Right Start Radio with Pastor Jim Custer
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Managing Your Stress - Part 1 of 3
February 16, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBIn the "hierarchy of needs," Jesus invites us to skip Level 1. Poor Abe Maslow: He didn't know that our most basic needs - food, clothing, shelter - could be charged to the account of a heavenly Father. He should have studied the Sermon on the Mount! That's what we've been doing; and we'll continue today with the opening of a message on Managing Your Stress. Now that everyone has turned the volume up, here's Jim. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cin...
Balancing Your Portfolio - Part 2 of 2
February 15, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBEntropy: like it or not, it's the law. We call it the Second Law of Thermodynamics, but Jesus put it in plain language: every material thing you value is disintegrating. And it won't satisfy you, anyway! But there is a place where this law doesn't apply. Treasures there remain treasures. Today we'll review a bit of Jim's sermon from Friday, then hear the rest of Balancing Your Portfolio. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHK...
Balancing Your Portfolio - Part 1 of 2
February 12, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhat if you win the rat race, and all you get is a hunk of cheese? We're all pursuing something. We're investing our limited time and energy toward attaining a treasure of some kind. So it's important that the prize be worth the price. As we continue to read through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, we come to the oft-quoted section about money and possessions - and worry. It may sound a bit different to us than it did to the original audience. Here's Jim with Part 1 of Balancing Your Portfolio....
Why Pray? - Part 3 of 3
February 11, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf we want to be useful to God, we'll have to become prayerful! Of the many reasons to pray, surely one of the best is that it puts us at the King's service for building His Kingdom. You have family members, or neighbors, or nations to save? Then it's time to pray. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio ...
Why Pray? - Part 2 of 3
February 10, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBPrayer is two-way communication! The old joke goes, "If you talk to God, you're praying; if God talks to you, you're schizophrenic." But it would be impossible to count the number of Christians who have received guidance, insight and protection from the Lord through prayer. We see it in the Old Testament, the New Testament, maybe even in your testimony: God speaks. And that's just one of the motivations we have to spend time with Him every day. Here's the second of three parts of Jim's serm...
Why Pray? - Part 1 of 3
February 09, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf God knows what we're going to ask for before we ask...then why ask? It's a logical question, and it's the title of a sermon we're starting today: Why Pray? Well, it's not to convince our heavenly Father, as we once tried to do with our earthly parents: "Please, please, P L E A S E?" We can glean some motivations for prayer from the text of Matthew 6, where we've been studying. And there are quite a few more reasons to spend time in dialog with the Lover of our souls. Listen to Right Sta...
God's Secret Promise - Part 2 of 2
February 08, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe might have started the Lord's Prayer with, "I'm sorry." Some people insist that we should always come into God's presence with confession and repentance. But that's not how Jesus taught us to pray. Now, the petition to "forgive us our trespasses" is in there, and it should be, but the model prayer begins by focusing on the Father - His love, His transcendence, His Name, His will, His Kingdom. We're continuing a sermon we started on Friday called God's Secret Promise. Here's Jim. Listen...
God's Secret Promise - Part 1 of 2
February 05, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBOur Father has promised to give us all that we need... but not if we don't pray! "You have not because you ask not," as the Apostle James put it so succinctly. But doesn't this seem rather cold of God? He knows what we need, He has it ready to ship, but He waits for us to initiate the transaction. Jesus gave us some clues concerning the mysterious relationship between prayer and divine sovereignty. We'll talk about them in a sermon Jim calls God's Secret Promise Listen to Right Start Radio...
Fasting & Rewards - Part 3 of 3
February 04, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBThere is no socialism in heaven! It may surprise some listeners to hear that there will not be equal outcomes for all - ever. Beyond the gift of salvation, which is available to everyone, saints will receive various rewards based on our actions. Well, what are these rewards, and how can we earn them? We've been thinking about Fasting and Rewards because Jesus taught about them in Matthew 6. Here's Pastor Jim. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinna...
Fasting & Rewards - Part 2 of 3
February 03, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBThere are 3 areas in which Jesus does not want us to be "transparent." We're not to Give, or Pray, or Fast "before men," or "in front of others." No, you're not setting an example or shining your light - shut up about it! Yesterday we unlearned some mistaken ideas about fasting. Today Jim will give us some guidelines for doing it right. Here's the middle section of, Fasting and Rewards. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC...
