Right Start Radio with Pastor Jim Custer
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Alone With The Father - Part 2 of 2
May 17, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen you and I meet our Creator, will we know Him as "Dad?" The primal human longing to know God and to see Him face-to-face, will be satisfied. For everyone. Some will know Him already, and feel that He's been with us all along; some will have a much different experience. In John, chapter 18 we see Jesus ready to enjoy His Father's presence again after a long time away. Let's rejoin the sermon we started yesterday, called Alone with the Father. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday th...
Alone With The Father - Part 1 of 2
May 16, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBHow did the Lord deal with disloyalty and desertion? Feelings of abandonment and betrayal are universal. We were only children when we learned what it means to have our secret blabbed to the whole class; to have a "friend" laugh at our humiliation. So we became guarded. We learned to say, "Trust is earned." Jesus experienced these same things, but He responded differently. Let's walk from the Upper Room to Gethsemane with Pastor Jim. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Frida...
The Gift That God Gives - Part 2 of 2
May 15, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBJesus' death was not like ours. But in another way, ours can be like His! Sorry to pose a brain teaser to you on a Monday, but we've been looking at another riddle: the Lord's statement about "a little while...and a little while." And like all riddles, the solution will require us to expand our minds, and think differently. On Friday Pastor Jim took us back behind the closed doors of the Upper Room in John chapter 16, as Jesus again predicted His death and resurrection. Listen to Right St...
The Gift That God Gives - Part 1 of 2
May 12, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBNot everything that's "little" is small! Some little things are actually large in importance. And, more to the point, when God talks about a "little while," it can seem like a long while to us. So what did Jesus mean with his minor riddle about a "little," and another "little?" It has major significance for the Disciples - and for us, as we'll find out today. Pastor Jim will take us once more to the Upper Room Discourse, for Part 1 of a message called, The Gift that God Gives. Listen to ...
Confidence From Knowing The Truth - Part 2 of 2
May 11, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MB"God only knows." All our human knowledge wouldn't fill a thimble in the infinite ocean of "things to know." But the omniscient One is acquainted with everything in His creation. That's basic. The surprising thing is that God is willing to share His information with us! Yesterday Jim said that the Holy Spirit has come to teach us all things; to remind us of God's works; and to guide us into all the truth. Today we'll learn two more mission-objectives of the Spirit. Listen to Right Start R...
Confidence From Knowing The Truth - Part 1 of 2
May 10, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf the Holy Spirit is our "Helper," how will He help? Spirits - including the Holy Spirit - are mysterious to us. They're hard to understand, hard to pin down. We don't have a lot of solid information on spirits! But in the sermon we'll begin today, Jim will list 5 practical things that the Holy Spirit plans to do in your life. The title is, Confidence in Knowing the Truth. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Colu...
Confronting The Evil In The World - Part 2 of 2
May 09, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf God Almighty were to come down and talk to us, what would He say? The writers of popular books and movies seem to think that the Lord's message to us would be something like, "Can't you all just get along?" But we don't have to speculate about this question. God actually has shown up, in the Person of the Holy Spirit, and He has three topics He'd like to discuss with us: Sin, Rightness, and Judgment. Here's Pastor Jim with Part 2 of his sermon, Confronting Evil in the World. Listen to...
Confronting The Evil In The World - Part 1 of 2
May 08, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBShould Christians confront sin? The Holy Spirit does! Some believers believe that we should just "love people into the Kingdom;" that there is no prophetic role for the church to call out wickedness in society. But if that's true, how can we be aligned with the Spirit of God, who was sent for that purpose? (And by the way, is love really love if it remains silent while the loved one heads for destruction?) Pastor Jim is advancing our knowledge of the Spirit with his sermon, Confronting Evil...
The Holy Spirit, Helper, Comforter - Part 2 of 2
May 05, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MB"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," said Carl Sagan. At Pentecost, the Spirit of God obliged. The Holy Spirit's arrival was evidence (evidence of Jesus' Ascension) and a new miracle that required explanation. Human rationalizations weren't cutting it on that morning. Peter stood up to bring the light from the Scriptures... and thus began a pattern. The divine/human partnership for spreading the gospel had begun. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday o...
The Holy Spirit, Helper, Comforter - Part 1 of 2
May 04, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBToday's episode is pneumatic! The Greek word pneuma serves to denote "spirit"... or "breath"... or "wind." So the New Testament writers sensed a connection between these things. We can watch for that when we read their words. When the Holy Spirit was released on believers, there was a sound like wind - and a strong one. But this pneuma hadn't come to destroy, but to breathe life. Today Jim starts a new message called, Holy Spirit: Helper, Comforter. Listen to Right Start Radio every Mond...
