesus transforms men like you and me. When does a thief stop being a thief? When he becomes someone else. Let Christ transform you."
In this parable, our Lord gives us insights into how we must be changed - how we must take our responsibility - and change our mind, so he can change our life. Don't miss this powerful message and insightful podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/7vYnswgIkow?t=2008
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
🚀 - Find out about the NEXT series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/miracle-of-mercy and
Back to Church Sunday: https://www.roswellgrace.com/back-to-church-sunday-9-20
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
Prayer. Every world religion has it. But what is it? Does it really make sense that the all-powerful, all-knowing, totally self-sufficient ONE in the Universe would care what we have to say? Jesus - the One who authoritatively talked about how to connect with The ONE said some pretty surprising things. And it's not about what we say, but how we say it ... or actually NOT how we not say it. Confused? Don't be! Check out the message, then check out this podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE:https://youtu.be/XU_0nLsZFD0?t=2483
🥳 - To learn about membership at Grace or register: https://roswellgrace.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/145/responses/new
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Rewards and kickbacks. We've become so used to them in our economy that sometimes we think it happens - and should happen - everywhere. Maybe even God's Kindom and "economy"! But we need to be sober about this: Yes, God does reward faithfulness - but we must be careful to not let that be our motivation. What should be our motivation? That was the topic of Rick's message on Sept. 12, and that's the subject of this week's podcast!
https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/G9kt8seoZ80?t=2359
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
🥳 - To learn about membership at Grace or register: https://roswellgrace.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/145/responses/new
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
As a species, humans have done incredible things! Medically, we've invented CT and PET scanners, developed antibiotics and monoclonal antibody treatments and mapped out our genome; the internet made all knowledge free and accessible; we have the technology to predict the weather, volcanoes, earthquakes; we can sail, fly, or travel with relative ease. We've even gone to the moon!
Yet for all our advances, the most basic needs of the heart and soul - the insatiable yearning and hungering for purpose and meaning - hamstrings the richest, the strongest, the young, the old ... we are no better than the day Adam and Even took the fruit that sent us spiraling down. In fact, we're worse - sometimes unspeakably worse.
But the Gospel! The Good News is that Jesus would rather die than leave us without a path and empowerment to release us from the chains of our hurts, habits, and hang-ups. That's Celebrate Recover! That's the focus of our podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Barry's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/TMWN3EvfSXg?t=2113
❤️🩹 - Learn more about the Celebrate Recovery, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/cr
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Have you ever heard of the Disney Fast Pass? Now, it would already cost a family of four about $5,000 to spend a week at "the happiest place on earth," but a Fast Pass will let you skip the lines! That's right - for about $200 extra, you can jump ahead of the poor hoveled masses who didn't have the cash to pay! Isn't that great? 😳
And we see this in our culture in many places: if you "pay to play" you can get in earlier, get more swag, or generally get greater access.
If you think that culture carries over into the Kingdom, get ready for disappointment. Jesus made it very clear: that's not how it works.
Don't forget to check out this very important message by Rick, then join us in the podcast as we discuss this foundational component of this secret of the culture of the Kingdom!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/eKGR84eMQrs?t=2266
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
📜 Find out more about Community Bible Study-Roswell: https://roswelleve.cbsclass.org/
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Have you ever been so confused about the subject that you needed someone to explain the right questions to ask? How about the embarrassment of not realizing you've just committed the ultimate social faux pas? Getting triggered? No? Then you need to listen to Rick's message and this podcast! Today, Rick and Sean discuss the parable of the Two Debtors. Double-check your five-point harness because you're going for a ride!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a FREE copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/M9xR88Ywttw?t=2533
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
📜 Find out more about Community Bible Study-Roswell: https://roswelleve.cbsclass.org/
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
“God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be," wrote Brennan Manning, "because nobody is as they should be.” And that's the truth. That is the Gospel. In this podcast, Rick and Sean discuss the powerful love of God, a love so powerful, that we can almost get a shadow-glimpse that even God was caught off his heels. (Wait - can that be said?) Or as Manning stated, “I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a tea cup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.”
What is the Kingdom of God like? Jesus lets us know. It's about a father who loves his kids differently but the same. If you ever thought you were too far gone, too bad, too unfaithful, too inconsistent, too self-righteous, too prone to failure ... add one more: you're too wrong! Here's the easy fix: get it right - just turn around! The Father is right there!
Don't miss this powerful message and strangely beautiful podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a free copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/elnOoUNOBc4?t=2552
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
How do you explain to people that the greatest rescue mission in the history of history is found in the Bible? You may not believe it, but that's all the Bible is: a rescue mission, not a religion. But most people don't see that. It's easy to see why: Isn't the Bible about belief in God and what that means? Yes. But more importantly, it's what God has always purposed to do: redeem his fallen creation. Jesus Christ got to the heart of the matter by using a couple of stories called parables to convey the passion God has for his fallen creation.
Don't miss this powerful message and insightful podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a free copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/_LVnC1VE1Vs?t=2640
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Tim Ferris commented, “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” But the average disciple's behavior reveals that being a "busy Christian" is the same thing as being a productive Christian. That's not necessarily so. We need wisdom to keep us from "idle busyness" (and certainly not "idol busyness"!) and help us to focus on what we're truly going to be held accountable for.
In this podcast, Sean interviews Rick after his last message and it reveals some alarming things - if we pay enough attention. Buckle your seatbelts - this is an exciting podcast!
❓ - Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a free copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
🎧 - Listen to Rick' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/LlfyjVLYVLc?t=2477
🎙️ - Listen to other Living Your Dash Podcasts
📗 - Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
🏠 - Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Teaching by storytelling is powerful. Organizational psychologist Peg Neuhauser found that learning which stems from a well-told story is remembered more accurately, and for far longer than learning derived from facts and figures. In fact, psychologist Jerome Bruner’s research suggests that facts are 20 times more likely to be remembered if they’re part of a story.
This is nothing new to people who have heard the teachings of Jesus. People who are not even Christ-followers can still piece together at least the gist of some of the stories that the Lord Jesus masterfully told.
In this episode, Rick and Sean discuss The Parable of the Good Samaritan, based on Rick's message. There's a lot that is familiar with the passage, but if slow down and pay attention, we'll find we're not looking at an imaginary character, but ourselves. Don't miss this episode!
- Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a free copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/q3KIvlkBK40?t=2669
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Find out more about Community Bible Study-Roswell: https://roswelleve.cbsclass.org/
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Chalk it up to Jesus, the Master Teacher, to tell stories with emotional and spiritual impact to totally wreck our presumptions about life and our priorities! This week, Rick and Sean discuss the Parable of the Unjust Steward (AKA: "How to get away with poor management and get immortalized in Jesus' teachings!"), and the surprising twist on how it affects the velocity of your faith! Make sure you listen to the message!
- Why we're called Living Your Dash and how to get a free copy of Rick's book: https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/ZB2K_xeowns?t=2608
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Ever heard the phrase "They can't see the forest for all the trees"? We don't like to admit it, but our presumptions, projected settlements - and naked prejudices - stand in the way of God's purposes in our lives. It requires hitting the pause button and reassessing, listening to the Master. Filling in for Rick on July 11th, Pastor Chris VanDyke used a hidden gem of a story that Jesus told to get his audience to listen. To find that message, make sure you click the link below. Then, Rick comes back in and talks about the upcoming message (#10 in the series) and about our special offering for Bixby Church.
