Episode 28: Does Grace Give You Wiggle Room to Sin?

Episode 28: Does Grace Give You Wiggle Room to Sin?

Can you keep sinning just because grace covers it? In this episode of the Glorify & Grow podcast, Pastor Thomas Kulp of Horizon Church (Bosque Farms, New Mexico) walks through Romans 6 and Paul's piercing question: "Should we let sin increase so that grace can increase? Surely not." Using memorable, everyday analogies — speed limits and "death ray" traffic cameras, four-way stops, borrowed restaurant pens, and self-checkout mistakes — Pastor Thomas exposes the "wiggle room" theory so many of us live by: the habit of moving our own bull's-eye and justifying the sin we know we should surrender. You'll hear why grace already has you covered, what it means that we're no longer slaves to sin, and how a heart transformed by God slowly tightens that target until you're "splitting arrows." He also traces the story of the Law — from Adam's one command, to Moses and the Ten Commandments, to Jesus fulfilling the Law and writing it on our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Jeremiah's new covenant). This is a challenging, honest, and often funny call to stop excusing sin and start loving God enough to obey Him. 📖 Scripture focus: Romans 6 | Malachi 2:16 | Jeremiah 31 🙏 If something spoke to you, share it — you never know who needs to hear it. Connect with our community at Horizon Church. #GlorifyAndGrow #Romans6 #GraceAndSin #HorizonChurch #ThomasKulp #ChristianPodcast #BibleStudy #Faith #Grace #NewMexicoChurch

Episode 27: There's a Bounty on Your Head (And Jesus Paid It)

Ever heard the phrase "wanted dead or alive"? Out here in the old West of New Mexico, Pastor Thomas Kulp found a surprising picture of the Gospel hiding in those old bounty posters. In this episode, Thomas unpacks Paul's teaching on being dead to sin and alive in Christ through the lens of frontier justice, Billy the Kid, and the bounty hunters who worked the territory. There was a bounty on your head too, and Satan wanted to claim it, until Jesus stepped in to pay the price and make you a new person: dead to your old self, alive in grace. Along the way, Thomas gets honest about why the church doesn't talk enough about sin, and why the infighting between denominations is doing real damage to the witness of Christ. 🔔 Follow Glorify & Grow for weekly encouragement from Horizon Church in Bosque Farms, New Mexico. If something spoke to you, share it. You never know who might need to hear it. Connect with our community at Horizon Church online. #GlorifyAndGrow #DeadToSin #AliveInChrist #HorizonChurch #ChristianPodcast

Episode 26: What Does Sin Really Mean? Romans 6 and Missing the Mark

Is "good enough" actually good enough with God? The Greek word for sin means to miss the mark, and most of us have quietly widened the target. In this message from Romans 6, Pastor Thomas Kulp of Horizon Church unpacks what sin really means, why we hold a tight bull's eye for other people's sin and a wide one for our own, and what a declassified guided missile program taught one engineer about precision in the Christian life. Kicking off Freedom Month, this teaching sets up the difference between grace as a covering and grace as a goal. Glorify God by growing others in Christ. New episodes weekly from Horizon Church in Albuquerque, NM. #Romans6 #WhatIsSin #ChristianPodcast #BibleTeaching #HorizonChurch

Episode 25: Sin Is Only the Second Greatest Power in the World

Sin has always been only the second greatest power in the world. Pastor Thomas Kulp of Horizon Church unpacks that one statement and why it changes how Christians face guilt, temptation, and past mistakes. In this episode of Glorify & Grow, we dig into Romans 5 and what it means that sin entered through one man but was defeated through the second man, Jesus Christ. You'll hear why God's love comes before His grace and mercy, what to say to the "circumstantial Christian" whose faith rises and falls with life's ups and downs, and how a glassblower in Santa Fe became a picture of how God shapes His workmanship through the fire. Whether you're carrying guilt from decades ago or walking a friend through a dark season, this message is a reminder that love never fails, all means all, and it will get better. Connect with our community at Horizon Church in Bosque Farms, NM.

From Adam's One Sin to God's Endless Grace

Why did one command in the garden turn into ten, and then into hundreds of laws we still wrestle with today? In this episode of Glorify & Grow, Pastor Thomas Kulp of Horizon Church in Bosque Farms, New Mexico opens Romans 5 and walks through how sin entered the world through one man, Adam, and how the law didn't erase sin but revealed it. Pastor Thomas gets honest about the Ten Commandments and the ways we try to reinterpret them to fit our own lives, from "do not kill" to "honor your father and mother" to the one that convicts us all: do not covet. He tackles the pull of "I deserve, I want, I need," the discipline of actually learning Scripture instead of excusing ourselves, and what it looks like to live in this world without belonging to it. The good news at the center of it all: you don't have to earn your way through hundreds of rules. Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice, and where sin increased, grace increased all the more. If something in this message speaks to you, share it. You never know who needs to hear it. Connect with our community at Horizon Church online, and keep glorifying God and keep growing.