Right Start Radio with Pastor Jim Custer
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Called To The Good Life - Part 2 - Part 1 of 3
December 08, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBSome people read the Sermon on the Mount as if Jesus was giving out a new set of Rules. He wasn't! First of all, there's nothing wrong with the old Rules. But that's not the purpose of the Beatitudes and what follows. We needed to have our aspirations recalibrated! We needed to see the situation as God sees it. The only way we'll live a life of significance is to find out what's really significant. We're in Matthew 5 as Pastor Jim begins a new sermon: Called to the Good Life, Part 2. Lis...
Called To The Good Life - Part 1 - Part 2 of 2
December 07, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBMadison Avenue tells us that the "good life" is a life of ease and comfort. The Messiah's good life is very different! In the inner recess of our hearts we know that material things don't satisfy - even awards and accomplishments are fleeting. The true good life is the blessed life. It's the fulfillment of what God created you to be, as an individual. But we'll need more than individuals to find it. Here's the conclusion of, Called to the Good Life, Part 1. Listen to Right Start Radio ever...
Called To The Good Life - Part 1 - Part 1 of 2
December 04, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBMany people have had an emotional experience at a Christian meeting, but haven't encountered Christ. The Christian life - the "good life" - starts with a call. The devil can counterfeit it, we can try to sneak in without it - we can even get a genuine invitation from Jesus to follow Him, and ignore it. Today Jim will help us identify this Call, then he'll talk about the Company and the Conditions of the blessed life pictured in the Beatitudes. Here's the opening of, Called to the Good Life,...
Thy Kingdom Come - Part 3 of 3
December 03, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBOne day the heavenly Kingdom will be the earthly Kingdom - but not yet! This dual citizenship that we hold - it's a tricky thing. When do we "submit ourselves to the governing authorities," and when do we draw the line in the sand and insist, "We must obey God rather than men?" And if it's not always easy for us to navigate those decisions, for the early Christians, it was a matter of life and death! Pastor Jim has been helping us think about what it means to pray, "Thy Kingdom come," and h...
Thy Kingdom Come - Part 2 of 3
December 02, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBHow could a "son of the kingdom" be denied entrance into the Kingdom? Jesus said it will happen! I think I was a very young boy when I first heard, "God has no grandchildren," meaning: the faith and holiness of your parents isn't transferred to you; you have to come into your own relationship with Him. Well, this may not have been so clear to the descendants of Abraham seated on the grass, hearing the Sermon on the Mount live and in person. If "the Kingdom" is not the Kingdom of Israel, the...
Thy Kingdom Come - Part 1 of 3
December 01, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBDo you know what you're praying for? When requesting something from the One who has all power, it might be good to understand just what it is we're asking! For example, when we pray, "Thy kingdom come," what would the answer to that prayer look like? When "the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ," will we be dancing with joy, or diving for cover? Jim will give us a detailed picture of this reign, from both Testaments, in his new sermon, Thy Kingdom ...
The Election Of The King - Part 2 of 2
November 30, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBAsk not what your King can do for you; ask what you can do for your King. The crowds wanted Jesus to feed them, heal them, maybe even entertain them with a nice homily. But the spiritual food He was offering made them gag. Here was a different kind of King - not just asking for a ceremonial bow and a few bucks in taxes, but demanding total allegiance right down to the marrow of our bones. To complete the sermon we started Friday, here's Pastor Jim in the Gospel of Matthew. Listen to Right ...
The Election Of The King - Part 1 of 2
November 27, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBNo elections in the Kingdom of Heaven? I'll vote for that! Democracy is said to be "the worst form of government, except for all the others." But the best form of government would be a kingdom - if we could find a righteous King. Well, He arrived about 2,000 years ago, and He set up some very strict immigration requirements. 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...
Wanna Be Like Dad - Part 2 of 2
November 26, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBGod will never ask us to do something He can't do. Oh, the Father will ask us to do plenty that we can't do - forgive others, for example; trust Him for the future, even in a year like this one. His requirements are humanly impossible... but that's how testimonies are made. When we do what we alone can't do, outsiders will have to ask, "How?" From Matthew 6, here's Jim to conclude his message, Wanna Be Like Dad. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincin...
Wanna Be Like Dad - Part 1 of 2
November 25, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf we're "doing our best" to "be good," just consider: anyone can do that! Any atheist, Muslim, animist - fill in the blank - can try to behave well according to his own lights. And Christians do have better lights, but that isn't the core difference between followers of Jesus, and others. There's something more fundamental, more powerful, that can carry us to a different destination. But, to tap into that power we'll have to stop thinking like everyone else. Today Jim begins a new series i...