Fasting & Rewards - Part 1 of 3
February 02, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBEvery time I've heard a sermon on fasting, it's made me feel guilty. This sermon will not make you feel guilty. Before Jim explains the biblical view of fasting, he'll have to tear down some religious ideas about using it to "earn" things from God. There are even Christians who think that fasting is a method for atoning for their bad deeds! It looks like the devil has used guilt to keep us ignorant about this, and then filled up the void in our knowledge with misinformation. So let's learn...
The Quick Fix - Part 2 of 2
February 01, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBIn the Kingdom, doing the right thing is not enough! It's possible to do the right thing for the wrong reason. Under the Old Covenant it must have happened all the time. But as we've explored the Sermon on the Mount, we've learned that Jesus is very concerned with our motives - what's going on in the deep recesses of our hearts. On Friday we talked about the motive of impressing others with our holiness, which is really a deception. A lie. Today we'll look at the better motivation. Jim is i...
The Quick Fix - Part 1 of 2
January 29, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe're all jonesing for approval. Jesus told us to beware the quick fix! As social beings, we need feedback from others. Only sociopaths really don't care at all what anyone thinks about them. But we have to be careful where we seek our applause. If we want to hear that "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" one day, we'll be giving up some praise from our fellow humans now. We'll move from Matthew 5 to chapter 6 today. Jim's message is called The Quick Fix. Listen to Right Start Radio...
Living the Christian Life - Part 3 of 3
January 28, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhere are your car keys? Right where you put them, no doubt. Where is your mind? It's the same answer, isn't it? - your mind is where you've put it, where you've directed it to be. Today Pastor Jim will explain that "setting our minds on things above" is the first step to "walking in the Spirit." And following the Holy Spirit's guidance, moment by moment, would be a pretty good definition of Living the Christian Life. That's the title of our sermon, and here's Pastor Jim with Part 3 Listen...
Living the Christian Life - Part 2 of 3
January 27, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBTo warped human beings, righteousness is a kind of puzzle. When we first learn that there is a moral law, we respond, "I wanna do it myself!" And then we fail. Eventually we'll quit in despair, or we may get creative in how we "interpret" what God says. But if we'll admit that our Maker is sincere, and that we have no ability to meet His standards, we're ready to hear His answer to the puzzle. And we won't be doing it ourselves. Here's Jim with Part 2 of Living the Christian Life. Listen...
Living the Christian Life - Part 1 of 3
January 26, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBThe Law of God is like the law of gravity: You don't break it; it breaks you. In our post-reality world people think that all rules are arbitrary... that God could just as well have said, "Lie all you want to, and sleep around - it's fun!" But the moral law is as solid as a steel guardrail, and the consequences for breaking it are as real as the rocks at the bottom of the canyon. When we realize this and try to live by God's words, another problem pops up. Listen to Right Start Radio every...
Where The Salt Hits The Tongue - Part 2 of 2
January 25, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBMedical science can't change your DNA. But God can! Spiritually speaking, the plan is to rewrite our old genetic code with the divine one. Then, as sons and daughters of the Kingdom we won't just try hard to be good; we'll have the same nature as the One who is good. That's the only reason Jesus could have said what He said about loving our enemies. We'll finish the sermon we started on Friday. It's called Where the Salt Hits the Tongue. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Fri...
Where The Salt Hits The Tongue - Part 1 of 2
January 22, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBLove our enemies? We ridicule anyone who merely disagrees with us! The social media landscape in 2021 is a good picture of the opposite of the Kingdom of God. Tribalistic, dehumanizing, venomous. We couldn't see the darkest corners of the human heart and mind until the internet age - but Jesus could. And He gave a command that should bring every Christian to his or her knees: "Love your enemies." Jim's new sermon is: Where the Salt Hits the Tongue. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday ...
Salt & Light - Part 3 of 3
January 21, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhat if we didn't inaugurate politicians; we ordained them? It's jarring to think of a political leader and a church leader as being two varieties of the same thing. But both are sworn agents of God. The elder or pastor might exercise his ministry consciously, and the Governor or Senator may not know where his authority comes from. He may think he answers only to the "voters." These are life-and-death matters we're discussing, in Part 3 of the sermon Salt and Light. Listen to Right Start R...
Salt & Light - Part 2 of 3
January 20, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf we try to overcome evil with evil, evil will overcome us! If you and I try to "fight fire with fire," we'll get more fire. Only trained professionals can make that work. Well, God has given us professional evil-fighters who are authorized to bring harm, to stop harm. They're called magistrates, the rulers, the "powers-that-be" - the government. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 88...
