Gospel Grace Church Sermon Audio
498 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsGospel Grace Church exists as a church to honor God by making gospel-centered, grace-saturated disciples of Jesus Christ.
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Elders for the Church
April 28, 2024 08:45 - 42 minutes - 55.6 MB1 Timothy 5:17-25 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In Ephesians 5:17-25, Paul gives the church instructions on elders. He answers questions like, “How should elders be paid? How should elders be held accountable?” and “How should elders be appointed to service?” These are very important and practical insights for the life of a healthy church. We need to understand proper remuneration, how to handle accusations, and what to look for in ordination. So may the Lord guide us as we seek to follow his...
Learn in Studies
April 21, 2024 08:45 - 48 minutes - 68.2 MBEphesians 4:7-16 - Speaker: Jotham Manoranjan - What is Christ's heart towards his sheep? What does Christ do to care for his sheep today? What role does community play in Christ's care for his people? How do we participate in the building up of His body, the church? This week we will explore answers to these questions as we look at the third part of our series on the Rhythms of Gospel Grace - Learn in Studies
Loving, Caring, & Serving Relationships
April 14, 2024 08:45 - 54 minutes - 78.9 MB1 Timothy 5:1-15 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - 1Timothy 5 is a very practical section of the book that deals with interpersonal relationships in the church. Paul reminds us that the church is like a family and we should treat one another as such. The text goes on to talk about care for widows and proper work relationships. So, read ahead and join us tomorrow as we hear from God’s word about loving, caring, and serving relationships in our lives.
Finding Forgiveness from the Resurrected Christ
April 07, 2024 08:45 - 49 minutes - 48.7 MB- Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Easter Sunday has come and gone, but the work of our resurrected Savior isn’t over. One of the most beautiful post-resurrection accounts in scripture traces the forgiveness of Peter. On the night of Jesus’ arrest, Peter denied the Lord three times. He turned away from Jesus, but Jesus didn’t turn away from him. After suffering on the cross and rising from the dead, Jesus specifically appeared to Peter. He wanted to forgive his fallen disciple and restore him to ...
A Right Standing Before God
March 31, 2024 08:15 - 42 minutes - 41.1 MBRomans 10:1-13 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Easter is a time when we remember our risen Savior and rejoice in the life he offers to all believers. This coming Sunday we will consider what it means to have a right standing before God. In Romans 10, the apostle Paul addresses two very different paths - the “way of works” and the “way of faith.” Some people try to secure their righteousness by doing good deeds. But Paul makes it clear that only by trusting in the One who died and rose again can...
The Killing of a King
March 24, 2024 08:45 - 56 minutes - 94.5 MBJohn 18:28-19:16 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Palm Sunday is a time when we remember Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey beginning what is known as Passion Week. As people laid palm branches on the road, the crowds were shouting “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord.” The gospel of Matthew tells us that all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Zechariah five centuries earlier when he wrote, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zi...
Truth & Lies
March 17, 2024 08:45 - 1 hour - 89.3 MB1 Timothy 4:1-16 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In the book of Ephesians, Paul explains that our warfare is not primarily against adversaries of flesh and blood, but against wickedness and dark spirits. He reminds us of the cosmic war raging all around us. The fact is, there is a clash of kingdoms, a collision of light and darkness, truth and lies. In our text this weekend, Paul identifies false teaching and commends truth teaching. He wants the pillar and buttress of the truth to be prepared ...
Deacons and Deaconesses, Part 2
March 10, 2024 10:30 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB- Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In this lesson we’ll look at the key texts in the discussion on deacons.
Instructions on Being the Church
March 10, 2024 08:45 - 54 minutes - 76.5 MB1 Timothy 3:14-16 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - The first three chapters of 1Timothy are very practical. They address false teaching, call believers to be people of prayer, instruct men and women regarding roles in corporate worship, and they describe the types of elders and deacons needed in the church. But in our text this weekend Paul indicates that his practical teaching was meant to form our conduct. It was intended to shape how we behave as the assembly of the living God. The church is ...