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? Here's how you can get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Chris' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/ZCDvZok17ZM
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Find out more about Bixby Church, here: https://www.bixby.church/
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Religion is popular because - amongst other things - it gives a framework of a philosophy of life and living instead of groping around without any foundation or value. People often mistake Christianity for simply another religion in the marketplace, never considering that Jesus NEVER intended to spark a "religion", per se, but to demand absolute trust and faithfulness in himself. And in his parables, he beautifully and cleverly describes his Kingdom and its influence. He ALWAYS knew that the Kindom would change the world, and the world couldn't stop it. That's what Pastor Kevin Price talked about in his message that you can listen to below.
But in this week's podcast, Sean has a few questions to satisfy his curiosity.
Then, Rick has a couple of things to add!
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? Here's how you can get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Kevin's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/iqsDT7mvfS4?t=2707
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Join us for Class 101: Discovering Membership on July 11, 2021. Find out more, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Kingdom Secrets Series #7 - Do you ever get tired of waiting on God? Impatient with injustice or evil?
That was the question posed by Pastor Rick Hale. Of course, no one wants to wait. It's been scientifically proven that it takes an enormous amount of self-discipline to delay gratification and that marketing teaches and reinforces us from an early age to crave more and hunger more and expect more. So when Jesus Christ tells us that the harvest IS coming ... but we have to wait. Well, that poses a problem! It's not just what we wait for but who we wait for. You need to listen to this outstanding message, then listen in on this great podcast.
PLUS: Rick's got his quote of the week and some updates!
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? Here's how you can get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/8al322ZiS3s
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Join us for Class 101: Discovering Membership on July 11, 2021. Find out more, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Because the Church encompasses the globe and fully 1/3rd of humanity claims to be Christians, it's easy to make assumptions that the growth of the church happened by hook or crook. But why should we assume that Jesus the Christ, the author of the parables we're looking at in this current series ever thought his parables would endure? Jesus stayed within a 200-mile radius around Israel, never commissioned or penned a book, never held public office, or went to a great academic school of the time. He really shouldn't be that significant according to certain criteria - but he most certainly is! One thing that he "predicted": The Gospel would go around the world (and it has!) and as we see in the message Rick taught, it would mean big changes. And the keen listener will understand their place and their responsibility. Want to know more? You should! Check out this fascinating conversation between Rick and Sean.
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/qsycgjoqpv8
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
We all know that when you plant a seed in the ground and the soil has reasonably good conditions for growth, that seed will germinate. But did you ever ask yourselves, "WHY?" Not simply because it's genetically encoded that way (not a simple fact, when you consider the molecular complexity of it all), but because the Encoder - God our Father - designed it that way for a purpose. "Seeds represent the future," said guest speaker Sean Lee on June 13th, "a future that God has always planned. The same is true for plants. The same is true for you and me." Listen in on this interesting conversation from Sean's message on the Parable of the Growing Seed!
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Sean's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/WgUh_Poa8B0
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, here:https://www.roswellgrace.com/
There are tons of interesting people at Grace Community Church in Roswell, NM, and one of them is Alan Gedde: a family man, a family-oriented pastor, innovator of Children's ministry, former school board member and chairman, elk hunter and master with the bow ... now he's got a podcast!
What goes on in this renaissance man's head? Found out in episode 83!
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/q2aZ1lct9eg
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Check out Alan's podcast, here: https://anchor.fm/alan-gedde
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE:https://www.roswellgrace.com/
It has been said that only two things like change: Babies and Lightbulbs.
But for the disciple of Jesus Christ, change - directed change, strategic transformation - are the building blocks we fill up with the time God gives us. Or we allow it to lie derelict.
In this podcast, Sean talks to Pastor Barry Anderson, Pastor of Equipping who shares some further insights from his message on May 30th. Listen-in on some great material! Also, Rick comes back and shares a few exciting details about the next message in the series!
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Barry's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/lcMXcJUNWP8
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Ever heard the phrase: "If you're not confused, you're not paying enough attention." While surrendering yourself as a disciple to Jesus Christ IS the wisest and best decision you'll ever make, there should be sober moments in your life where you are crystal clear about what he demands of you. It's not cheap, it's not easy, it's ALWAYS beneficial, and it requires a lot of thought and - paradoxically - self-leadership. Yes, he leads you - he's the Master! But you must make fundamental decisions in line with what he says and where he guides. That's how it works. This past week's message in Rick's fantastic series, Kingdom Secrets talks about that. BUT in this podcast, we discuss the issues of self-leadership in getting there. You won't want to miss this interesting take on this week's podcast!
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/_qxlLGWbaHk
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"The Kingdom of God is like ..." With those words, the Lord Jesus introduced many mini-stories to paint a picture of what God's Kingdom and reign looks like. They are called parables.
Many teachers used - and still use - parables. But no one used them like Jesus. Even after two millennium, phrases like "the prodigal son" or "pearl of great price" still have meaning. It's crossed continents, cultures, and oceans, and The Master still teaches. The most learned theologians still dig them for ore and the youngest child can find meaning.
We would do well to look carefully at what Jesus says - Pastor Rick Hale does a lot of the heavy lifting for us!
In this episode, we discuss why parables are so powerful and the meaning behind just two, simple, stories. Make sure you listen to the message!
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Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
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Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/60UKqezJ_bA
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Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/kingdom-secrets
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Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Columnist and humorist Dave Barry wrote: “When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy.” Crazy or not, we need leadership. Blessed are the people who have a good leader!
What's interesting is that in this last installment of his latest series, Rick argues that if we want to experience the good life, we've got to have good leadership - as well as good followship. (No, that's not a typo!)
If you haven't already seen the message, go over to roswellgrace.com and take good notes!
Then, make sure you listen to this great podcast! Here are some other important links
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/LOFKcJ8v6UA
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-good-life
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
- Lighthouse Foster Care ministry: https://www.facebook.com/Lighthouse.Foster.Adoption.Support/
The Good Life will cost you. But then again, something is going to cost you. It was Stephen Covey who wrote: "I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
In 1962, a quartet of scruffy young musicians when to Decca records to see if they were interested in recording and distributing them. "No," they replied, unimpressed with the lads from Liverpool: "Guitar bands had had their day and that isn't going to change anytime soon. Then there's the name: they can't even spell the word ‘beetle’." EMI would later form a powerful and financially bountiful relationship with Paul, John, George and Ringo.
Decca lost out to EMI not because of circumstances, but because of their decisions.
It's the same for disciples: there is a cost involved - but there's a purpose to the price, an eye toward a prize. Wise is the one who desires The Good Life and pays the price to enter into it!
Listen to Rick and Sean as they discuss this latest part in the series.
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Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
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Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/QuiAZlAszIw
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Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-good-life
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Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
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Read Glenn Shepard's story, HERE.
The Family is the basic building block of humanity. That's the way God designed it. As goes the marriage, so goes that community, that nation, and its place in history. One of the greatest blessings to humanity was God's instructions to us on his intentions and operations.
In this aspect of The Good Life, guest speaker Kevin Price uncovers God's empowerment for the Good Life in our marriages. Don't miss this message - or the conversation Sean has with him in this week's podcast.
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Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
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Listen to Kevin's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/q_ppFXXaI80
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Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-good-life
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Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"Living the Good Life in the World" is not a travelogue going around the world to 5-Star resorts, eating at 3-star Michelin restaurants. No, it has a lot more to do with who is in the mirror and what we think, do, and say. Doesn't sound exotic, does it? But it's more powerful than you realize!
In this podcast, Rick and Sean discuss his latest message in his latest series about the implications of living the good life where God reveals what's most important.
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Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
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Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/N_vZ3SzV_cY and the accompanying notes.
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Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-good-life
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Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
When you hear the phrase, "The Good Life," what comes to mind? Riches and retirement? Beaches or mountains? Fame and fortune? What if the good life had nothing to do what what you had, but the consequences of who you knew?
Rick started a brand-new series and he talked with Sean about the implications of living the good life where God makes the definitions.