Salt & Light - Part 1 of 3
January 19, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen Jesus marched against injustice He wasn't carrying a protest sign, but a cross. We've become a little cloudy on the issue of how to combat evils - after all, we have several weapons at our disposal, from prayers to tweets to military "operations." So Jim would like to think-through the application of the Lord's words, "Do not resist an evil person," recorded in Matthew 5. If we get this wrong, we may find that we've become part of the problem. Here's Part 1 of Jim's sermon, Salt and Li...
Balancing The Wheels Of Living - Part 2 of 2
January 18, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf we really believed Jesus, we would end up wounded and penniless - and late for everything! That's our fear. Let's just say it: Turning the other cheek and going the extra mile and generally obeying the Lord's instructions in Matthew 5 would have dire consequences. Wouldn't it? We would certainly have to lay down some of our "rights" and start thinking more about the glory of God. That's the briar patch that Jim asked to be thrown into on Friday, and today it gets even thornier. Let's b...
Balancing The Wheels Of Living - Part 1 of 2
January 15, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhat if everyone on earth were either a Hatfield or a McCoy? You know about the infamous feud that took 13 lives over the course of 3 decades. It started, some say, as a dispute over a pig. Well, that's the kind of escalating "justice" that God's "eye for an eye" rule was supposed to prevent. But He didn't mean for that to be the best way of dealing with evil. Jesus made that clear. Today Pastor Jim starts a message called Balancing the Wheels of Living Listen to Right Start Radio every Mo...
The Power of Language - Part 3 of 3
January 14, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBGod swore an oath! So why does Jesus want us to swear off swearing? In our final segment of this sermon called The Power of Language, we'll see how oaths were being abused in Jesus' day. Yes the usual suspects, the Pharisees, were at the bottom of it. They had good intentions, or so they told themselves; but their additions to the Law of God only diverted people away from the God of the Law. Here's Pastor Jim with a cautionary Right Start. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through F...
The Power of Language - Part 2 of 3
January 13, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen God un-confused men's tongues at Pentecost, human minds were still confused! It would be a minor miracle if Galileans could speak their own language properly. But here was a group of them speaking other languages. Well, what did this mean? What was the explanation? Was God undoing the confusion of the languages He imposed at the Tower of Babel? Fortunately Peter found his tongue, and as usual, pointed everyone to Scripture. Here's Jim with Part 2 of The Power of Language. Listen to ...
The Power of Language - Part 1 of 3
January 12, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf "sticks and stones may break my bones," imagine what words can do! In the beginning, remember, it was through the power of words that God created the universe. And at the end, Christ will return and defeat the armies of the Antichrist with the sword that comes from His mouth - with words. All through the Scriptures we're warned to be careful about what we say. Words shape reality. Jim will expand on that theme a bit with a new message called, The Power of Language. Listen to Right Star...
Talk That Shapes The World - Part 2 of 2
January 11, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MB"In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise." That's Proverbs 10:19. On Friday we began looking at a section of the Sermon on the Mount that someone has headlined, "Oaths." It's Matthew 5, verses 33 through 37. But this section covers more than verbally stealing heaven's property; Jesus wants us to say what we know, then stop talking. "Just the facts, ma'am." Here's the finale of Jim's sermon, Talk that Shapes the World. Listen to Right Start Radio ...
Talk That Shapes The World - Part 1 of 2
January 08, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBMurder, adultery and... language? Up to this point in our study of the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord has addressed some monumentally important issues. Now He turns to the subject of oaths - you know, those promises with a little extra "kick" to them? And again we'll see that what was allowed under the Old Covenant is not considered kosher in the New. Pastor Jim's message is, Talk that Shapes the World Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH)...
Adultery & Divorce - Part 2 of 2
January 07, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBMarriage is the union of one man and one woman, for life. But... But what if the damage is already done? Or what if my real-life experience is messy, and difficult? How can we give grace to those who have sinned, without giving license to those who would like to? These are important questions, and at least one of Jim's answers may surprise you. Here's Part 2 of, Adultery and Divorce. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91....
Adultery & Divorce - Part 1 of 2
January 06, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MB"Are you saying...?" If you heard the broadcasts Monday and Tuesday, and you're just about finished composing a long letter to Jim, don't mail it just yet! That sermon prompted questions from the congregation, and maybe from listeners, too. Jim will give some answers in a new sermon called Adultery and Divorce. We always want to "speak the truth in love" - both together - and we know that when we uphold God's standard, the devil will try to slither in, to discourage folks. So here with s...
Divorce: Guilt By Association - Part 2 of 2
January 05, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen the Disciples finally understood Jesus' position on divorce, they concluded it might be better not to marry! You can cross-reference Matthew 19 to our current study, earlier in that Gospel. The Lord simply demolished first-century Jewish ideas about divorce - which of course were no further from the truth than our postmodern ideas. Here's Pastor Jim with the conclusion of, Divorce: Guilt by Association Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati,...
