This week, Justin and Scott take a closer look at Isaiah 44:24-45:25. How should Christians think about the issue of idolatry? What about the sovereignty of God when we read of judgment throughout the Bible? The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and apply...
The LORD thunders forth his absolute sovereignty over all. He reveals his intentions to save his people and his unexpected means for doing so. He insists that he is right in doing what he does in the way he chooses to do it. He again...
This week, Justin and Scott discuss Isaiah 44, asking how we can identify idols in our own hearts. 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....
This passage contains the two-sided affirmation that the LORD only is God, and that idolatry is foolish and futile. The clear witness of Scripture is that God does not dwell in images of wood, stone, and metal, nor in the mental imaginations of man. As...
Last week, we kicked off our annual season of prayer with the Devoted to Prayer guide. On the podcast this week, Justin and Scott discuss the importance of prayer, as well as pitfalls to avoid. Y The Words of Grace Podcast seeks to clarify, amplify, and...
The word “grace” is not used in this passage, but it could be written over the whole of it. This passage communicates the uniqueness of God as the one living and true LORD, the Creator, the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. He alone can...
The message to God’s people is that his Servant will heal them up not break them to ruin. He will fan the flame of their faintly burning lives not blow them out. The Lord is with them in their weakness to bring them under his...
It has been our practice at Grace Community Church to begin each year with a season of prayer we call, “Devoted to Prayer.” The Bible tells us to be constant in prayer, to pray without ceasing (Romans 12:12, I Thessalonians 4:17). Our January prayer emphasis is not...
The Lord is communicating to his people that the captivity they are experiencing in no way threatens the reality of his sovereignty or their election. He will strengthen, help, and uphold them. For this reason, they are not to fear. This message for Judah in...
Somewhere along the way in ministry, I heard (or interpreted something that was said to mean) that preachers shouldn’t preach things that aren’t real in their own lives. My guess is that the point of whatever was said is that preachers should be striving to...