Courage To Show Your Faith - Part 2 of 2
May 03, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe make "witnessing" way too difficult! When Jesus promised the Holy Spirit, He said that the Spirit would testify (that's John 15:26)... "and you also." We're the "also," the sidekick, the "...& company" in that partnership. We sometimes put the burden on ourselves to convict and convert people, even though we've heard that that's the very mission of the heavenly Advocate. Jim's here to wrap up the sermon we started yesterday, Courage to Show Your Faith. Listen to Right Start Radio every...
Courage To Show Your Faith - Part 1 of 2
May 02, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBThe Captain has turned on the "Fasten Seat Belt sign;" He says there's turbulence ahead. Jesus, our Pilot, has a sobering announcement for His followers: On this journey we're going to run into hatred and hostility. But there will also be a Helper. We've been learning about this divine Collaborator, the Holy Spirit; and in this message Jim will emphasize His role as an Advocate, as in a legal setting. Here's Part 1 of a sermon called, Courage to Show Your Faith. Listen to Right Start Radio...
My Heart - His Home - Part 1 - Part 3 of 3
May 01, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBJudas and Peter: a case study. The contrasts that night in the Upper Room were dizzying: Jesus and His men were celebrating the Passover, a joyous holiday - while He meditated on His coming death. One left the meal to betray his Master, one declared loyalty to the death; but all asked, "Is it I, Lord?" What is in my heart, when push comes to shove? Were Peter and Judas really that different, in their own resources? Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cin...
My Heart - His Home - Part 1 - Part 2 of 3
April 28, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWho is the Holy Spirit? What is He like? We could sympathize with the Disciples if they had some jitters about the prospect of being "indwelt" by the Spirit. To them, as to us, the Spirit is the least familiar Person of the Trinity. So Jesus helped everyone understand Him by the names He gave: Comforter, Helper, Spirit of Truth. Here's Jim to talk again about "My Heart, His Home." Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5...
My Heart - His Home - Part 1 - Part 1 of 3
April 27, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBHaving Jesus in our boat is not enough; we need Him in our hearts! In the candid conversation with His disciples just hours before the Crucifixion, Christ gave a master class on living in the new era that was about to dawn. His instruction seemed to center around a new relationship with the Spirit - His Spirit - the Spirit of God. The days of external religion were over. From now on the lovers of God would live "inside-out." Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX...
The Three in One - Part 2 - Part 3 of 3
April 26, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBUnity is a tricky thing. If you look up "unity" in the dictionary you'll find descriptors like "oneness" - and also words like "harmony." One definition excludes anything with distinct elements; other definitions require distinct elements to create the "accord" of unity. So Christians aren't making things up when we insist that God's oneness is the second kind of unity: unity of plurality. Today we'll find even more scriptures that display that truth. Listen to Right Start Radio every Mon...
The Three in One - Part 2 - Part 2 of 3
April 25, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf there were only a verse or two about plurality within the One God, we could explain them away. In fact, all through the Bible - in both testaments - there's something going on here. The text leaves zero room for doubt about God's unity. Then, as we keep reading, we find references to the Son of a Father; a Lord, and a Lord; a God...with a God! We won't solve the mystery of the Trinity today, but here's Jim to tell us more about the Three-in-One. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday...
The Three in One - Part 2 - Part 1 of 3
April 24, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBIs the concept of the Trinity an invention, or an explanation? God is one! - there's no disagreement about that between Christians and Jews. But it raises some problems when reading the Scriptures. Really, it's one problem over and over again: The Law, the Prophets and the Psalms often present that one God in ways that challenge our one-dimensional idea of "one."Today Jim will remind us where we've been in this study, then give us a whirlwind tour of the Old Testament. Listen to Right S...
The Three In One - Part 1 - Part 2 of 2
April 21, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBGod was about to reveal Himself to humans in a new way. The Eternal One cannot change. But there have been a few times in history when He "came closer," to us, and we saw Him more clearly. As Jesus spoke to His disciples in the Upper Room, one of those changes was about to take place. We would soon get a glimpse of what the One God means by, "Us." We're in John, chapter 14 to complete Jim's message, The Three-in-One, Part 1. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCV...
The Three In One - Part 1 - Part 1 of 2
April 20, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe can have unity because of the unity within the Godhead. In recent days, as we've contemplated Jesus' remarks in the Upper Room, we've noticed His promise that He would be "in" the Disciples... and related promises regarding the Father and the Holy Spirit. And that this indwelling would bring harmony among believers. It's an expression of the very nature of God: plurality in unity. Pastor Jim will stick close to the Bible as usual, as we study the Three-in-One. Listen to Right Start Rad...