Jesus' Humility And Exaltation - Part 3 of 3
November 23, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen we see someone sacrifice his own needs for the needs of others, we call that, "noble." God calls it, "normal." "Regard others as more important than yourselves." It's not a difficult sentence to translate - it just seems impossible to do! Sure, we know of mothers who subordinate their wants for the sake of their children; soldiers who give their lives for their country. But these are extraordinary cases. How can we live for others all the time? Jim will give us the answer in the final ...
Jesus' Humility And Exaltation - Part 2 of 3
November 20, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf you're a 5-star General, you don't volunteer to be made a Private. Maybe it's not surprising that the One who "existed in the form of God" could take the form of a mere creature, a mortal, a "slave." But the fact that He would lay down His rank and privileges - that's shocking. Then He turns around and says to us, "Your turn." Here's Jim with Part 2 of Jesus' Humility and Exaltation. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC ...
Jesus' Humility And Exaltation - Part 1 of 3
November 19, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBToday we're offering a free attitude adjustment! "Have this attitude in yourselves, which was also in Christ Jesus.... " and then Paul goes on to describe a level of humility that's almost beyond imagination. We need to look much more closely at that passage in Philippians, and find out what's really going on there - what's really expected of us. But we'll start in the Gospel of Matthew. Pastor Jim has some opening thoughts in a message he calls Jesus' Humility and Exaltation, on today's Ri...
I Will Gift You Rest - Part 3 of 3
November 18, 2020 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe want to control. God wants us to receive. Our pride will never produce humility, and our stubbornness will never grow meekness within us. But that pretty much describes our plan for spiritual growth. Our loving Father has a different plan; one that was designed into us before we were born. Here's Jim to conclude his sermon, I Will Gift You Rest. 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 8...
I Will Gift You Rest - Part 2 of 3
November 17, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBJesus wants to lift your load. The Good News is that God has come to us, to our zip code, to our address. And He hasn't come to beat us down, but to get under our burden and lift it for us - if we'll let it go! Yesterday we began a sermon based on those famous words of Jesus, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." That's very good news, indeed. But there's even more than rest in this new relationship with God. Listen to Right Start Radio every Mon...
I Will Gift You Rest - Part 1 of 3
November 16, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBEveryone loves a good show - especially when there's free food! People were willing to come to Jesus to be healed, to hear a good sermon, and to be fed. But He was interested in meeting their deeper needs - like peace with God, freedom from the yoke of the Law, and inner transformation. And that message was finding a much smaller audience. Today, as we continue to learn about The Righteousness of Jesus Christ, we'll look at the pivotal moment in His public ministry. Listen to Right Start R...
Jesus - Obedient Worshiper - Part 3 of 3
November 13, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBOf course Jesus was sinless - He's God! We'll always have an excuse not to live a holy life if we don't understand how much the Word gave up when He became flesh. Jim will show that Christ operated out of the same resources available to us. Let's look again at our model: Jesus, Obedient Worshiper. 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 and WRZN 720AM (Gaines...
Jesus - Obedient Worshiper - Part 2 of 3
November 12, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWhat if the preacher gave an altar call...and Jesus came forward? John was blasting sinners and baptizing sinners, and here coming toward him in that long line of lawbreakers was the Lamb. It must have seemed like some kind of mistake: Jesus, being baptized for repentance? Pastor Jim will help us understand the reason for this. But first, we'll back up and talk about the boyhood incident in the Temple. Here's Part 2 of Jesus, Obedient Worshiper, starting in Luke 2, verse 49. Listen to Righ...
Jesus - Obedient Worshiper - Part 1 of 3
November 11, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWe waste so much of our lives on unimportant things. But if we want to be concerned with the concerns of God, we can look at what Jesus cared about. The Lord told his human parents, "Didn't you know I must be about My Father's business?" or "...My Father's things?" Let's stop right there, early in the Gospel of Luke, and ask, "What things?" We're cracking open a new sermon from Pastor Jim today; it's called Jesus, Obedient Worshiper. We'll see that, even before Christ began teaching truth, ...
Getting Righteouness - Part 3 of 3
November 10, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBLife may be like a box of chocolates, but the Sermon on the Mount is not. In a talk shorter than today's broadcast Jesus gave us the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, "Pearls before swine," "Seek first His Kingdom," and many other of our most famous phrases and ideas. But each will be just a random "sound byte" if we don't remember that the big picture is right-wise-ness; or as we pronounce it today, righteousness. Jim's in Matthew 6 to conclude his sermon, Getting Righteousness. Listen to Ri...