Divorce: Guilt By Association - Part 1 of 2
January 04, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhich comes first: adultery, or divorce? Most people would say that a divorced person cannot, by definition, commit adultery. But Jesus is not most people! And from His perspective, the perspective of heaven, there's a whole lot more immorality going on than we have even imagined. The Sermon on the Mount is powerful; it will realign our worldview - if we'll heed it. Today Jim opens a message called Divorce: Guilt by Association. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WC...
Eye To I Communication - Part 2 of 2
January 01, 2021 04:00 - 22.8 MBThis radio show comes with a free eye exam! Grace and peace to you in this new year! As we've been walking through the Sermon on the Mount Jim showed us that the root of the sin of murder actually occurs way before the deed is done. It happens in the mind, when we feed anger. In a similar way, adultery has a fairly tame origin - at least as we might see it. And yesterday we began this sermon called Eye to I Communication, bringing sex and fidelity and lust and adultery into focus. Liste...
Eye To I Communication - Part 1 of 2
December 31, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhat happens in "the privacy of your bedroom" concerns all of society - and God! For 60 years we've been conducting an experiment - or rather, we've been experimented upon, by those who told us that the long-accepted rules of morality were silly, and even oppressive. That experiment has failed, and has taken countless lives with it. Marital fidelity is simply not a disposable notion. But we didn't have to learn that by trial-and-error; Jesus said as much, in His Sermon on the Mount. Here'...
Values Worthy Of Death - Part 2 of 2
December 30, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBIs violent behavior caused by nature, or by nurture? Maybe it's caused by nurturing our nature! Nursing that grievance. Rehearsing that old insult. Feeding anger. That's what got Cain in trouble, and Jesus says anger is the root of murder. Much madness comes from valuing ourselves too highly, and devaluing others. Our examination of the Sermon on the Mount continues with Part 2 of Values Worthy of Death. Here's Jim. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (...
Values Worthy Of Death - Part 1 of 2
December 29, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBJesus wasn't "lowering the bar," but He wasn't raising the bar, either. Before our "Christmas break" we were studying the Sermon on the Mount, and we noticed how emphatically the Lord spoke about the Law and its precision, and its permanence. As we move forward in Matthew 5 we'll see Him expound and expand on the Law, but we mustn't get the idea that He's making the "narrow way" even narrower. Some serious discussion on tap today, as you can tell by Pastor Jim's title, Values Worthy of Dea...
Follow The Star - Part 2 of 2
December 28, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBMaybe divine interventions are a lot more common than we realize! We're basking in the afterglow of Christmas, and that's a fitting metaphor for a sermon called Follow the Star. The story of the astrologer-intellectuals from the East is exotic and intriguing... but it doesn't mean much to us unless we have something in common with them. And Jim says we do! The difference is that, when God intruded on their world, they looked; they sought; they acted. Here's the conclusion of Follow the Sta...
Follow The Star - Part 1 of 2
December 25, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBSomebody had spilled the Christmas beans! I'm not sure there is such a thing as "Christmas beans," but somebody had blabbed the secret that a King was coming. And that He would come to the Jews, but would rule over all. And that He would be more than a king. Some Gentiles paid attention to this holy rumor, and watched the skies for a sign. Here's Jim with Part 1 of Follow the Star Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM...
The Gift Within The Gift - Part 2 of 2
December 24, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBHow would you like a ring for Christmas? Now and then we hear of a couple getting engaged at this time of year. Under the tree there might be a small package that must be opened last. That ring might be a better symbol of God's intentions at the Nativity, than a Grinch or a snowman - or a spruce. It's all about relationships, and a new life. Yesterday Jim took us to the 4th Gospel and highlighted John's statement, "The Word was God." He'll continue with the claim, "In Him was Life." Liste...
The Gift Within The Gift - Part 1 of 2
December 23, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBJohn's Gospel was the last of the four to be written, but it starts earlier than the others. Way earlier! We recite Luke's account of the Nativity, we inspect Matthew's genealogy - but only John begins at the very beginning. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Before the angels or the shepherds or even the Prophets, there was a Redeemer. We invite you to take a few minutes to think with us about The Gift Within the Gift Listen to Right Start ...
