TRC Chattanooga Podcast

Do you know, really know, that you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit? What does it mean that you are to be adopted by God, with a new birth certificate that says you were born in heaven? Romans 8 is one of the most beloved chapters in all of Scripture, and Paul opens it as the thanksgiving that answers the cry of Romans 7: Christ has come, and there is now no condemnation for those who are in him. The coming of Christ into the world changed everything - not just us, but all of creation, which groans until now. But best of all, the entire creation has been waiting for this moment, so that in the end when God's elect are raised from the dead at Christ's return, the whole world will be handed over to them to rule and reign as co-heirs with Christ Jesus our Lord. Listen as Pastor Glenn Jones walks through all of Romans 8 on the 17th Sunday of Trinity Season, September 27, 2026.

Have you ever assumed you already knew everyone God does - and doesn't - love? What if the nation you most feared and despised turned out to be the very people God was working to save? The story of Jonah is all too often regarded as a children's tale about a big fish, but in today's lesson we unpack it as something far weightier: God confronting the most powerful, most brutal empire on earth, and choosing to spare it. Along the way, we trace the typology running through Jonah - the fish, the plant, the worm, land and sea, Israel and the nations - and show how Nineveh's repentance, Assyria's later apostasy, and God's dealings with empires all point forward to Christ, "the greater Jonah," and to the church's calling to disciple the nations even now. Preached on the 16th Sunday of Trinity Season, September 20, 2026.

Jesus warns his disciples against unforgiveness. His warning is so strong that it is uncomfortable for many modern listeners to even hear. This comes in the very same passage as Christ's directions for church discipline, therefore we also consider how it relates and applies to discipleship in the Church. Listen as Pastor Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation from Matthew 18:35 to practice forgiveness among each other and to show true repentance and love to one another. Delivered on the 16th Sunday of Trinity Season, September 20, 2026.

Have you ever wondered about how sanctified you can be in the Christian life? Can you free yourself completely from sin? What about the Spirit of God living in you? What about obeying God's Law and putting to death your sin? Romans 7 is one of the most disputed passages among theologians regarding whether Paul is describing the present life of the Christian or not. And while that dispute is necessary, the most clarifying answer we can give is to tell others that Paul is actually trying to answer a different question. Rather than answering "What is it like to be a Christian?", Paul is answering the question, "Did Jesus coming into the world actual change life for God's people?" In other words, did Jesus dying and rising again actual change the world and how believers in the world live in it? Listen as Pastor Glenn Jones preaching on Romans 7 for the 15th Sunday of Trinity Season, September 13, 2026.

Have you ever felt the weight of warning someone you love, only to watch them walk away unmoved? Do you know the difference between being responsible for someone's soul and being responsible to warn it? In Ezekiel 33:1-11, God gives the prophet a sobering parable of the watchman on the wall — the one who sees the sword coming and must sound the trumpet, whether or not anyone listens. Pastor Kurt Settles walks through the word, the watchman, and the work: God's sovereignty over the rise and fall of nations, the charge given to every husband, pastor, and civil leader to watch and warn, and the freedom of a watchman who has faithfully declared the whole counsel of God, whatever the response. Preached on the 14th Sunday of Trinity Season, September 6, 2026.

Jesus gives the disciples instructions on corrective discipline within the congregation, which has historically been identified as a true mark of the Church. In these specific verses, Jesus calls all Christians individually to work to maintain genuine and unbroken relationships with one another, telling us that we much go to our brother if he sins against us so that repentance and restoration can be fully accomplished. Listen as Pastor Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation on practicing faithful Church Discipline among each other, fulfilling Christ's command in Matthew 18:15-16. Delivered on the 14th Sunday of Trinity Season, September 6, 2026.

When you think of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, do you think about your own death and resurrection? Do you ever look forward to the day you will never die again? Well, you should - every day, in fact - and that's exactly where Paul's letter takes us next. After the Apostle completed his Gospel presentation in Romans chapter 5, he chose to launch into a series of apologetic questions and answers against those who claimed the Gospel was license to sin and justification for breaking God's Law. Listen as Pastor Glenn Jones explains Paul's answers to those questions in Romans 6 and how we are to reckon ourselves as those who have already been raise from the dead. Preached on the 13th Sunday of Trinity Season, August 30, 2026.

In this lesson, we reach the end of Paul's Gospel presentation in Romans chapter 5 where Paul turns to his application of the Gospel in the life of the Christian. What is the fruit of the Gospel? Peace with God. And how is it possible that we can have peace with God? Because we have been reconciled to him in Christ Jesus and we are now friends of God, by grace alone. Listen as Pastor Glenn Jones preaches from Romans 5 on the 12th Sunday of Trinity Season, August 23, 2026.

God works through covenants. Jesus, in his earthly ministry, worked in light of God's covenant with Israel. This affected how and when Jesus went to those who were outside the covenant God had established in the Old Testament. In this lesson, we hear about a Canaanite woman coming to Jesus to beg for him to heal her demon possessed child and the response the Lord gave to her because of her faith. Listen as Elder Fred Thompson preaches from Matthew 15:21-28 on the 11th Sunday of Trinity Season, August 16, 2026.

This passage of Romans introduces the primary questions that the Apostle Paul will deal with over the next several chapters. Paul re-engages his Jewish opponent's objections and explains how their behavior and beliefs are completely out of accord with father Abraham whom they so deeply love and respect. Most importantly, Paul gives his audience a clear picture of the doctrine of Justification by explaining how God imputes the righteousness of Christ to our accounts. This is not a legal fiction, nor is it a new invention by Christians. This is how God has always operated throughout history with his saints. Listen as Pastor Glenn Jones preaches from Romans 3:27-4:25 on the 10th Sunday of Trinity Season, August 9, 2026.