Grace Community Church - Nashville

Mercy Makes An Appeal – Romans 12:1-2 – February 14, 2021

This passage sums up the life of those who have been justified by God through faith in Jesus Christ. Our goal is God’s glory as we do his will. The means to that goal is non-conformity to the world, transformation of our inner person through the renewing of our minds, and offering ourselves to God as living sacrifices. The motivation to live this way and for this purpose is the mercy of God shown to us in Christ. As those justified by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus, we are now living sacrif...

A Glorious Vision – Words of Grace Podcast – February 9, 2021

What would be the benefits of having a vision of God’s glory in our minds? This week, Justin and Scott discuss the doxology found in Romans 11 as it pertains to our lives on a daily basis.   The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply the Sunday morning sermon at Grace Community Church. From time to time we will address other topics. We hope these podcasts help impress the Word of God into your everyday life. Episodes are hosted by Justin Tucker and Scott Patty.

When Questions Give Way To Worship - Romans 11:33-36 - February 7, 2021

Questions About God's People - Romans 11 - January 31, 2021

Baptism and Your Child - Families at Grace Podcast - January 26, 2021

In this episode, Josh and Jason discuss what we believe about baptism, why it is important for your child’s discipleship, and how parents can address some common questions they encounter on this journey.  Below are some resources we hope are helpful to you as you shepherd your children during this season. Baptism Brochure Discipleship Gathering Recording - Salvation & Discipleship for Young People

Questions About God’s Way of Evangelism – Romans 10:13-17 – January 24, 2021

Meeting with God - Words of Grace Podcast - January 19, 2021

Continuing the discussion on discipleship, Justin and Scott talk about the importance and aspects of having a quiet time. 

Questions About God’s Way of Salvation – Romans 9:30-10:17 – January 17, 2021

Discipleship in the Church - Words of Grace Podcast - January 12, 2021

This week, Justin and Scott discuss how we disciple one another in the congregation. How do we mutually disciple one another when we disagree on certain issues?

Questions About The Will and Ways of God – Romans 9:1-29 – January 10, 2021

Discipleship in 2021 - Words of Grace Podcast - January 5, 2020

Scott and Justin begin a 4-week series about discipleship in 2021. This week, they spend time talking about the helpfulness of a new year, and the means by which we grow individually as disciples.

With Christ Comes Purpose – John 17 – January 3, 2021

With Christ Comes A Father and A Family – John 1:1-18 – December 20, 2020

With Christ comes the right to become the children of God. The eternal Son of God took on human flesh and laid his body down on the cross for our sins. When we who are flesh believe and receive Christ, we are taken into the eternal family of God with him as our Father. Today we hear and heed the call to faith in Christ. We consider the rights, responsibilities, and comforts of being the children of God. We leave praying that this grace will spread to more and more people, increasing thanksg...

Families at Grace Podcast- Family Discipleship Part 2- December 15, 2020

Jason and Josh continue their discussion on Family Discipleship by Matt Chandler and Adam Griffin.

With Christ Comes Fruitfulness in Life – John 15:1-17 – December 13, 2020

The glory of God on earth today is most clearly seen in a fruit-bearing people who abide in Christ. When Christ came, he did everything necessary for his people to bear fruit. He was crucified for our sins to provide forgiveness. He gave us his Spirit to provide life. He called us to himself to conform us to his image and commission us for his will. Now, we abide in him and he abides in us. From his life within we bear the fruit of love and obedience. Today we pray to receive all things tha...

Streams of Living Water – Words of Grace Podcast – December 8, 2020

This week, Justin and Scott discuss John 7 and what it looks like for Christians to live in a way that gives life to others.

With Christ Comes the Fullness of the Spirit – John 7:37-39 – December 6, 2020

Jesus promised that when we bring our thirst for God to him, we receive the gift of the Spirit. With Christ comes the Spirit, who is like a river of living water that first fills us with God, and then flows from us to others. Today, listen to the voice of Jesus. Come to see that your thirst is for God. Come to Christ in faith and take him into your life. Receive the Spirit and live. From a soul full of God, give his life to others.

With Christ Comes Forgiveness of Sin – I John 1:5-2:2 – November 29, 2020

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All Things Defined – Words of Grace Podcast – November 24, 2020

This week Justin and Scott define what “all things” means and its importance from Romans 8:32.

With Christ Come All Things – Romans 8:31-32 – November 22, 2020

The world is full of evidences of the generosity of God. But no gift demonstrates God’s giving and gracious heart more than his own Son, Jesus Christ. If God gave his Son for us, we can be assured that he will give us all things needed to know, love, and follow Christ. All things necessary to be conformed to Christ’s image are ours. In Christ all things work together for our good, and in all things we are more than conquers through him who loved us.