So What's The Big Deal? - Part 2 of 2
December 22, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBJoseph and Mary: just a couple of random, poverty-stricken immigrants - right? No, all wrong. A lot of our accepted Christmas narrative is "filler" - flimsy additions to the Scriptural accounts, and some of those additions carry an agenda. We should always be suspicious about that. Joseph and Mary were actually not common folk, and not even poor. How do we know that? And what else have we gotten mixed-up? Jim will explain, in this, the concluding section of his sermon So, What's the Big De...
So What's The Big Deal? - Part 1 of 2
December 21, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen Jesus arrives in our world in the future, He'll be preceded by Antichrist... just like the first time. And welcome to Christmas Week, when we set aside some time to ponder the miracle of the Incarnation. When the King of the Jews was born in Bethlehem there was already someone on that throne. His name was Herod. History ironically calls him "the Great." Jim calls him an early antichrist - appointed by Rome, not by God. Today and tomorrow we'll answer the question So, What's the Big De...
Principles, Applications and The Prophets - Part 2 of 2
December 18, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBIs Jesus the Master of Scripture - or is it the other way around? It almost seems irreverent to think of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords being constrained by mere words on a page. But Jesus made no bones about it: "Scripture must be fulfilled." And that will make Him the only Christ out of many contenders who can claim to be the biblical Messiah. Let's review some of what we heard yesterday, then hear the conclusion of Jim's sermon, Principles, Applications and the Prophets. Listen to ...
Principles, Applications and The Prophets - Part 1 of 2
December 17, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBJesus wasn't spouting greeting-card platitudes with the Sermon on the Mount. Today we'll hit two troublesome verses. The challenges the Lord laid down for His followers are so daunting, some say they're impossible in the present world. What will we say? Here's Pastor Jim with Part 1 of Principles, Applications and the Prophets Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) a...
Promises Made To Be Kept - Part 2 of 2
December 16, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBJesus didn't come to un-write the Scriptures, but to accomplish them! Beware of some very stupid, but very popular, lies. Like: "God is angry and mean, but Jesus is nice." Or: "Christ tore up the Old Testament, and replaced it with the New." Very early in His ministry the Lord took all that garbage to the curb. If you're a follower of Jesus - not a fan, but a follower - you will love and revere the Word of God. Here's Pastor Jim to complete his message, Promises Made to be Kept. Listen t...
Promises Made To Be Kept - Part 1 of 2
December 15, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBThe Pharisees and other religionists offer a system. Jesus brings a gift. People today are just like the people of the first century: we can't believe that God is serious about His standards. He must be grading on a curve, He must be exaggerating for effect - or else no one could measure up. And that doesn't make sense. The Pharisees thought their rules had raised the bar of holiness, but Jesus said they had actually lowered it. Let's join Jim in Matthew 5 for Part 1 of the sermon, Promises...
Being Good For Nothing - Part 2 of 2
December 14, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe're often fixated on tasks. Jesus is focused on people. It's true that Christ had a mission, and still has more to accomplish in our world. But His mission is the salvation of people; and our world is a world of men and women, boys and girls. The Savior's heart is drawn to our neighbors and our family members. How about our hearts? On Friday Jim began a sermon called Being Good for Nothing. And of course that's taken from Jesus' line, "if the salt should become tasteless, what can make it...
Being Good For Nothing - Part 1 of 2
December 11, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBSalt. It's a life-sustaining nutrient, it makes things taste good...and it raises some people's blood pressure. Jesus uses metaphors not just to explain the Kingdom, but to explain us to ourselves. We disciples, He said, are the "salt of the earth." In that time and place, salt was as vital as water - and, as many have pointed out, it was used as a preservative. But even in our hypertensive times the comparison still works; our saltiness will cause an adverse reaction in some. Jim's new ser...
Called To The Good Life - Part 2 - Part 3 of 3
December 10, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBAd Astra Per Aspera. "To the stars, through difficulties." It's not just the State motto of Kansas; we could adopt it ourselves, as Christians. If we want to get to the blessed life, we'll have to go through some un-blessed stuff. The Beatitudes are profound because they are not obvious. It's not like winning the lottery. Ad astra per aspera. Today we'll hear the conclusion of the sermon, Called to the Good Life, Part 2. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 11...
Called To The Good Life - Part 2 - Part 2 of 3
December 09, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBAs we walk through the Beatitudes, they start to form a picture... a picture of a Person. Any one of the blessings Jesus mentioned in Matthew 5 may remind us of some saint we know - someone who is pure of heart, or who mourns for the consequences of sin, for example. But there's only one person I know who exemplifies all 8 of these attitudes, and that's Christ Himself. He's our Example of the one who puts himself in a position to be blessed by God. Here's more, from Jim. Listen to Right St...