Money & Ministry
March 03, 2024 10:30 - 32 minutes - 52 MBLuke 8:1-3 - Speaker: Josh Lankford - In this Gospel Growth, we consider a biblical theme from 1 Timothy 6 about how God wants us to invest everything we have (our money) in everything God is doing (his ministry).
Grow in Community
March 03, 2024 08:45 - 49 minutes - 83.9 MBEcclesiastes 4:4-12 - Speaker: Jon Kopp - This week, we will discuss the rhythm “grow in community.” Our rhythms at Gospel Grace are the ordinary, but essential practices that we as a church devote ourselves to on the path of following Jesus. When we talk about community at Gospel Grace, we are referring to something much more significant than being around people who are like us or who we like. Community isn’t just living in the same place as a group of people or being with people of common b...
Deacons: Servants of the Church
February 25, 2024 08:45 - 50 minutes - 84.8 MB1 Timothy 3:8-13 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Paul wrote the letter of 1Timothy so that people in the church of Ephesus would “know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God” (1Tim. 3:15). He wanted to see health and order in the congregation. So, part of the get-well plan for the church was appointing qualified elders and deacons. Though the first part of 1Tim. 3 discusses eldership, the second half of the chapter deals with deacons. The Bible ex...
Deacons and Deaconesses, Part 1
February 25, 2024 03:38 - 36 minutes - 60.6 MB- Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In this lesson we’ll look at the key texts in the discussion on deacons.
Deacons and Deaconesses
February 25, 2024 03:38 - 36 minutes - 60.6 MB- Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In this lesson we’ll look at the key texts in the discussion on deacons.
Widows & The Church
February 18, 2024 10:30 - 32 minutes - 36.7 MBJames 1:27 - Speaker: Joe Skinner - Throughout history God has repeatedly shown how he is caring and providing for widows. In 1 Timothy Paul gives us one of the largest sections on widow care in scripture, and emphasizes the importance of family and church in caring for widows. Today's Gospel Growth will explore how it is God has cared for widows throughout scripture, and how the we as the church have opportunity to reflect God's heart for widows today. God cares for widows, the church shoul...
Gather in Worship
February 18, 2024 08:45 - 57 minutes - 66 MBHebrews 10:19-25 - Speaker: Jon Kopp - In the midst of our study through 1 and 2 Timothy this year, we are going to be taking a few breaks along the way to teach through what we call The Rhythms of Gospel Grace. When we talk about the rhythms of Gospel Grace we aren’t referring to drums and beats, we mean the ordinary, but essential practices that we as a church devote ourselves to on the path of following Jesus. Our rhythms are a way of highlighting the healthy habits of Christian living tha...
Eldership & Bi-Vocationality
February 11, 2024 10:30 - 34 minutes - 50.5 MB- Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Q&A on eldership and bi-vocationality.
Qualified Leaders
February 11, 2024 08:45 - 53 minutes - 78.6 MB1 Timothy 3:1-7 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Ephesus was plagued by false teachers along with men and women who were confused in ministry their roles. So, Paul sent Timothy to set things in order and teach the church how to conduct itself as the house of God and pillar of truth. What we learn in 1 Timothy 3:1-7, is that a healthy church needs healthy elders. It needs men who are exemplary in their marriage and family, their personality and character, and in their devotion to and communicatio...
Women in Ministry
February 04, 2024 10:30 - 35 minutes - 59.3 MB- Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Q&A on women in ministry
Men and Women in Public Ministry
February 04, 2024 08:45 - 53 minutes - 89.2 MB1 Timothy 2:8-15 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In an age when churches are so diverse in worship structures and styles, and when the roles of men and women in ministry take so many different forms, perhaps now more than ever the we need the Word of God to speak. In our text this week we will look at God’s plan for corporate worship. He has instruction for both men and women, and it’s for our good. So, may God be glorified in his church as we follow his lead.