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/SIv5RwHfz2U and the accompanying notes.
- Learn more about the series, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-good-life
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
She has been called "the apostle to the Apostles" ("apostle" literally means "sent one") because she announced the Resurrected Jesus to the Twelve. Not only was she "just a mere woman", but she had the nasty reputation of being (formerly!) demon-possessed ... but she's mentioned 13 times in Bible, and was so faithful and devoted to Jesus, she risked life and limb to simply be near him - even more so than the Twelve.
In this week's podcast, Rick and Sean have a discussion on this amazing woman - and how she still teaches us to be more faithful in our walk with Christ.
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE https://www.livingyourdash.info
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/VH0cAaFuq2g
- Interested in what membership in a local church means? https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
- Discover everything else about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com
- For more information about Cancer with Grace and other support groups, go here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-road-to-healing
"The Chosen" - a TV series by VidAngel and director Dallas Jenkins, has taken the historically-based series by storm on the mobile platform. "The Chosen" is the first-ever multi-season TV show about the life of Jesus. In this special episode of The Living Your Dash podcast, Sean interviews actor Steve Shermett who has a unique relationship with Dallas Jenkins and was himself in episodes 4 and 8.
Grace Community Church is showing the entire first series, every Friday night, from April 9 - May 28, and we encourage you to have a relaxed night out, enjoy each other's company, and be inspired all over again in remembering: the greatest transformation of mankind still continues!
As a bonus, Sean will interview Steve on April 9 and we'll have some refreshments afterward.
- livingyourdash.info
- for more info about Grace's viewing: https://www.roswellgrace.com/the-chosen
- for more info about The Chosen: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen
- for more info about Steve Shermett: http://www.steveshermett.com/
“There is a theory" quipped Douglas Adams, the science fiction author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” Adams' satire, aside, it may seem like the search for significance in one's life is a lot like chasing after a ping pong ball with oven mits on.
But Jesus never put it that way. Jesus had the rare ability to state definitively what the purpose of life was and how to go about it. He said so himself: "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." Simply audacious statement, don't you think? Unless you happened to be the Son of God who raised from the dead. Then, it's just simply true.
Wrapping up his thoughts on Raising the Bar, Rick and Sean discuss the final message he gave on March 28. Make sure you check the link below to watch it.
If you're catching this after April 4th, we pray you had a wonderful day of wonder and worship, as you ponder the enormity and consequence of the Resurrection of Jesus, the only begotten Son of God.
- Why are we called Living Your Dash? How can you get Rick's book for FREE? https://www.livingyourdash.info/
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/WnVE_iTgj0U
- Find out more about Rick's series, Raising the Bar, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/raising-the-bar-2020
- Interested in what membership in a local church means? https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
- Discover everything else about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"The proof is in the pudding..." have you hard that? Actually, that's not quite right: The actual phrase is: "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." In other words, just having the right ingredients, delicious picture on the box, and a famous spokesman doesn't mean it's good. Do people buy and and consume it? Well, when it comes to The Bride of Christ, and what our Lord commands, the proof is when people see us "eating" what we say we consume. Are we? Are YOU? In this fun conversation where the tables are turned, Rick interviews Sean about his recent message out of Colossians 3:15-17.
Come on: you know what to do with these:
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/zZlZsi7ezg4
- Find out more about Rick's next series, Raising the Bar, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/raising-the-bar-2020
- Find out about Easter Baptisms, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/why-baptism
- Discover everything else about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
“Clothes make the man," wrote Twain. "Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Obviously written in the absurd to elicit a chuckle, there's truth to it, both metaphorically and literally. How one "dresses" oneself, says a lot about their inward character - how they see themselves and how they want to be seen.
In this podcast, Sean discusses with Rick about his latest message in the series "Raising the Bar", and this week's focus on how we must raise the bar of serving others by raising the bar of the reckoning of our raiment.
Here are the links you need to know:
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/kHXm15Z0PtE
- Find out more about Rick's next series, Raising the Bar, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/raising-the-bar-2020
- Find out about Easter Baptisms, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/why-baptism
- Discover everything else about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Business professor W. Edwards Deming wrote: "It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. But nothing changes without personal transformation." It all begins with the one in the mirror. In this discussion of Rick's second installment of the Raising the Bar series, Rick talks about the challenges and importance of personal growth in our lives.
Make sure that you listen to Rick's message and start your journey right.
- Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/EkVqPHR88vA
- Find out more about Rick's next series, Raising the Bar, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/raising-the-bar-2020
- Find out about Easter Baptisms, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/why-baptism
- Discover everything else about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
"Only one life, it will soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last."
Now that statement is either the biggest bunch of malarky (to use a presidential term), or it's the truth. Either way, there are HUGE consequences that demand our attention.
Welcome to Rick's NEW Series entitled "Raising the Bar" - the perfect series to help you make sure that coming out of the pandemic will be successful. And it all depends on WHO establishes your purpose and HOW that purpose is fulfilled.
Make sure that you listen to Rick's message and start your journey right.
Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/jRiC_HV-28Y
Find out more about Rick's next series, Raising the Bar, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/raising-the-bar-2020
Find out about Easter Baptisms, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/why-baptism
Discover everything else about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
In order to "live your dash" you need to know (a) where to start, (b) where to finish, and (c) acceptable behavior as you run. How would you like to run against someone who ignored the starting gun and ran when they wanted or pushed you down so they could get ahead, or ran in your lane? Not much of a race, right? There are rules to be followed because the Course Marshall knows what works best. In the race of life - the Dash of our Life - God has already set up the rules. Believe it or not, there aren't many - just ten - and they are simple to understand. Following ... well, that's another story and why some people work very hard to keep them on courthouse lawns.
In this week's podcast, we talk with our guest speaker for the week of February 21st, Student Ministries Pastor, Chris VanDyke, and we dive a bit deeper into the blessings and protections that God gives us in His Ten Commandments. Then, Rick comes back and lets us know about his next powerful series, Raising the Bar.
- Listen to Chris' message, HERE: https://youtu.be/X1lPFKzMi_8
- Find out more about the Truth Project, HERE: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/faith/the-truth-project/
- Find out more about Rick's next series, Raising the Bar, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/raising-the-bar-2020
- Discover everything else about Grace Community Church, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
It was Mark Twain who once said, "The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog."
But loving people, not simply "getting along", really is the central key to a happy life. What does loving people really mean? Make sure you listen to Rick's message and then take time to listen to this podcast, as Rick and Sean dive deeper into what it means to love people so that we are consistently acting in another person's best interests, regardless of how we feel.
Here are the important links!
Listen to Rick's message, HERE: https://youtu.be/wnAOMXMt4Ug
Find the whole message series HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnAOMXMt4Ug&list=PLFYKXL1rUlTajpCvhM8Ef4YeEqeCuTyWe
Find out more about Grace Community Church HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Don't miss the next series: Raising the Bar! https://www.roswellgrace.com/raising-the-bar-2020
"Happiness is getting punched in the nose, and getting told to mind your own business." Said no one ever!
Getting involved in someone else's life doesn't seem like the best way to get the good vibes - but you'd be mistaken!
In this week's podcast, Rick and Sean discuss the importance of leaning in - and there is a right way and wrong way that will ensure success, happiness, and maybe something better!
To listen to this week's message, go here: https://youtu.be/BS1ZG9QgA_A
To find out more about Grace Community Church, go here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Can you finish this statement: "How do I love thee ..."? (If you answer: "... let me count the ways!", you win!)
That line was made famous by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who, because her parent's violent disapproved of her choice of husband, poet, Robert Browning, had to wed secretly and move to Europe. She wrote them regularly - but she never once received a letter back.