Getting Righteouness - Part 2 of 3
November 09, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MB"You have heard...but I say...!" Jesus declared that He had not come to repeal the Law of God - He said so right in the Sermon on the Mount, which we've been studying. But He quickly followed that with new explanations of some well-known commands and principles. God hadn't gotten them wrong; it's just that they're much deeper and broader than we had understood. These words are bedrock - we can safely build our lives on them. And if we don't, Jesus ends His sermon with a dire warning. Here's...
Getting Righteouness - Part 1 of 3
November 06, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBOn a certain hill on a particular day, Jesus planted the flag of the Kingdom, and the name of that banner was Righteousness. Today Jim will talk about that time the Creator sat down with us and explained things. We call it the Sermon on the Mount. It has influenced human society for 2,000 years, yet many misunderstand it, and many read into it what they like. In the next few episodes Jim will take us through Matthew, chapters 5 through 7, and he'll make the case that the central theme is ri...
Jesus Explains Righteousness - Part 2 of 2
November 05, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBLove is not a checklist. The Pharisees were obsessed with externals. If they could just do the Do's and quit the Don'ts - including some they made up, just to be sure - then God would be pleased. But Jesus taught that true rightness is deeper, and more powerful, and much better than that. Jim's in Matthew 5. 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 and WRZN 72...
Jesus Explains Righteousness - Part 1 of 2
November 04, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWhat does it mean to be a Christian? There might be several good ways to answer that question. To be a Christian means to believe in Jesus, and to follow Him. To be a Christian means to live in harmony with the other members of His body, the church. Today Jim will look at the transformative process going on inside believers, and he'll say that to be a Christian is to have God residing in us, doing extensive renovations. The seed of this concept comes from the words of Jesus. We'll spend mos...
Being Transformed To Be Like Jesus - Part 3 of 3
November 03, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBThe one "fruit of the Spirit" has 9 seeds. There are nine aspects of the divine character that God wants to grow in us. We cannot produce these traits on our own, and we can't select only certain ones; they're all different expressions of the nature of Jesus. Jim has taken us to Galatians 5 for the list, and yesterday we talked about Love, Joy, and Peace... then he said that the next three seeds have to do with relationships, and we discussed Patience. We'll pick up the message there. List...
Being Transformed To Be Like Jesus - Part 2 of 3
November 02, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWe know that, as Christians, we're supposed to produce "fruit," but what does that fruit taste like? I hope you were with us on Friday, because Jim dealt with one of the most significant issues to every Christian: how to live in the Spirit, not in the flesh. Today he'll continue in Galatians, chapter 5, and we'll see what that spirit-life should look like in us. How does it manifest itself? What is the "fruit of the Spirit?" Let's rewind a bit, to where Jim was talking about the directive t...
Being Transformed To Be Like Jesus - Part 1 of 3
October 30, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBCan we end the endless war between flesh and spirit? This is an important episode for Christians who struggle with sin. "Besetting sin," we call it. We know we're meant to have victory, but often we don't know how. Here's how. Jim's new sermon is called Being Transformed to be Like Jesus, and he'll open with prayer. 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 and...
If The Holy Spirit Lives In You . . . - Part 3 of 3
October 29, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWe don't like to think of ourselves as conformists. And we're pretty uniform in that opinion. Our study of The Righteousness of Jesus Christ is ultimately about our destiny to be conformed to the image of God's Son. But the idea of conformity makes us squirm a little bit. "We're individuals, not robots!" Well, good news: Our transformation into replicas of Christ won't erase our personal distinctions; it will connect us to a shared life - the life of God. Here's Part 3 of the sermon, If the...
If The Holy Spirit Lives In You . . . - Part 2 of 3
October 28, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBDid you ever make a grape? No, me neither. I've eaten a grape, peeled a grape... maybe you've painted a grape. Or even tended the actual plants and cultivated their fruit. But you and I will never make a grape, no matter how hard we try. Only a living branch, connected to the vine, can do that. That's an illustration Jesus gave, to explain how the fruit of righteousness is produced in us. Here's Jim with Part 2 of the sermon, If the Holy Spirit Lives in You.... Listen to Right Start Radio ...
If The Holy Spirit Lives In You . . . - Part 1 of 3
October 27, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBThe gospel is not, "Be good;" but "Be-lieve," and "Be transformed." Jesus has many admirers, even today. Millions want to imitate His example. "What would Jesus do?" they ask. But Christianity isn't emulation - it's replication. If we think of righteousness as something we can work up, we're in trouble. Jim will help us get back on track as he opens this sermon with prayer. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Colum...