The Gospel is for Everyone
January 28, 2024 08:45 - 42 minutes - 59.3 MB1 Timothy 2:1-7 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - As Paul finishes warning the church about false teaching and distracting teachers, he tells us to fight the good fight of the faith. Now, that’s all well and good, but how should we wage the good warfare in a Christian congregation? Well, Paul admonishes the church to begin the fight on its knees. Begin with prayer. Our text this week encourages us to pray for everyone and preach to everyone because God has a good heart towards everyone. God’s des...
A Gospel Grounded Church
January 21, 2024 08:45 - 55 minutes - 78 MB1 Timothy 1:12-20 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Paul wrote the letter of 1Timothy to help the church of Ephesus be the pillar and buttress of truth in their community. He wanted them to be rightly ordered and grounded in the gospel. But false teaching had crept in and blown them to and fro with every wind of doctrine. So, the apostle called them back to the faith that had previously been delivered to them. They needed to hear once again that Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And the ...
Stop the Garbage & Stick to the Gospel
January 14, 2024 08:45 - 54 minutes - 81.8 MB1 Timothy 1:1-11 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In the book of 1 Timothy, Paul helps us understand God’s design for the church. He addresses important themes like the church’s doctrine, its public worship, its formal officers, its social responsibilities, and its attitude toward material possessions. As John Calvin put it in his 1556 commentary, “this letter is highly relevant to our own times.” In a day when so many churches are tempted to get distracted, corrupted, or diluted, perhaps now mo...
Stop the Garbage and Stick to the Gospel
January 14, 2024 08:45 - 54 minutes - 81.8 MB1 Timothy 1:1-11 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In the book of 1 Timothy, Paul helps us understand God’s design for the church. He addresses important themes like the church’s doctrine, its public worship, its formal officers, its social responsibilities, and its attitude toward material possessions. As John Calvin put it in his 1556 commentary, “this letter is highly relevant to our own times.” In a day when so many churches are tempted to get distracted, corrupted, or diluted, perhaps now mo...
The Prayerful People of Christ
January 07, 2024 08:45 - 38 minutes - 41.2 MB- Speaker: David Doran Jr. - A disciple of Christ hears his invitation to prayer! Jesus lived as a human, endured human weakness, overcame temptation, impacted others and accomplished the Father’s will for His life through the power of the Spirit, in prayer. Jesus Christ has done the work to welcome us into HIs fellowship and strength experienced in prayer. The path for believers to endure human weakness, overcome temptation, impact others, and accomplish the Father’s will for their lives co...
Experiencing the Fullness of God
December 31, 2023 08:45 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBEphesians 3:14-21 - Speaker: Jotham Manoranjan - In Ephesians 3:14-21 we witness Paul's overwhelming emotion to the magnificence of God's work. Paul prays in response to the great truths of the first few chapters of Ephesians and prompts us to reflect on how theology impacts our hearts, the motivations behind our prayers, and the focus of our concerns in prayer. The passage reminds us that understanding God's love goes beyond intellectual pursuit; it requires the transformative work of the Sp...
The Good News of Great Joy
December 24, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBLuke 2:1-22 - Speaker: Will Galkin - The sudden appearance of the angels in Luke 2:8-14 caused the shepherds to respond with fear. However, the angels brought the good news of great joy. They shared that God had sent humanity a means to fully reconcile with Him. After 400 years of no revelation, the people of God were tempted to wonder if God had forgotten them. Our text shows that God had not forgotten His people and that Jesus was the promised Messiah of the Old Testament. This good news re...
Serving God is Worth it
December 17, 2023 08:45 - 43 minutes - 40.8 MBMalachi 3:13-4:6 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - In our final section of the book of Malachi, the prophet addresses the cynical attitudes of the people. Israel is struggling with whether it’s worth serving God. When they look around, it seems as if the proud advance and evildoers face no consequences. So why fear the Lord? Why live for him? Well, the prophet corrects this flawed perspective and calls the people to consider the second coming when God will clearly distinguish between the wicked a...
Giving and the Giver
December 10, 2023 08:45 - 41 minutes - 62 MBMalachi 3:6-12 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Somewhere deep down inside each person is a reticence towards giving. We struggle with greed and consumption. And perhaps the Christmas season exposes that more than any other time of year. A holiday that was initially focused on giving, somehow turned into a season of getting. Well in Malachi 3, the people of Israel were clutching and grasping instead of giving and offering. They weren’t bringing the “full tithe” to the temple, and the Lord calls ...