One day, she received a parcel from the United States. It contained every letter she wrote - but not one had been opened. Her parents died never knowing the depth of her love and desire to patch things up. They were held captive by a bonds of bitterness of their own making.
Such is the power of UNforgiveness. But what of the power OF forgiveness? In his message this past week, Rick explores the powerful role forgiveness played in the early church and how forgiveness plays a uniquely important role in the present and future of the church.
You can find Rick's message HERE: https://youtu.be/uodNVPIgycA?list=TLGGKUXCv9mbYgMwMzAyMjAyMQ
You can find more about Happy, HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/happy
You can find more about Grace HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Want to watch worship services at Grace, LIVE? TRY GraceLive: https://www.roswellgrace.com/grace-live
NOTE: This is a new audio mix. No content was changed, but the sound engineer was lazy and didn't check the pause between the introduction and the first segment. He has since been fired. Sven is our new sound editor from Sweden.
When Jesus the Christ said the following words, we cannot possibly overstate what this means to humanity: “And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:27–28). It is a paradox: he challenges us to voluntary indentured servitude to each other. While the world is still busy trying to figure out how to "find the angle" or "get the competitive leverage" against each other, Jesus tells us: There's a way where everyone wins.
In this third aspect of the series Happy at Grace Community Church, Sean sits down with Pastor Alan Gedde, Grace's Pastor of Children's Ministries to talk about his recent message on "Serving One Another." Then, Rick gives us the half-time report and some upcoming things at Grace.
Watch Alan's Message here: https://youtu.be/joxJ_g2SaW4?list=TLGGI7seE_N77LAyODAxMjAyMQ
Find out about:
Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Grace's Facebook Pages to help parents:
- Infants - Kindergarteners: https://www.facebook.com/Grace-Kids-Preschool-106614321406973
- First - Fourth Grade: https://www.facebook.com/roswellgracekids
And stay tuned for Alan's new YouTube channel just for kids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0VQMJzcPaTFMA3LyEgHJ_Q
It was Will Rogers who said, "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie ...' until you can find a rock."
Patience and tolerance ... we all need it - and not just to get the advantage. Here's a fact: learning to be patient, tolerant, and make allowances for others is not only a gift we give to others and ourselves (thus making it possible for us to be happy) but it might even set pleasant historical vectors in-place that span 20 centuries.
Don't believe it? You need to catch Rick's message, THEN you need to listen to this companion podcast!
Listen to Rick's message HERE: https://youtu.be/UfhGQqsZIGM
Find out about Happy HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/happy
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he mentioned that we were endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights, which include: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And Americans DO spend time and money on that pursuit! But are Instagrammable experiences, possessions, and money the essence of happiness? Is happiness located only in pleasant circumstances? The Bible never makes that equivocation. In fact, it's universally recognized that real happiness can never be found by pleasing ourselves - it's about relationships.
That's why Rick is excited about this series. This week, Rick and Sean discuss the starting point: accepting people for who they are. You see, when the Bible commands us to "accept one another." Simple, right? Yes. Easy ... no - at least not always.
Make sure you catch Rick's message by pointing your browser to roswellgrace.com AND find out more about the Happy series and other happy happenings at Grace.
All right, let's get to the conversation!
Click here for the message: https://youtu.be/BAevrFZ0KWI
Click here for more information about Happy: https://www.roswellgrace.com/happy
Click here for more information about how membership in a local church coalesces the factors that contribute to happiness - and find out how to join Grace: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
It was the Partridge Family (wow - is that dating me!) who sang "Come On and Get Happy", and Pharrell Williams inspired and made some great dance videos based on his song "Happy". But - really - how do you "get" happy? How do you define happiness? What is the wisest, most fruitful means of finding - and giving - happiness in the world in which we live? Given current circumstances, we are desperately in need to have answers to those questions. Thankfully, God's Promises, found in his Word, supply just those answers.
In his brand new series, Happy, Pastor Rick Hale shares how happiness isn't all that elusive when we come to terms with the hindrances and true source of happiness.
To watch Rick's message go here: https://youtu.be/nDnNjU5Gv34
To see that Alan Hirsch conversation on discipleship, go here: https://youtu.be/NN3oA5AETuI
To find out why Membership is so important and to sign -up for the January 17th, Class 101 Discovering Membership event, go here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect (There's no obligation to join, but it's important to know: According to the Bible, "Why does the church exist and what should the church be actively doing, and how do I - and should I - fit?)
When we think about 2020, most of us are glad it's over: "Good riddance of that terrible year!" But Pastor Kevin makes a challenge for us: Don't carry baggage from 2020 into 2021! It was too painful the first time - why relive it? Make sure you check out the message, but you can catch some extras here on this podcast. ALSO, we chat just a bit with Pastor Rick as he describes the importance and particulars of Grace's new series: Happy!
To hear Kevin's message, go here: https://youtu.be/HaETcg7D-LY
For more information about Happy, go here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/happy
For more information about Grace Community Church, go here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Merry Christmas, everybody - and Happy New Year to you!
In this week's podcast, Sean and Rick take a look at his latest message, The Greatest Story Ever Told: Worshipped by Wisemen.
If you look at the average Nativity Scene or creche, you will see three wise men bearing gifts. In truth: they weren't there at the birth of Jesus, AND we don't know the actual number - just three different gifts. Now before you go and throw out your Nativity scenes, just remember: just keep these things in-mind - AND just listen to Rick's message and this podcast!
PLUS - we talk about our next series: Happy!
- Watch Rick's Message here: https://youtu.be/TnIU7GObrCc
- Find out more about Grace Community Church, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
- Find out more about HAPPY, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/happy
- Find out more about Membership, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
After a month-long hiatus (thanks, COVID ... not really!), the Living Your Dash podcast returns!
Rick has been doing a Christmas mini-series called "The Greatest Story Ever Told" - and this week we unpack his message, "Announced by Angels."
Let's reframe things a bit by posing a question: What's the Greatest Story you've ever heard? The greatest that HUMANITY itself has ever heard? Some might say, "Well, that's hard to say - there are a lot of good ones." But consider: writers, philosophers, and literature teachers all conclude that a good story needs five things: a protagonist (a hero, a person on a journey), an antagonist (the villain, the person trying to defeat the protagonist), an inciting action - what sets the hero and villain ultimately colliding, the conflict (the battle, the fight, the hardships, the losses), and finally the resolution: who wins? What happens? Who says: "And they lived happily ever after?"
The Gospel - the greatest love story, the greatest rescue mission in HIStory (that's no typo!), the greatest teacher who clearly laid out the greatest philosophy and purpose of life ... it's all there! And as Rick mentions, sometimes we hear it so much, it loses its vitality. So that's what we're going to talk about today!
To find Rick's message go here: https://youtu.be/zxpMeqrtf9M
To find out more about Grace Community Church, go here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
If you're really bored and want to know about Sean's Covid Adventure: https://www.roswellgrace.com/post/the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel
This week's podcast is very special because we're getting a nice variety of voices:
First, Pastor Barry Anderson was the first - and so far ONLY - staff member to have been hit by the Coronavirus. Barry talks candidly about his experience and the importance of having a good support system
Next, Pastor Kevin Price discusses his message from this past week and the crucial importance of personal integrity in our development as disciples.
And finally, Pastor Rick Hale closes us up with some important things coming up very soon.
- You can listen to Kevin's Message, here: https://youtu.be/7D7y4BHoS5g
- You can find more about Operation Christmas Child, here: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
UPDATE: We've uploaded a corrected version. The original podcast was produced with an error - if you listened to 5 minutes of silence, you are our hero!
The French moralist Luc de Clapiers wrote that "Patience is the art of hoping." In this week's podcast, Rick and Sean continue their discussion of Rick's new series, "ME", as we learn how God transforms us so that we can love others as ourselves. Rick's new message on Patience demonstrates God's use of the virtue of patience like a precision tool to get us there - but also a goal to achieve!