Created In His Image - Part 3 of 3
October 26, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBOur future's so bright...everyone else will have to wear shades! If Jesus is "the image of the invisible God" (Colossians) and believers are "predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son" (Romans) - the conclusion is almost too wonderful to think. And the people who do think about it often go wrong when they imagine that we have to work at this transformation. We started the sermon Created in His Image last week, and Jim has saved the best for last. Listen to Right Start Radio every...
Created In His Image - Part 2 of 3
October 23, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MB"Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness....'" What God decides to do, He does. The human choice to sin may have damaged the Imago Dei within us, but God's purpose is unchanged. So He's undertaken a "restoration project," if you will. Yesterday Jim began a sermon called Created in His Image. Today he'll mention at least one of the divine qualities that's being renewed in believers, and he'll point us to our perfect model, Jesus. Listen to Right Start Radio e...
Created In His Image - Part 1 of 3
October 22, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBYour conception of who God is, determines who you are. We see it all over the world, and throughout history: Nations and individuals reflect the character of their deities. If your god is severe and capricious, you'll commit atrocities in his name. If your god is indulgent and permissive, you'll sow lawlessness into the world. So the question is: Is our image of God the true one? Pastor Jim will help us think about that, in a sermon called Created in His Image. Listen to Right Start Radio ...
Winning Over Temptation - Part 2 of 2
October 21, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBA friend of mine once received a Bible, and the giver had inscribed, "This Book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this Book." Inside that Christian cliché there's a powerful truth: No decision stands alone. Each victory over temptation, or surrender to it, forms part of a pattern. And it's either getting easier for the Holy Spirit to work in us, or harder. From the book of James, here's the conclusion of Jim's sermon, Winning Over Temptation. Listen to Right Start Radio eve...
Winning Over Temptation - Part 1 of 2
October 20, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBAugustine said, "Is not the life of man upon earth a temptation, and that without intermission?" Temptation is everywhere, and it's unrelenting. As the opportunities for sin have multiplied, especially in the modern era, so have our excuses for failing those tests. We need help. Fortunately, God sees temptation, sin and death for what they are; and He sees us for what we are. And His solution will work. Here's Jim to begin the sermon, Winning Over Temptation. Listen to Right Start Radio ev...
God's Will At Work - Part 2 of 2
October 19, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBAll of our labor should be a "labor of love." Christians are not those poor cubicle-dwellers "working for the weekend." And we don't get the "blue collar blues," either. We know we're serving our Savior at our workplace, and He deserves our best effort all the time. It's gratitude, not money, that drives us. That attitude alone will set us apart in the postmodern workforce. On Friday Jim began a message called God's Will at Work. He mentioned 4 items that make up the divine Employee Evaluat...
God's Will At Work - Part 1 of 2
October 16, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWhen we look at the occupations of Bible heroes, we find more paper-pushers than priests! We have several shepherds represented - Abraham, Moses, David - but even some of them became bureaucrats. Where did we get this idea that if you're not a "member of the clergy," you're really a second-class kind of Christian? Well, Pastor Jim will take issue with that idea today. Let's enjoy Part 1 of the sermon God's Will at Work. Jim will begin reading from Ephesians chapter 6, verse 5. Listen to Ri...
Sharpening Our Focus On The Will Of God - Part 2 of 2
October 15, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBChristians can become so intent on discerning God's will about an important decision that we're filled with anxiety - which is not God's will! If you've picked up anything from our recent discussions on learning God's will, I hope it's to rely on that greatest of all umpires, Peace. We should always keep in mind that God wants us to know His will. He has given us abilities, and a rational mind, and His Word, to help us know what He desires of us. Caution is warranted, but so is confidence. ...
Sharpening Our Focus On The Will Of God - Part 1 of 2
October 14, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWhen seeking God's will for my life, it may help to realize that my piece of the puzzle has to fit into the big picture. Jesus taught us that our Father keeps an inventory of our hair follicles - He knows every detail! But God also sees what all those details add up to. It's a big vision, with broad principles that we can apply. Here's Jim to open his sermon, Sharpening our Focus on the Will of God. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at ...
The Will Of God - Part 2 of 2
October 13, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBAre you a tuba? Or a violin? And why would you want to be something else? God's orchestra has many different instruments in it, and each one makes its own sound for Him. We're continuing to think about The Will of God, and how He may have given us some clues for our purpose in how we're made. Yesterday we talked about Confidence (believing God has a purpose for us), Commitment (yielding to His will), and Commandments (not just the "Big 10," but all the written guardrails of His Word). List...