Where is the God of Justice?
December 03, 2023 08:15 - 39 minutes - 42.1 MBMalachi 2:17-3:5 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - The people of Israel in Malachi’s day were such hypocrites. While the priests failed to teach God’s word, and while the people failed to bring acceptable sacrifices to the temple, they had the audacity to call for God’s judgment on others. When God’s patience prevailed and his justice was delayed as a window of amnesty, the people accused God of not caring. “Where is the God of justice,” they asked in a snarky tone. Well, God is the judge of all ...
Messed Up Marriages
November 26, 2023 08:45 - 59 minutes - 58.8 MBMalachi 2:10-16 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - We are back in Malachi this week and we are picking up our study in chapter 2. The text addresses the difficult topic of divorce and intermarriage with unbelievers. While this book was written some 2,400 years ago, it still has great relevance for our culture today. God’s plan for marriage is that it would picture the covenant love that Christ has for the church. So, may God’s Word help us biblically address our problems in marriage and honest ack...
Where We Go From Here
November 19, 2023 10:30 - 34 minutes - 33.1 MBGenesis 1:26 - Speaker: Joe Skinner - Having established how God views sex and sexuality, we will take time to examine how that affects the way we understand ourselves primarily. What are the practical outflows of understanding our primary identity not through the lens of our sexuality, but rather, through the less of scripture --namely, made in God's image-- and how that affects the way we live out our sexuality.
Glorification
November 19, 2023 10:30 - 16 minutes - 20.9 MB1 Corinthians 15:42-44 - Speaker: Ben Henderson - Glorification is often misunderstood. However, it is the great hope we have as believers, the physical resurrection of our bodies. With these, we will live with God forever in the New Heavens and the New Earth.
Wholehearted
November 19, 2023 08:45 - 11 minutes - 75.7 MBJames 4:1-10 - Speaker: Will Galkin - Double-minded people are unstable as they cannot go in different directions simultaneously. Something in their heart knows they are to pursue God, yet they find themselves drifting to find satisfaction elsewhere. This type of person sees people as mechanisms to get to their idols. However, since idols cannot satisfy the double-minded person, they become angry with those around them. This emptiness of the heart only causes the double-minded person to quest...
How Does God Think About Sex
November 12, 2023 10:30 - 29 minutes - 29.7 MBEzekiel 16:4-63 - Speaker: Alex Morrison - Our sexuality has a purpose beyond reproduction and pleasure. God designed sexuality to help us know him more deeply. This session unpacks how sex points us to God and how every person's sexuality, single or married, should lead them to finding satisfaction in God.
Sanctification
November 12, 2023 10:30 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBPhilippians 3:10-14 - Speaker: Ben Henderson - Out of all the gospel concepts we've learned, sanctification can be the most frustrating. While propitiation and justification and redemption happen instantly, sanctification is an ongoing process. In this lesson, we learn that "Sanctification is the ongoing work of God to transform his people into greater Christlikeness.” We understand that sanctification is ongoing, transformative, and accomplished by the Holy Spirit with the Word of God as the...
How Does God Think About Sex Part I
November 12, 2023 10:30 - 29 minutes - 29.7 MBEzekiel 16:4-63 - Speaker: Alex Morrison - Our sexuality has a purpose beyond reproduction and pleasure. God designed sexuality to help us know him more deeply. This session unpacks how sex points us to God and how every person's sexuality, single or married, should lead them to finding satisfaction in God.
Crooked Things and the Work of God
November 12, 2023 08:45 - 52 minutes - 51.7 MBEcclesiastes 7:1-14 - Speaker: Danny Brooks - Have you ever thought, “It would have been better if I had not been born?” You are not alone. Many of us have had those very thoughts. We wrestle with the hard circumstances and difficult experiences of life and wonder "Why?" Why me? Why this? Why now? What's the point of living if things are always going to be this hard? At the end of Ecclesiastes 7, the Preacher calls us to "Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made c...