You can find Rick's message HERE: https://youtu.be/yVp6366_kS4
You can find more about Grace Community Church HERE: roswellgrace.com
A "masterpiece" is defined as "a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship." If I say "Mona Lisa", you would say DaVinci; If I said, "Starry Night", you'd say VanGogh; if I said Stradivarious, you'd say violin. You get the picture.
But what if I said, YOUR name? Would you immediately get the picture of God the Father smiling with great delight, and getting excited as he describes the work and details He's put into your life? If you don't, you should! Eph 2:10 says it all too plainly.
Make sure you check out Rick's Message here: https://youtu.be/kPyshvjP-hg
You can find more details about the series "ME", here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/me-2020
Find more information about Grace Community Church here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Dr. M. Scott Peck wrote: "Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost." Whether we're self-aware of it or not, NO ONE goes untouched by the negative - or postitive - labels that others have placed on us. It can lead to powerful transformation, or shackle us in insecurity, projected fault-finding, paranoia, suffering silently in ignorance - and worst of all: we miss out on the great opportunities that God has for us. But it doesn't have to be that way!
As Pastor Rick guides us through this series of messages entitled, "ME" we CAN develop a truly loving and other-empowering life after we acknowledge, and let the Holy Spirit transform us.
Find More about the series HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/me-2020
Find Rick's Message HERE: https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
"What is it you want?" Has anyone ever asked you that question? Maybe it was at the drive-thru, maybe it was your boss, maybe it was your spouse or children? What if it was the king of the most powerful empire on earth? That's what Nehemiah was asked by King Artaxerxes, and how he answered has great implications for the rest of us. Join Rick - as THIS time, the tables are turned and he interviews Sean; THEN Sean asks Rick about our upcoming series entitled "ME".
To watch Sean's message: https://youtu.be/DR1lzNb2LA4
To find out more about the ME series: https://www.roswellgrace.com/me-2020
To find out more about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
It's hard to believe but this is the first podcast of SEASON 2! Thanks so much for making this podcast so successful!
In this week's podcast, Rick will be wrapping up his comments on his latest series, "Finding Hope". If you've reached the breaking point of pandemic fatigue or perhaps a crisis in your life, or are weary and anxious from the never-ending barrage of bad news, you can find your hope in God, who enables us to say with Habakkuk: "The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights."
To listen to Rick's message - and find more information about the ministries at Grace - point your browser to roswellgrace.com.
Find Kyle McCarty's Poem: https://finds.life.church/reframing-your-perspective-on-life-changes-everything/
The events of 2020 have caused a lot of us to long for resolve of one kind or another. Anger and anxiety are the fruit of unresolved frustration. But it doesn't have to be that way. David, inspired by the Holy Spirit, encouraged us in Psalm 27:14 "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord", that doesn't make it easier. So, if obeying and honoring the Lord is what we want to purchase, then patience is the currency.
Make sure to catch all of Rick's message by pointing your browser to roswellgrace.com. You can also find all kinds of information, including our next series: ME.
- Find more information at https://www.roswellgrace.com/
- Find more information about ME: https://www.roswellgrace.com/me-2020
- Sign up for The Purpose Driven Life Class: https://roswellgrace.ccbchurch.com/event_list.php?ax=list_all&display_mode=month&the_date=20201024#events/9157/occurrence/20201011
Perhaps it's just our perception, but it seems as if every time you open the news, or check social media, we're reminded of how hopeless our world is. We sigh, complain and flame - but is it helpful? Are things truly as bad as they are? Even if they are, how can God's Word, through the prophet Habakkuk, show us that no matter how grim things look God knows how to make hope even brighter? In this week's podcast, Sean fires some questions to Rick about his message on Sept. 13th, about finding hope in unsure times. You can find this message by going to roswellgrace.com and clicking on the "watch" tab.
The Christian Bible is, without doubt, the most published and best-selling book in history ... and yet, 35% of Americans say they never think about using the Bible outside of Sunday and only 9% read the Bible daily. If faith comes by hearing and hearing from the word of Christ ... the great pandemic of 2020 is the least of our problems. This past week, our Student Ministries Pastor, Chris VanDyke, gave the main message on Sunday highlighting how you and I need to remain on the True Branch, Jesus Christ - and that necessitates God's Word. Sean fires off a few questions to clarify what that means. Sean also takes a brief moment to ask Rick about this next series that Pastor Rick has cooked up for us. Bring a fork: it's time to dig into God's Word! To hear Chris' message, click HERE. You can also find all kinds of information about Grace on our website.
Did you know that 14.8 million Americans suffer from depression and anxiety? That's 6.7% of our population. And with the advent of the coronavirus epidemic, those numbers have jumped significantly. In fact, the CDC recently reported this past June that 40% of American adults have been struggling with mental health or substance abuse. In this week's Living Your Dash podcast, Sean discusses Pastor Alan Gedde's recent message out of Ps. 88, and how depression and anxiety hit home when his eldest daugher, Harmony, suffered an accute bout of depression with some frightening results. Adding more perspective to the mix is Brenda Lee (Sean's wife), who has had a long-time struggle with depression and anxiety. But we also discussed how God always gives hope in this darkness.
You can listen to Alan's message and find more information about Grace Community Church by pointing your browser to roswellgrace.com.
- Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
- Speak to Pastor Alan Gedde, Pastor Sean Lee or any staff at: 575-317-4658
- Speak to Christian Counselor Noni Becker: 209-273-0648
Elizabeth Elliott Gren was 30 years old with a one-year-old when her first husband Jim Elliott was martyred - speared to death - by an indigenous tribe because they feared for their lives. Years later, instead of being filled with fear, bitterness, and disappointment, she wrote: "The deepest things that I have learned in my own life have come from the deepest suffering. And out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires have come to the deepest things that I know about God." It is a mystery how life events can make us think that God doesn't love or care for us - but in this fifth and final question from Pastor Rick's Five Big Questions, Rick helps give clarity and a firm answer to the question: Will God love me or desert me?
Make sure you check out this entire series and find other information about Grace Community Church at roswellgrace.com. Now, let's join Rick and Sean in this week's podcast.
Click HERE to watch Rick's message. For more information about Grace Community Church, please visit roswellgrace.com. Other links of interest:
- See Derek Redmond's unforgettable "loss" in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
- Sept. 6, 2020 - First Responder Sunday and Bless our PeaceMakers through September
- Sept. 13, 2020 - Want to know why the church exists and how Grace is different from other churches in Roswell? Check out Class 101: Discovering Membership.
- Sept. 20, 2020 - Back To Church Sunday - All's (almost!) clear! We're declaring victory over COVID-19! It's time for a cookout with lawn games!
At the end of Romans 8, Paul - a master teacher - closes out his thoughts with five important questions. It turns out, these questions are not just asked for rhetorical purposes, but really do reveal the most important facts man-kind must make conclusions on. This week, Rick and Sean explore another important question that we must have an answer for: Will God Charge me Pardon me? You won't want to miss Rick's message from August 9th, so don't forget to check out roswellgrace.com for that sermon, or other important information at Grace.
- Where to find podcast platforms: https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
- How to find Rick's message: https://youtu.be/M0Sfk4xr4Ps
Have you ever been disappointed by God? The job you really wanted - prayed for, fasted for, knew you were the best candidate for ... and you got passed over. Maybe it was a relationship, a sickness, a family member ... you prayed and prayed, but it didn't work out - no GOD didn't make it happen - like you knew it should? In this week's podcast, Rick and Sean discuss this tough subject - but shows us the really inherent promise: God WILL provide for you - maybe not like you expect - but it's the best.
