Grace Community Church Memphis Podcasts

Solomon, the author of Ecclesiastes, poetically and authentically exposes the problem of our quest for satisfaction in a broken world apart from God.

On the first Sunday of Advent, we look at this passage to see that Jesus came to fulfill the Sabbath and give to us the deep rest for which we were made.

Jesus answers his critics by affirming the threatening reality of evil, the dangers of self-attempts to master evil, and His certain victory over evil.

In this story that Jesus told to his disciples, he instructs us in how we are to pray and why we are to pray

Jesus tells three would be followers what it will mean to really follow him. You must count the cost. You must sense the urgency of the call. And you must drop your conditions.

Jesus uses this parable to compare the Word to a light. A light that divides, a light that exposes, and a light that reveals.

Visiting minister, Rev. Les Newsom, expounds this passage about Saul's conversion and makes application of the gospel to our lives.

Visiting minister, Mr. Daniel Stanphill expounds this passage in Luke's gospel about the calling of the disciples.

Jesus tells a story about a farmer sowing his seed. The seed in the story, Jesus tells us is a metaphor for the Word of God. In this story, Jesus tells us that the Word is a seed, this seed is powerful, and this seed demands a response.

In this story, we see the power of grace to liberate us, move us to love, and radically change us from the inside-out.

In the conclusion of Jesus' sermon, Jesus tells several stories that diagnose our critical, judgmental attitudes and our desire to hide from others and even ourselves, and then Jesus shows us how we can find freedom to stop hiding and judging by building our lives on a solid foundation.

After Jesus' resurrection, we meet disciples who are frozen in the darkness of their despair, whose hearts begin to burn in the light as Jesus unfolds the Scriptures, and who, upon hearing the good news, are moved into mission.

What you can expect when you experience the real God is to be confronted with God's Beauty, your brokenness, and God's Grace and Mission.

In this Psalm, the Psalmist takes us into the question we face in our pain, the silence in pain, and the answer to our pain that comes through pain.

The story of David and Goliath teaches us that we need a champion greater than David.

Gideon's story is a story of the necessity of weakness, the encouragement God gives in weakness, and the deliverance God brings through weakness.

The story of Gideon facing his brokenness, overwhelmed by grace, and finding a new master.

Leviticus 1:1-17:Leviticus chapter 1 contains the manual for the burnt offering in the Old Testament. Through the ceremony and action, we learn the presence for which we are made, the Holiness that God demands, and the aroma that pleases Him.