The Will Of God - Part 1 of 2
October 12, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBThe great theologian Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork the road, take it!" Every Christian, I hope, has asked, "What is Your will for me, Lord? Which way should I go, at this fork in the road?" And many of us have strained to hear His answer. In his new sermon, Jim will show that God's will is plainer than we may think. 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...
Discovering God's Rest For Today - Part 2 of 2
October 09, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWhat does it mean when we say, "He went to his rest?" There are different levels of rest we can experience - different dimensions of the safety and peace and grace that God offers. In death, Christians believe, we will find a new fullness of rest. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. On Thursday Jim mentioned 4 "messengers" of rest: Noah, Moses, David, and Jesus - and the last 2 are different. Here's the conclusion of, Discovering God's Rest for Today. Listen to Right...
Discovering God's Rest For Today - Part 1 of 2
October 08, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWho are the all-time world champions of Rest? The Bible records the accomplishments of at least four leaders, advocates, heroes of rest. Each of these trailblazers reveals something different about the nature of God's rest, but they all agree, there's only one way to enter into it. We'll learn about 3 of the 4 "resting champions" now. Jim's new sermon is called, Discovering God's Rest for Today. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30...
God's Rest - Part 2 of 2
October 07, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBThey say that, if you choose a job you love, you'll never have to work a day in your life. I'm not sure that old saying always pans out in real life, but we understand the idea: some labor is so pleasurable to us, it's hard to think of it as work. So Jesus invites us to work for Him, promising that that work will be rest. Yesterday Jim was talking about the common experience of "climbing the ladder of success," only to discover that it's resting on the "wrong wall." Here's the conclusion of...
God's Rest - Part 1 of 2
October 06, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBThere's a yoke that brings rest. Jesus spoke to people who were yoked to the Law. They were struggling in the harness, working hard, never achieving that deep soul-rest we all need. But the truth is that everyone is harnessed to something - if not to religious duties, then to a job or something else that promises significance. There's only one load that won't crush us, but lift us. Jim will talk about Matthew 11:28 in a sermon called God's Rest. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday thr...
The Pleasures Of God - Part 2 of 2
October 05, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBSecret Service agents vow to take a bullet for the President, if necessary. But would the President take a bullet for you? Jim does mention a US President in this segment, but it's not the current President; we're just making comparisons. We're saying there's a hierarchy in the spiritual world, just like in the physical world. But in God's hierarchy, the Great sacrificed Himself for nobodies; and some of the nobodies will rise above the Somebodies. Here's Pastor Jim to complete the thoughts...
The Pleasures Of God - Part 1 of 2
October 02, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBA design, a game plan, a "scheme:" God had to have one. It's one of the fundamental tenets of our faith that God is all-sufficient. He needs nothing. But still, we learn there are things He desires - like our salvation. And He's not just waiting around, hoping for a lucky accident to drop His dreams in His lap. He's working through a strategy. Why does God even care about what happens to us? Jim has Scriptural answers, in a sermon called The Pleasures of God. Listen to Right Start Radio ev...
Communication From Heaven - Part 1 of 1
October 01, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBYou are the evidence! Christian, through your words and actions, you are revealing God to the world. But you're not alone. He has given humanity the Church. And His Spirit. And the Scriptures. In all, Jim has found 7 ways the Creator makes Himself known to mankind. He'll cover all 7 in his message, Communication from Heaven. And he'll start by reading the entire text of Psalm 19. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM ...
Connecting With Heaven - Part 2 of 2
September 30, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBJeremiah cried, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" There is One who understands the human heart, and He sat down to have a heart-to-heart chat with Nicodemus. In that famous conversation Jesus destroyed the idea of climbing to heaven on the ladder of our own good works. The kingdom of heaven is a spiritual kingdom, and we'll have to be born into it - spiritually. Pastor Jim is in John 3 as he begins to wrap up his message, Connecting with...
Connecting With Heaven - Part 1 of 2
September 29, 2020 05:00 - 22.8 MBWe were all "dead men walking." In order to help us appreciate just what happened when we repented and believed and came into the family of God, Paul offers a metaphor. But it's more than a metaphor; it's the actual state of our spiritual selves before we surrendered to Christ. We were dead. So the Christian life isn't about adopting a new philosophy, or even new habits; it requires a resurrection. And that's not a do-it-yourself project. Here's Jim with Part 1 of Connecting with Heaven. L...