How To Live Effectively - Part 2 - Part 3 of 3
April 19, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBOur unity, with the Lord and with each other, has a purpose. From the very beginning; Genesis 1 - or even before the beginning - God has had a plan for us. Free and open fellowship between Him and us is one part of that design. Our dominion over creation is another. And so is our common brotherhood. But only through the ministry of Christ could that plan come together. Jim's sermon, How to Live Effectively, Part 2, has all been leading up to this. Let's listen. Listen to Right Start Radi...
How To Live Effectively - Part 2 - Part 2 of 3
April 18, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBIs Jesus the frosting - or is He the flour? It's said that you can't un-bake a cake. The ingredients of sugar, flour, eggs and butter are no longer available to us separately - they became one batter. Then the transformation really began! Today Jim will share a number of scriptures that teach the principle of Christ in us - thoroughly mixed, infused, inseparable - and what that means for our relationships with other Christians. He's in John 17. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday thr...
How To Live Effectively - Part 2 - Part 1 of 3
April 17, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBEternal life is a gift, it's true. But if we think of it as a parcel that we can drop or lose, we're not seeing the whole picture! The present that God offers us is not like a birthday present. It isn't something external. It is Christ Himself, alive in us! The pious folks of Jesus' day got a glimpse of just one aspect of this doctrine and were utterly scandalized. Jim will try to walk us all the way around it in his message, How to Live Effectively, Part 2. Listen to Right Start Radi...
How To Live Effectively - Part 1 - Part 3 of 3
April 14, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBSalvation... perfection... glory. All were promised to us in the Upper Room! The Lord prayed not only for His inner circle of disciples, but for "those who will believe in Me through their word." That's you and me. The Lord prayed for our holiness, our unity, our perfection and more - and we know that the Father will answer the prayers of His Son! We'll continue our study with Jesus' request at John 17, verse 20. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cin...
How To Live Effectively - Part 1 - Part 2 of 3
April 13, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBTo be a servant of Christ is good; to be a friend of Christ is better! We've been noticing several major changes that Jesus announced to His disciples the night before His death. From now on, the faithful Eleven would relate to each other, to the world, and to the Father differently. Today Jim will show us that their relationship to Jesus was about to change, too: They would move closer to Him. His sermon is called, How to Live Effectively, Part 1, and we're in John, chapter 14. Listen ...
How To Live Effectively - Part 1 - Part 1 of 3
April 12, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBEver feel like you don't belong? That's because you don't! You and I were born into this world as parts of the world. We shared the same nature as everyone around us, and even though that nature was corrupt and selfish; even though we sometimes had problems with other people; we didn't feel like contemptible aliens on this planet. But when we were born again into the New Race, all that changed. In the Upper Room, Jesus tried to prepare His disciples for the hostility that was coming. List...
Well Connected In High Places - Part 2 of 2
April 11, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBThere are supernatural forces trying to destroy you! Yesterday we overheard Jesus in the Upper Room revealing the new connection the Disciples were about to have with each other. And He warned that they were about to experience the hostility of the world - a hatred originating in the Prince of this World. Today Pastor Jim will continue to talk about those new relationships, and one more. We're in the Gospel of John. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (...
Well Connected In High Places - Part 1 of 2
April 10, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhich is harder: dying well, or living well? We spent some time recently on the important - and fairly neglected - topic of "The Art of Dying Well." We listened to the great Master of that art as he taught His students in the Upper Room. In that same class session Jesus gave valuable instructions for living well. It was a pivotal moment for both the Lord and His Disciples. Let's open our ears to what some would call the more difficult part of the lesson. Here's Jim to begin our new serie...
The Real Triumphal Entry - Part 2 of 2
April 07, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBOne day, every tomb will be an empty tomb! "The hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice [the voice of the Son of God] - and come forth...." That sounds like good news, and it is - for some. The question is, "What will I be resurrected to?" And the choices are "life," and "judgment." It all goes back to what happened after the Cross. Today Jim will tell us more about, The Real Triumphal Entry. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 116...
The Real Triumphal Entry - Part 1 of 2
April 06, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBAfter Jesus died, He got busy! The Lord accomplished a lot in the few years between John's baptism, and the Cross. But that was nothing compared to what He did in a few days, after the Cross! What is this "overtime" phase of Jesus' ministry? And why does it matter to us? We're looking forward to Resurrection Sunday by stopping to look at this "in-between" ministry. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) ...