Redemption
November 05, 2023 10:30 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBMark 10:45 - Speaker: Josh Lankford - Join us as we discuss that aspect of the gospel that describes how God has purchased us back to himself, from slavery to sin, at the cost of Jesus' life through redemption.
How Does God Think About Sexuality
November 05, 2023 10:30 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MB- Speaker: Alex Morrison - Sexuality is a loaded term in our culture and we want to have a biblical perspective of what it means. God created humanity and therefore he created sexuality. This session is a discussion on God's thoughts on sexuality and builds a foundation for understanding God's thoughts about sex.
The Ultimate Reality of Marriage
November 05, 2023 08:45 - 34 minutes - 37.5 MBEphesians 5:22-33 - Speaker: Jeremy Kimble - This weekend, we are thankful to have Jeremy and Rachel Kimble with us. Jeremy will be preaching on the topic of marriage from Ephesians 5. Pursuing a Biblical understanding of marriage isn’t just for married couples – it should be a pursuit for every Christian. Tim Keller says it this way: “The Bible begins with a wedding (of Adam and Eve) and ends in the book of Revelation with a wedding (of Christ and the church). Marriage is God’s idea…The conc...
Partnership in Marriage
November 04, 2023 07:54 - 40 minutes - 60 MB- Speaker: Jeremy Kimble - Last Saturday Session
Men's Session: Developing an Understanding Way
November 04, 2023 07:54 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MB- Speaker: Jeremy Kimble - Men's Saturday Session
Communication in Marriage
November 03, 2023 07:51 - 45 minutes - 69.2 MB- Speaker: Jeremy Kimble - Friday night session
Learn, Practice, Teach
October 29, 2023 08:45 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBMalachi 2:1-9 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman -The priests of Israel had three major responsibilities. They were supposed to offer incense and prayers for the people. They were supposed to facilitate offerings and sacrifices. And finally, the priests were supposed to faithfully teach God’s truth. Well, in Malachi 1, we discovered how the spiritual leaders were failing to facilitate authentic worship. They condoned Israel’s wearisome attitude towards temple responsibilities and looked the other wa...
Where We Are Now
October 22, 2023 10:30 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MB- Speaker: Joe Skinner - After reviewing where we came from, the next step is understanding our current cultural perception of sexuality. While we often times tend to focus on the way our sexuality comes out, the ethic and morality of it, today we will explore how there's actually a deeper issue for identity, to either form our own identity, or allow Christ to define who we are.
Justification
October 22, 2023 10:30 - 28 minutes - 40 MBRomans 3:10-8:39 - Speaker: Ben Henderson - Justification is the work of God to declare sinful people not guilty but righteous instead by imputing the perfect righteousness of Christ to them. In this lesson, we learned about what Justification means using the Bible as the foundation. Then we talked about why our understanding of justification is so important, providing us with hope and peace.
Great Among the Nations
October 22, 2023 08:45 - 39 minutes - 47.5 MBMalachi 1:6-14 - Speaker: Lukus Counterman - Have you ever found yourself just going through the motions when it comes to worshipping God? Maybe you read a passage of scripture in the morning simply because that’s your habit, but it’s become dry and boring. Perhaps you show up to church and it’s wearisome; you just try to endure for an hour and a half. I wonder if you’ve ever felt like your singing is even in a slump. Praise songs just don’t make the playlist these days. If you’ve ever strugg...
Where We Came From
October 15, 2023 10:30 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MB- Speaker: Joe Skinner - It's essential in understanding our world today, that we understand how we got to where we are. This class takes a brief, Birdseye view of the historical narrative of sexuality. How christianity has engaged with culture in the past, and how this help us engage with our peers in a meaningful, compassionate way today.
Adoption
October 15, 2023 10:30 - 27 minutes - 35.9 MBRomans 8:15-17 - Speaker: Josh Lankford - Join us as we discuss that aspect of the gospel that describes how God has welcomed neglected and rebellious sinners into his loving family through adoption.