The Glory and Mission of God – Romans 16:25-27 – November 15, 2020

God is praised through mission. On this first day in our new Worship Hall, we praise God for the glory of his grace in Christ Jesus. We commit ourselves anew to the mission of making Christ known to the nations. May Christ be worshiped and proclaimed in this place. May many be converted to Christ and established in the faith for generations to come. May the worship and mission of God join together and become our chief aim at Grace Community Church.

Families at Grace Podcast- Family Discipleship Part 1- Nov 12, 2020

Josh and Jason discuss two important elements of Family Discipleship: modeling and time.    You can find Family Discipleship, the book referenced in this segment here.   

Questions Answered by The Cross of Christ – Romans 8:31-39 – November 8, 2020

At the close of Romans 8, we hear five questions asked which are answered in the cross of Christ. What about our enemies, needs, accusations and the condemnation we face? Are we really loved by God? The death of Christ on our behalf provides the answers. No enemy will prevail, no need will be withheld, no accusation will stand, no sentence will be passed, and nothing will separate us from God’s love. Every day we look to Christ and listen to this message so we can live the life of faith, ho...

Building for Discipleship - Words of Grace Podcast- November 3, 2020

This week, Justin Tucker sits down with Scott Patty and David Atchison to talk about our new Worship Hall and what this means for our future and our discipleship. 

How God Is For Us - Romans 8:28-31 - November 1, 2020

“God is for us,” we have heard in a sermon or a song.  But, wouldn’t it be good to know how?  This passage takes us from the eternal mind of God, into our history, and onto the final state of glory to come, to show us how God has shed his grace on us.  The chain that links together the saving works of God gives us the confidence to say, “This is how we know that God is for us.”

Keep Praying – Words of Grace Podcasts – October 27, 2020

This week, Justin and Scott talk about the motivating power to keep on praying, knowing that the Spirit is interceding on our behalf.

A Helper Who Prays for Us - Romans 8:26-30 - October 25, 2020

The Holy Spirit prays for us. He knows our weakness in prayer, but he will not let it hinder the purpose of God in our lives. So, he intercedes for us according to the will of God. Here is our confidence that the will of God will be accomplished in our lives, and here is our motivation to continue in prayer; the Holy Spirit prays for us.

The Holy Spirit and Our Future Hope – Romans 8:14-25 – October 18, 2020

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! He has given us the Holy Spirit to bear witness with our spirits that we are the children of God, so we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Holy Spirit also produces the early signs of the revelation of our adoption as God’s children and the redemption of our bodies, so we eagerly anticipate the glory to come. This internal assurance and growing anticipation is just what we need to live in hope, patient and faithful to Christ.

The Spirit & Our Battle – Words of Grace – October 13, 2020

This week, Justin and Scott discuss the importance of the Spirit, and how it helps us fight the sin that so easily entangles us.

Live According to the Spirit – Romans 8:1-13 – October 11, 2020

Romans 8 begins with the great declaration that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. It ends with another declaration that nothing will separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. And in the middle, this chapter guides us in the life of the Spirit. We are saved from sin’s condemnation and secure in God’s love. Now, we live according to the Spirit. The Spirit lives in every Christian as the presence of Christ in us. The Spirit makes us spiritually alive t...

In Christ – Words of Grace Podcast – October 6, 2020

What is so important about the phrase “in Christ” for Christians? How does our understanding of being in Christ affect our daily living? Justin and Scott discuss these questions and more on this week’s podcast.

How God Delivers Us from The Power of Sin – Romans 8:1-4 – October 4, 2020

We have already heard the devastating news that through sin death spread to all people because all have sinned. We know from experience the power of sin in our lives. Now we cry with the Apostle Paul, “Who will deliver us from this body of death?” The gospel tells us that God himself has done the work to deliver us from the power of sin. He sent his Son to break sin’s condemnation by the power of his cross. He gave us the Holy Spirit to break sin’s dominance by his power now at work in us. ...

Praying in This Season – Words of Grace – September 29, 2020

Scott and Justin look back at Hebrews 10 and ask one question: How can we be praying during the unique season we find ourselves in?

We Have Need of Endurance – Hebrews 10:35-39 – September 25, 2020

Christ has made the way to God. He has brought us with him into God’s presence by his death on our behalf. Now Christ stands with us before God and over us as the people of God. We have come to Christ by faith as the Spirit of God has drawn us to him. There is great reward and the promise of life that awaits us. So, let us endure! Let us remain in Christ, with Christ’s people, and in the things of Christ which will matter in eternity. The Christian and the congregation that endures will be ...

The Fight of Faith – Romans 7:7-24 – September 20, 2020

Rob Tims preaches on Romans 7:7-24. When the law of God outside our hearts and the sin inside our hearts collide, an epic battle rages that we simply cannot win. God’s law exposes our sin, and sin exploits the law and stirs us up to sin all the more (7:7-13). Yet when the law of God is written on our sinful hearts by the Spirit, an epic battle rages that we simply cannot lose, and the ongoing battle is a sign of the Spirit at work in our life (7:14-24).