The Hour Of Glory - Part 2 - Part 3 of 3
April 05, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe won't know who we truly are until we can break free of these restraints! Physical limits, mental limits - we're just not at our best right now. God has created us to be much more than what we see in the mirror every morning. And the catalyst that will bring us out of our hobbled state and into our full potential is death. Pastor Jim has called it The Hour of Glory. We're in Hebrews chapter 2 to wind up our discussion on The Art of Dying Well. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday t...
The Hour Of Glory - Part 2 - Part 2 of 3
April 04, 2023 04:00 - 34.6 MBWhat's so glorious about death? If you thought a series called The Art of Dying Well might get a little morbid or ghoulish, we hope you've been pleasantly surprised. As we wind down this study, your overall impression may be that we just haven't had our minds renewed enough on this topic. The Word tells us that the experience of death is quite... glorious! Jim will get specific today about what we can look to gain at our Homecoming. If you can, open your Bible to 1 Corinthians. Listen to...
The Hour Of Glory - Part 2 - Part 1 of 3
April 03, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen we connect the ideas of "glory" and "death" we might think of a soldier dying in battle. Or anyone sacrificing himself to save others. But there's much more glory to go around! We're here to open the second sermon called The Hour of Glory. And that hour is the hour of death. We see this principle best when we look at the Lord Jesus, but it applies to us, too. The last breath of a believer is the time when all limitations are sloughed off, and we begin to truly be ourselves. We're "g...
The Hour Of Glory - Part 1 - Part 1 of 1
March 31, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBThe Christian view of death is pretty much the opposite of the cultural view of death. Those who fall asleep in Jesus find that it's not the end, but a new beginning; not failure, but fulfillment; not punishment, but transformation! And this isn't just whistling past the graveyard - it's truth that's prefigured in Nature. To the servants as to their Lord, death is The Hour of Glory. Here's Jim to continue our short study on The Art of Dying Well. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday ...
Preparation To Die - Part 3 of 3
March 30, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe're baffled when the world hates us without reason... but there is a reason! The reason is Christ within us. As all the forces of society, religion and politics attacked Jesus, they will come against us. The result might not be our death... but it might be. Persecution of Christians is on the rise around the world, according to watchdog groups. In the Upper Room, as the Lord prepared for His own death, He was trying to equip us. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday o...
Preparation To Die - Part 2 of 3
March 29, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBA king was about to fall - but which one? In the Upper Room Jesus gave a lot of deep, "inside information" to His faithful few. He promised them the Holy Spirit, and explained what He would do. He taught about the more distant future, in heaven. And He revealed what He was about to accomplish on the Cross: not defeat and humiliation, but glorious victory over the "ruler of this world." In other words, "checkmate!" Here's Pastor Jim in the Gospel of John. Listen to Right Start Radio eve...
Preparation To Die - Part 1 of 3
March 28, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBOh, to be a fly on the wall of the Upper Room! Just hours before His death, the Lord spoke candidly to His disciples about what was coming. John recorded this intimate conversation. And in chapter 17 of his Gospel we find what's called "The High Priestly Prayer." Jesus prayed to the Father for us! Pastor Jim's sermon is called, Preparation to Die. 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...
The Art Of Dying Well - Part 3 - Part 2 of 2
March 27, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe often talk about death as a destination - like a ship pulling in to the harbor. But the Bible writers called it a "departure." The journey is just beginning for the one who dies in Christ! And who doesn't share the thrill of excitement watching a ship pull away from the dock, toward new adventures? That's one of the five mental rearrangements that we should make about death - as modeled by Paul in 2 Timothy 4. Here's Jim to wrap up, The Art of Dying Well, Part 3. Listen to Right Start...
The Art Of Dying Well - Part 3 - Part 1 of 2
March 24, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe could say that Paul's death began on the road to Damascus. We've been talking about the art of dying, and there are some great masters of that art in the Bible. Paul was one of them. When he encountered Christ on that highway, he started to live - to truly live! And he began to die. But the greatest in the art of dying was Jesus, and we'll look at His example first. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus,...
The Art Of Dying Well - Part 2 - Part 3 of 3
March 23, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBHow does Peter go out? Teaching. Peter leaves this world not crying or complaining, but exhorting and encouraging those who would carry on. If the word "legacy" has lost its meaning through misuse, we can say that Peter is still shaping the future as he's dying. And that's a good pattern for us. Today we'll conclude this sermon about Peter's example - and we'll think about those who go the other way. What is the future experience of those who live for themselves? Listen to Right Start Ra...