- Make sure you check out this entire series and find other information about Grace Community Church at roswellgrace.com.
- To watch the service, go HERE.
In Roman's chapter 8, inspired by the Holy Spirit, Paul is wrapping up his thoughts on the will, work, and ways of God. Instead of making some summary statements, he instead poses five questions to his audience. This was no accident. He intended for us to think deeply about it, and to make the logical consequences of those truths. What are these important truths? That's the focus of Pastor Rick Hale's brand new sermon series, Five Big Questions. This week, Pastor Rick and Sean discuss the most basic and foundational of the questions: Is God for me, or Against me?
You can watch this message anytime - as well as get the latest information about Grace Community Church by going to our web page at roswellgrace.com.
- To see and hear Pastor Rick's message, click here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/5-big-questions
- For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
In this week's Living Your Dash podcast, Rick takes a break and allows Kevin Price, Grace's Pastor of Maturity to help us glean a little more truth from his message from the 8th chapter of Nehemiah. After 70 years of exile - firm discipline from God because of their idolatry and disobedience - the Israelites have come home to begin again. How they started and how they established their attitude is a lesson for the church today! You can watch this message anytime - as well as get the latest information about Grace Community Church by going to our web page at roswellgrace.com.
You can find Kevin's message here: https://youtu.be/9nzKx_w2Qjo
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Dr. Dallas Willard wrote: "Every great teacher must teach about the nature of reality; what is real and what isn’t. It’s assumptions about reality that drive our lives ... Reality is God’s work, not ours; we don’t get to construct truth." And yet, if we know nothing else about humans, we are addicted to creating the Universe into our own acceptability. But for the disciple, we called to take note and take action; it's easy to be influenced by our culture, so we must know the clear boundary markers because the real-world consequences are profoundly and powerfully influential.
In this week's podcast, Pastor Rick and Sean discuss his last message and try to look at things from the 30,000 foot level. You can watch this message anytime - as well as get the latest information about Grace Community Church by going to our web page at roswellgrace.com.
You can find Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
Interested in Membership? https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
A remarkable tenet - and one very specific to Christianity - is the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Did you know that no other world religion has its founder boldly, conspicuously, and repeatedly saying he will personally and bodily return? Worldly culture would like to relegate Jesus to simply being a "moral teacher"; but he boldly claimed so much more! It's as if he were taunting us to pay attention - and that everything hinges on being prepared. If anything says that he is either a liar or a lunatic - or Lord - it's this one thing. But he warned us: we won't know when - so we need to ALWAYS be ready! In this penultimate lesson in the series Rock Solid, Pastor Rick Hale discusses the importance the second coming has in not only as it relates to a disciple's biblical worldview, but how it should fundamentally alter our intentions, plans and goals.
- You can find Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
- Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
- For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
In 2 Timothy, Paul wrote these last words to his protege: "But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."
Just as in the first century, the disciple of Jesus today must stand for truth in contrast to the fruitless and vapid philosophies of our day. In this podcast, Rick and Sean welcome Kevin Price - Grace's very own Pastor of Growth - to the discussion in how to have a rock-solid maturity in the scriptures.
- You can find Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
- Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
- Learn more about Blueletter Bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/
- Learn more about YouVersion Bible: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/
- Find out more about the Laflin's: https://davidandteesha.com/
- For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Have you ever had the thought: "You know, I really don't need to go to church or be any more spiritual if I go to church?" Sure you have! Most people from time-to-time forget - or have at best a poor or misinformed view - about God's intentions and plans for humanity. Rick Warren put it well: "The church is indestructible and will exist for eternity. It will outlive this universe, and so will your role in it. The person who says, “I don’t need the church,” is either arrogant or ignorant. The church is so significant that Jesus died on the cross for it. " In this week's episode, Rick and Sean go a bit deeper after Rick's message on the 21st and find important nuggets of truth about God's Church.
You can find Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
Find out more about the Laflin's: https://davidandteesha.com/
Interested in Membership? https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
ep 038 - “A proud man", wrote CS Lewis "is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.” In this episode of the Living Your Dash podcast, Rick and Sean dive deeper into another fundamental component of a Biblical Worldview: that mankind is sinful and needs salvation. Launching from Rick's May 14th message, we see we have to jettison our pride and arrogance and humbly receive the Gift that God gives to us in the form of Salvation.
"Rock Solid Salvation" is the fourth message in a series you can find here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
Find out more about the Laflin's: https://davidandteesha.com/
Interested in Membership? https://www.roswellgrace.com/connect
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Would it make a difference if you believed that God The Holy Spirit wasn't a person, but a symbol or entity? That's the supposition of a naturalist or atheistic evolutionist. In contrast, a Christian worldview understands that they can't operate without the Spirit's guidance and empowerment; it not only goes against our purpose but would also be a needless and fruitless waste of His time and ours. Listen to Rick and Sean as they discuss the Holy Spirit's role in being Rock Solid.
- You can listen to Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
- An excellent commentary on the non-sense of moral relativism during the George Floyd debacle: https://breakpoint.org/what-our-cries-for-justice-say-about-god-about-us-and-about-the-world/
- To sign-up for Class 101 Discovering Membership: https://roswellgrace.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/145/responses/new
- Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
- For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
We all have our favorite "dad" sayings - here's mine to my kids: "Often, it's not WHAT you know but WHO you know that makes the difference." You might be the smarter candidate or more knowledgeable about something, but if you don't have ACCESS to INFLUENCE, your resume stays at the bottom, your voice never gets heard, your name never gets mentioned. So when we think about eternal things: there's only ONE person we want representing us and acknowledging us: That's Jesus. But do we have a proper, biblical understanding of Jesus? Or is it based on the error-riddled, negatively-biased opinion of what culture says?
In this episode, Rick and Sean discuss the contents of Rick's message on May 31st, proving that it's essential to start with a Biblical view of JESUS if we're going to have a living relationship with him.
You can listen to Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
Build your Prayer Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3EGW902H1KHMU?ref_=wl_share
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Jesus wrapped up His Sermon on the Mount by saying "everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." No one should live their lives in fear or insecurity. We need to begin with the Author of life and truth - and that's God!
In this episode, Rick and Sean discuss a bit more deeply the contents of Rick's message on May 24th, proving that it's essential to start with a Biblical view of God before if we're going to have a Biblical Worldview.
You can listen to Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/2020-05-rock-solid-sermon
Build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
Build your Prayer Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3EGW902H1KHMU?ref_=wl_share
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
In this episode: Rick and Sean discuss re-opening Grace for public worship and discuss this past week's message. A characteristic of the People of God is that - for the most part - we stay under the radar: 1 Tim. 2:2 says that living peaceful and quiet lives should be our desire. But there are times when we must boldly stand in opposition to the world, and boldly ask for the power and movement of God. It's not about an arrogant assumption, but a holy, humble, but insistent faith in God's stated promises. This week, Rick and Sean discuss this kind of bold praying. We wonder: is this something you are maturing in? Because you never know when you will be called on to pray boldly. And as John Wooden said, "When opportunity comes, it's too late to prepare." May we all be preparing now!
You can listen to Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/courage-sermons
Great books on prayer:
- With Christ in the School of Prayer Andrew Murray
- Power through Prayer by EM Bounds
- Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers by Gary Neal Hansen
- Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster
- Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ by Jeanne Guyon
Here's a list of resources Sean and Rick discussed to build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
EM Bounds was an attorney, Civil War chaplain, and pastor who wrote this about the power of prayer: "God's plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. ” By men, he meant "mankind", of course - but the catalyst of God changing people - of God changing history - is prayer. This week, Rick and Sean look back at his message on the dynamic power of prayer in the life of Daniel, giving us insight on how God strengthens and prepares us for serving him.