The New Way of the Spirit -Romans 6:14-7:6 - September 13, 2020

Life in Christ is lived by the Spirit and not by the law. To live by the law is to have our old sinful nature aroused and exposed by the moral standard that we fail to keep. The result is sin and death. To live by the Spirit is to be raised with Christ as a new person with a new heart of love for God. The result is obedience to God from the heart until we enter the fulness of life to come. The encouragement for us from this passage is to think of ourselves now as united with Christ and being...

Practical Holiness - Romans 6:11-14 - September 6, 2020

The book of Romans has laid before us God’s gracious plan of salvation.  Now, in the sixth chapter, we read the first direct commands.  We are called to engage our minds and use our bodies to live in obedience to God.  In our minds we consider to be true the spiritual realities of being dead to sin and alive to God.  Then, we use our bodies in ways that reflect those realities in everyday activity.  The mind and body of the Christian is where union with Christ is lived.  This is practical ho...

What About Sin? - Romans 6:1-14 - August 30, 2020

As soon as Paul says that God’s grace abounds over sin, the question about sin and the Christian arises. Shall we, can we, continue in sin in light of God’s saving grace? This passage addresses sin by showing us how God’s grace results in the death of our old self that was in sin, how we are no longer under condemnation of death for our sin, and how we live free from sin’s dominance over our minds and bodies. God has freed us from sin, so let us live bound to him.

Discipleship at Grace This Fall - Words of Grace Podcast - August 26, 2020

Scott, Justin, Jason, and Josh discuss the plans for continuing discipleship this fall. 

The Essence of Our Faith – Words of Grace Podcast – August 25, 2020

This week, Justin and Scott discuss the importance of our union with Christ and how it fuels our joy and strength.

Union with Christ – Romans 6:1-23 – August 23, 2020

By the grace of God a new reality defines our lives which we call union with Christ. Union with Christ is rooted in his death and resurrection, in which God considers us to be included. Union with Christ determines the new way we relate to God in our bodies. The result of union with Christ is holiness (a life resembling Christ), and eternal life (a life of fellowship with God forever). Union with Christ is the great truth all Christians should understand, remember daily, and draw from for s...

Interacting with Others - Words of Grace Podcast -August 18, 2020

How can Romans 5 help us as with interact with those in our world? Justin and Scott discuss how a Biblical view of humanity gives us perspective as we live out the gospel among others. 

From Death to Life – Romans 5:12-21 – August 16, 2020

How should we view humanity? How did sin come into the world?  Why did death spread to all people? And, most importantly, what is our hope of passing from death to life? In this compact section of Romans, so many questions related to the human condition and to eternal life are answered. The call from this passage is to turn to Christ and to begin living the new life that is in him.

Words of Grace Podcast - Hope in Romans 5 -August 11, 2020

This week, Justin and Scott look back at the past five weeks in Romans 5:1-11 and discuss how this passage helps shape our perspective and gives us hope. 

Our Future Salvation – Romans 5:9-11 – August 9, 2020

Since God has justified us and reconciled us to himself through the death of Christ, how much more will he save us by the life of Christ for the glory to come! As we remember salvation that awaits us, we gain a vision of the future that provides hope, an explanation of why we don’t have perfection now that prevents discouragement, the motivation to press on knowing we will someday be like Christ, and greater joy in God with whom we have peace. Let’s live today in light of The Day.   

Hope Rooted in The Love of God - Romans 5:5-8 - August 2, 2020

We have all been disappointed. Why should it be any different when it comes to believing the gospel? If we put our faith in Christ and begin to hope in him, aren’t we at risk of being let down? There are two realities of the gospel that assure us that we will not be disappointed if we hope in God. First, the Holy Spirit is given to us, and he pours God’s love into our hearts. Second, Christ died for us, showing us God’s love for us. To know the love of God in the gift of the Spirit and in th...

Joy in Suffering – Romans 5:3-5 – July 26, 2020

Because we have been justified by faith, and now stand at peace with God in his grace, we experience suffering in a new way. We are comforted by God’s purpose in suffering for our growth, his presence in suffering for our comfort, and his promise that suffering will give way to glory.

Words of Grace Podcast - The Shrier Family - July 21, 2020

This week, we're excited to have some special guests on our podcast. Join us as Justin Tucker chats with the Shrier family. Phil and Rachel Shrier have been serving overseas with their family for the past 2 years. They discuss their time in Central Asia, how the Lord used them, and what is next for their family!

Peace with God - Romans 5:1-2 - July 19, 2020

How do we describe the peace that comes from being justified by God?  It is peace with God.  This peace was secured for us by the death of Christ.  We have access into a new status of favor with God because we have peace with him.  This peace produces the hope of future glory with God.   How do we enjoy peace with God?  We assure our hearts before God.  We experience the sense of peace in our present lives because we have real peace in the presence of God.  As far as it depends on us, we l...

Justification Changes Everything – Romans 5:1-11 – July 12, 2020

Our justification by faith changes all things, therefore giving us lasting hope at all times.