The Art Of Dying Well - Part 2 - Part 2 of 3
March 22, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBDo you have a "heaven suit?" If you wanted to travel in outer space, you'd need a space suit. If you wanted to go down into the ocean you'd need a diving suit. And right now you're wearing a suit designed for this environment - an "earth suit," if you will. We usually call it our "body." But that suit is not "suited" for eternity. Today we'll hear from both Paul and Peter regarding The Art of Dying Well. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, ...
The Art Of Dying Well - Part 2 - Part 1 of 3
March 21, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBAt a certain point, you've had enough of camping. A tent is good - if you're out in the elements it's better than nothing - but it's not a permanent home. As Peter reached the end of his life, he was ready to leave the tent of his body and get into some more "luxe" accommodations. He's going to be Exhibit A in our study of Bible personalities and how they dealt with death. This is the second in our series of talks on The Art of Dying Well, and Pastor Jim will start with a brief recap. Lis...
The Art Of Dying Well - Part 1 - Part 2 of 2
March 20, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBThe Son took on flesh, Hebrews says, "that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives." It is natural for living things to fear death - natural, but not necessary for those who are in Christ. On Friday Jim began to show us that death is not what we may have thought it was. Today he'll continue to re-draw our mental picture - from the Scriptures. Listen to...
The Art Of Dying Well - Part 1 - Part 1 of 2
March 17, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWe have no choice whether we die... but we can choose how well we die. Today we open a short series on a topic that most people go to great lengths to avoid talking about. Entire industries are devoted to distracting us from the fact that we are mortal. Christians should be great authorities on dying with confidence; we follow the One who knows what is beyond. In this episode Jim will help us consider death as a journey... as a gift... and as an art: The Art of Dying Well. Listen to Right ...
Excuses That Excuse - Part 2 of 2
March 16, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBIf you RSVP to God's invitation with "regrets," those regrets will be real, and deep. Jesus is attending a supper, talking about another Supper, when He gives the final parable in our series. You know how they say that the difference between fiction and non-fiction is that a fiction must at least seem plausible? In this story a most improbable thing happens: Some of God's invitees decline His request. We're in Luke, Chapter 14, with Pastor Jim. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday thr...
Excuses That Excuse - Part 1 of 2
March 15, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBIt may have been the Pharisee's dinner party, but Jesus brought the humble pie! In chapter 14 of his Gospel, Luke tells of a crazy supper. There was a game of musical chairs without the music, the Guest of Honor was in the crosshairs, and the host was gobsmacked. Oh, and a man was healed! And all of that drama set up an epic parable. Luke totally forgot to mention what they had to eat! Here's Pastor Jim to look at one final Story Jesus Told. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday throu...
Tale Of The Ten - Part 2 of 2
March 14, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBAll ten maidens got sleepy. So how is it that five got into the wedding, while five were shut out? You wouldn't have been able to tell the foolish from the wise virgins by looking at them. The difference was the oil. In Jim's sermon, Tale of the Ten, we're re-investigating who these young ladies symbolize, and the significance of the parable for us, today. We're in Matthew 24 and 25. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC ...
Tale Of The Ten - Part 1 of 2
March 13, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBNobody likes to wait. But some kinds of waiting are harder than others. If the delay is short, that's OK. If we're told to hold on for a long time, but a specific time, that's tolerable. But, as we anticipate the return of Christ, we have indications that much time will pass, no date is given - and there's a danger that we'll be drawn away to other things in the meantime. Today Jim takes us to another parable of Jesus, with Part 1 of his sermon, Tale of the Ten. Listen to Right Start Radio...
Measuring Success - Part 2 of 2
March 10, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBAre your aspirations... abominations? Some people live in a moral universe that's completely upside-down. What God calls wrong, they call "rights;" their "truth" is a lie. It's shocking; and there seems to be no bottom to the evil that people will do in the name of "good." Well, how about us? Are our values, God's values? The Lord gave us heaven's perspective in a story. Here's Jim with Part 2 of the sermon, Measuring Success. Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on W...
Measuring Success - Part 1 of 2
March 09, 2023 04:00 - 22.8 MBWhen we talk about "The Rich Man and Lazarus," we're leaving someone out. Now, the rich fellow had never struck up a conversation with Lazarus while the two were alive - and apparently he didn't have any practice at talking to God, either. So in Hades he addresses himself to the man who seems to be in charge: Father Abraham. He's the third man in the story. Jesus spoke this illustration for the benefit of His disciples. So let's try to listen with fresh ears as Jim brings us Part 1 of, Me...