Also, Rick has great news about Grace's re-establishment of public gatherings THIS Sunday May 17th - make sure you check out the website for details.
You can listen to Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/courage-sermons
Great books on prayer:
- With Christ in the School of Prayer Andrew Murray
- Power through Prayer by EM Bounds
- Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers by Gary Neal Hansen
- Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster
- Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ by Jeanne Guyon
Here's a list of resources Sean and Rick discussed to build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
What gives a person the courage to stand up to the ruler of a nation and tell him they're wrong about everything - and they were invited to do so? This week, Rick and Sean discuss the importance of the unseen "homework/soul work" that Christians must do - and why we're woefully unprepared. But it doesn't have to be that way!
Also, Rick gives us an update on what we can expect when Grace "opens up" for public services.
You can listen to Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/courage-sermons
Christian World view basics: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/faith/whats-a-christian-worldview/
Here's a list of resources Sean and Rick discussed to build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
Christian Worldview nurturing on-line: https://online.hillsdale.edu/#home
Summit Ministries Worldview Chart: https://www.summit.org/resources/worldview-chart/
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
It was William Shakespeare who wrote: "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." But when it comes down to it, we'd rather read about it or see it in the movies rather than have our necks on the line. But when we trust God to write our story, it becomes a pleasure and honor - besides, we can't lose! Listen, as Rick and Sean discuss his last message in his Courage series.
Listen to Rick's message, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/courage-sermons
Check out Grace Community Church, here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
Let us know who you are, here: https://roswellgrace.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/38/responses/new
In this episode, Rick discusses the necessity of disciples yielding the foundation of their worldview to God that leads to the natural consequences of a life that is pleasing to him. It was a Biblical worldview that gave courage to Daniel to resolve not to be conformed to his world, but instead firmly insist on God's pattern for his life - no matter what the circumstances. Is your worldview biblical? Will it stand the test of time? IS IT standing the test of time in these current circumstances? Join Rick and Sean as they discuss this important basic of courage.
You can listen to Rick's message here: https://www.roswellgrace.com/courage-sermons
Here's a list of resources Sean and Rick discussed to build your Biblical Worldview Library: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23P91MV9NJ6GF?ref_=wl_share
Christian Worldiew nurturing on-line: https://online.hillsdale.edu/#home
Summit Ministries Worldview Chart: https://www.summit.org/resources/worldview-chart/
For more information about Grace Community Church: https://www.roswellgrace.com/
In this episode: Rick and Sean discuss the challenges posed by coronavirus to The Church's grandest celebration: Easter! But wait, is it really the grandest? Isn't every day an opportunity celebrate The Living Christ in our midst by offering our lives and opportunities to Him to do as he wishes?
Using the backdrop of this past week's message, Rick and Sean talk a bit more about how to be tender to God's work in our lives, and not miss the opportunities for which he intends for us to take advantage.
Bonus: have you ever wished you could read a book in a month? It's possible! Find out by listening in!
Don't miss a message: https://www.roswellgrace.com/courage-intro
Suggested Bible Reading Plans: https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-reading-plan/
Our Daily Bread: https://odb.org/
Need prayer? https://roswellgrace.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/39/responses/new
Need to talk? slee@roswellgrace.com
In this episode: It's the most unusual Good Friday we've ever experienced, but we're making the most of it! Rick and Sean discuss out they've had to deal with the Coronaviris, how there are great lessons to be learned in the midst of this crisis, and how we don't have to be anxious.
"There is nothing that knocks life off-focus like life. LIfe is so hard, it's difficult; it's unfair ... the journey of the Christ-follower is DAILY." ~ Rick Hale.
Corona virus. Recession. Cancer. Divorce. Addiction. Family dysfunction. Life can be messy and painful. In this episode, Rick discusses the real-life relevancy and power of God's Word in our life. With the start of a new message series, Rick shares more insight after this past week's message. If life has kicked the tripod of your life off-focus, take 25 minutes and listen in as we discuss how God's Word and God's people are God's method of keeping True North in our lives.
Note: Due to Sean's departure next week we might need to skip or do it remotely. For a boring read about it, go to Sean's Blog.
No one is immune to tragedy, trial, or trouble. It's not a matter of if, but when! Rick had to endure serious back injury, then 3 months later, a cancer diagnosis - the same type that killed his father. This past week, Sean not only gave the sermon but also discussed his very recent diagnosis of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
As we wrap up this last part of the How to Enjoy the Rest of Your Life, Rick and Sean get "real" about maintaining an attitude of contentment, while faithfully stewarding the troubles God allows us to.
https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
ep. 25 - Keeping a positive attitude and dealing with depression (22 mins)
This week: Rick and Sean talk about the sensitive issue of depression. God is serious when he says: "Rejoice in the Lord!" But when you suffer from serious clinical depression, something doesn't seem right. Is God pulling a bait-and-switch? Is he not strong enough? Do I not have enough faith. There's no easy answers, here - but there is hope!
Here's a list of books dealing with a Christian perspective on depression.
If you need extra help, please call us at 575-623-5438 and ask to speak with us. Don't suffer alone!
Finishing Strong with Joy Begins Today - ep 24 (25 min.)
Think about this: You can have the best flight in the world - great seat, great food, great company, great in-flight movie ... but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't land as intended! In this episode, Rick talks about overcoming some of the obstacles of "sticking the good landing" of life.
https://www.roswellgrace.com/how-to-enjoy-life
ep. 023 - Have you ever wondered "What's the most 'Googled' question in the world?" You might be surprised when you find out (we did it for you, so you, so don't sweat it now). So, join Rick and Sean in this episode, we touch on that - while driving! - but then discuss what it OUGHT to be: "How do I make peace with God?" To learn more about how to have peace with God, please click here: https://peacewithgod.net/
https://www.roswellgrace.com/how-to-enjoy-life
In this episode: All of Roswell rejoices that the Kansas City Chiefs won Superbowl LIV! Okay - maybe not all of Roswell (but definitely one slightly tickled Asian). This week, Rick sheds light on what Paul meant by "working out our salvation" - it does NOT mean you work for it, but it's the starting line for where the journey begins - the journey of discipleship. The goal of spiritual disciplines like prayer, reading Scripture, meditating, serving, etc. is to help us mature. Here are some tips to get it done!
ep 021 | "How to Play Well With Others" Living Your Dash Podcast
What are the most important virtues necessary for expressing love in the church - or anywhere in the world for all time, for that matter?
In this episode, Rick and Sean build on Chris VanDyke's message from Jan. 26th. If you think about it, encouragement, comfort, fellowship, tenderness and compassion ... they are the gifts we crave, the gifts we have and God expects us to give those gifts away to each other.
https://www.roswellgrace.com/
https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
ep 20 - Don't Worry; Trust Jesus! (20 mins)
In this episode, Rick brings more light to this past week's message "Learn To Eliminate Worry" by pointing us to our Master's fundamental teaching on trusting - and not worrying - in Matthew 6:25-34, why worrying is not only not helpful, it's harmful to us, emotionally, mentally and even physically. Rick finishes up by giving us 3 steps to having peace.
https://www.roswellgrace.com/living-your-dash-podcast
https://www.roswellgrace.com/
In this episode, Rick adds more light to our new series, “How to enjoy the rest of your life” by adding some fresh new details to his message "Looking with a new perspective". This is crucial because we all face pressure-filled, impossible situations. Next, Sean sits down in a local restaurant with Doug and Sharon Berry to talk about Doug's Life Changer class, "The Purpose Driven Life", which starts Feb. 2, 2020. Doug calls this class the best "road map" of discipleship out there. Find out more about the class by looking here, and more about the sermon series, here.
