TRC Chattanooga Podcast

How does the word of God come to be in our hearts? According to God, it comes through regular, ritual repetition, just as he commanded the Israelites through Moses all those millennia ago. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation of TRC Chattanooga from Deuteronomy 6:6-7.

The world doesn’t know much about love. They like to use the word, but they don’t know what it means. But our Lord commands us to love one another as he has loved us! So we can’t love based on the world’s corrupted standard, and we can’t even rely on our own Christian standard. How can we learn from the life and ministry of Jesus Christ how we are out to love one another? And how is God glorified by us doing so? Listen as Elder Wes Keene preaches this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

Sometimes we manage to do a right and godly thing, but upon further inspection of our own motivations, discover that they were impure. That’s the situation Zechariah found himself in when someone asked whether they should continue fasting. The Lord questions whether that fasting was ever done for the Lord in the first place. So what should we do with good activities that may have been motivations? Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga, based on Zechariah 7:5-6.

Holidays are a great time to reflect upon God‘s mercy on our people in times past. But sometimes we abuse those holidays. That’s what the Jews did during the Feast of Dedication. But Jesus’ response to their hostile inquiry gives us tremendous comfort. Most people want an assurance of salvation. Let’s hear about what our Lord has to say. Listen as Elder Wes Keene preaches this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

We’re all in a heap of debt, and when we really start to consider how much debt we’re under, it seems pretty insurmountable. But Saint Paul tells us that our debt is not to the flesh but rather to God. How can we heed his admonishment? How should we live if we are not in debt to flesh? Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga based on Romans 8:12-13.

We all feel a loss of energy after high church holidays like Easter. In fact, the disciples struggled with this, too. Christians must overcome this lack of zeal in the weeks following Easter and resist the urge to just “get back to normal”.  Let’s see what we can learn from the accounts of Peter and the disciples, as well as Saul’s conversion, about how we are to proceed from here. Listen as Elder Wes Keene preaches this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga. 

Jesus suffered by being tempted, just like we do. But what does that mean? God brought humanity into the godhead. How does that help us? Christians have a lot of misunderstandings about the nature of the benefits we receive from Christ’s humanity. But there is real strength available for us in Christ. Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga based on Hebrews 2:18.

It is unfortunate that Thomas was not around the first time our Lord appeared to the disciples when they were locked behind closed doors for fear of the Jews. Perhaps if he had been there, he wouldn't enjoy such a dubious name in Christendom. But what other mistakes did Thomas make? Listen as Rev. David Beckmann preaches this week's sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

When Paul runs into a group of disciples in Ephesus who have not received Christian baptism, he's perplexed. Rightfully so! What can we learn from this account about the benefits of true Christian baptism? And how can we grow in our appreciation of our own baptism? Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation, based on Acts 19:3-4, at TRC Chattanooga.

The story of the empty tomb is something that all Christians know well. But the very first Christians didn't exactly know what to think on that first Sunday morning. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones teaches us from Luke 24 about the marvelous anticipation that was building in the lives of Jesus' followers as the women first hear from the two men who appeared to them and returned to tell the others.