In this episode, Rick and Sean discuss Grace's new series called “How to enjoy the rest of your life” and based on this week's message, the importance of Godly friendships in our lives. It's a fallacy that having a great many acquaintances means we're connected. Mature, life-giving friendships take time to develop and self-reflection to keep ourselves honest. In fact, we can't fulfill the Great Commission - the ONE important purpose for humanity - without being in loving relationships with others in a local church. Sound unbelievable? Check it out!
https://www.roswellgrace.com/how-to-enjoy-life
https://www.roswellgrace.com/copy-of-how-to-enjoy-life
This week: Sean travels all the way to Bixby to give Lendell and Patty a hug, gets an update on Bixby Church (aka: Baby Grace, Grace Community Church - Bixby), confuses OU with OSU, the challenges of starting a church, losing his hearing (?!) and how we can pray for them; then Rick gives a heads-up on the new series: "How to Enjoy the Rest of Your Life". It's a new year and a new decade! Share this podcast with someone, today! Yeah, it's longer than usual, but it's chock-full of goodness!
https://www.bixby.church/
https://www.bixbycr.com/
016 ep - The Root of Merry Christmas (12 mins)
Merry Christmas! In this episode, Rick describes the paradox of the "Root of David" which is a pre-cast of The One who is the Messiah: Jesus! Rick shows us that Matthew didn't get it wrong when he said that the prophets spoke of him coming out of Nazareth, and we discuss how the paradox of The Prince of Peace still reigns even if it doesn't seem peaceful. Rick also discusses the next sermon series through Philippians: "How to Enjoy the Rest of Your Life".
https://www.roswellgrace.com/how-to-enjoy-life
In this episode, Rick brings a little more light to this past week's message based on several comments made on the relevancy of the topic: that all is NOT calm and all is NOT bright for them. There is hope when we have GOD's PERSPECTIVE - looking THROUGH circumstances instead of simply AT them. God intends to build the spiritual muscle of faith in our lives and to have a "grown-up" faith. PLUS Rick talks about the next Christmas Promises message, we encourage Ugly Christmas Sweater Sunday, and the Christmas Eve Service at 4:30 and 6pm.
This episode: 725 years before the first Christmas, God spoke through the prophet Micah to foretell that His King would be born in Bethlehem. Rick and Sean discuss the amazing "coincidences" around Bethlehem, it's significance in Scriptural fulfillment and how that translates to the Prince of Peace being our Peace.
There's still lots of Christmas to celebrate! Don't forget every Sunday's build-up, as well as our beautiful Christmas Eve Candlelight celebration. Check out the website for more information!
This week, Rick discusses the background, the historical context of the virgin birth and the contemporary consequences that we need to latch on to. Rick encourages us to look to King Ahaz and learn from the mistakes he made in placing his confidence in the wrong place; "God with us" means we can trust him, now! Rick then touches on the importance of Christ's immaculate conception and the incredible odds that Jesus established through his birth and life. Imagine the state of Texas buried two feet deep in silver dollars ...
012 episode - Living Your Dash: Special Guest - Barry Anderson (19 mins)
Happy Thanksgiving from Living Your Dash and Grace Community Church! This week, we have a special guest, Barry Anderson, Grace's very own Pastor of Equipping (Confused? Barry explains), and we discuss a bit more on the topic of a thankful heart that leads to joy; Barry gets real about how God supplied joy even in the midst of great struggle, the power of God's Word to transform us and our circumstances; we remember the powerful story of Corey ten Boon's book, The Hiding Place.
Barry also touches on how God made every member a minister (shocker!) and how to find your "sweet spot" in expressing the ministry he called you to.
The most important question a person should ask of a prospective church is: "What's your plan in fulfilling the Lord Jesus Christ's Great Commission to his Church?" Maybe you've never considered that as important? In this episode: Sean asks questions based on Rick's message on November 17th. Entitled "A Church Plant That Plants Churches", Rick chose to look at the church of Antioch as the prototype for all churches that intentionally purposed to live out the Great Commission (Mt. 28:18-20).
In this episode: Rick and Sean discuss the last segment of Grace's focus on Weird: the sermon series inspired by the book Weird by Craig Groeschel, and the reading of the book by the entire church. This week, we focus on the VALUES that God reveals in his Word, and how we can stay keep from straying away.
In this episode: Rick and Sean discuss the oftentimes polarizing subject of sex. The Bible is very clear about the role of sex, but the stats are unfortunately very clear about the destruction that sex outside of the bonds of marriage can have on us personally and as a society. Rick talks about the difference between normal and "weird" sex, what do we do if we've not followed God's plan, and how Grace is an accepting church, but we know God calls us to transformation.
This week Rick and Sean discuss how weird relationships are absolutely essential to our lives. God's way of relating to each other removes the fear that leads to pretension or protection. We discuss God's answers to the big four causes of toxicity (taking criticism personally, fear of rejection, difficulty in expressing true feelings, inability to give a healthy "no"), give a nod to Dr. Henry Cloud's book, "Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life", and Rick challenges our church to healthier relationships in every scope of our lives.
007 episode - Living Your Dash: Weird Money (20 mins)
In this episode: Rick discusses God's purpose for money, our role as stewards of God's resources, how to maximize our income and a strategy that really works so that we can be even more generous.
In this week's episode, Rick and Sean (1) talk about the launch of Weird, and then (2) discuss some other aspects of being good stewards of our time ("The use of our time reflects our values.")- which is hard in this mobile/digital age; (3) living WEIRD means we have to be aware of the daunting challenges that are stacked against us and some ideas of beating the system.
In this episode, (1) Rick gives sums up the last mega series "Don't Forget" (2) Sean borders on genius with some ideas (3) we discuss the Weird series (starting October 13th) from the perspective of "the pre-game show" experience. For more information, see roswellgrace.com
Living Your Dash - ep 004 (18 min) - episode notes
In this episode, (1) Rick continues his discourse on our Lord's Final Discourse in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, helping us to see the Lord's own prayer as a great template to help US learn to pray. (2) Rick strongly reminds us that we're called to be 24/7 Ambassadors, (3) with WEIRD coming up, here are ways you can help your friends and family see how the wisdom of God always works for us and (4) we talk about Operation Christmas Child and Trunk or Treat: Toy Story Theme! For more information, see roswellgrace.com
In this episode of the Living Your Dash Podcast:
- Rick and Sean discuss a powerful statement: "There is a big difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing Jesus. Jesus wants us to know him." They quote Dallas Willard and Robert Boyd Munger.
- They share ways of deepening our relationship with Jesus: Daily pattern of conversation (prayer), using a journal, sharing what you learn with others, going on a prayer retreat, reading books on prayer, enriching your theology to enrich your knowledge of the Holy One.
- Part 14 of "The Don't Forget Series"
- More Weird! See the website for more information.
- Let us know how we're doing by e-mailing us at info@roswellgrace.com or texting us at our dedicated message line at (575) 347-1181.
- Remember to tag us on social media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
In this, our second episode of the Living Your Dash podcast, Rick remarks on the Christian's victory through Christ and how it leads into living lives that are "weird."
Program notes
- From Sunday's Message: Jesus promised in John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Rick expands a little more on the Church Father Cyprian.
- We're getting WEIRD at Grace. What's that mean? A super-series designed to bring God's wisdom to our lives. But there's a difference between "bad weird" and "good weird".
- EVERYONE will learn from this series, but it can be life-changing for the non-Christian. We'll look at 5 areas: Time, money, relationships, sex and values.
- Join the conversation on Facebook using the @roswellgrace handle or Instagram using the @roswellgracechurch handle and post what you're learning by using #WEiRDatGrace.
In our inaugrial episode, Rick Hale and Sean Lee talk about why we're doing a podcast and discuss the new Super Series starting October 13.