Deep Dive Philippians: You Can Master Religion And Still Miss Jesus

Biblical Talks Encouraging Word for the Week, with Rachel Tolliver: God’s Truth, Not Ours

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2023978/fan_mail/new]  Biblical Talks Encouraging Word for the Week, I am Rachel Tolliver,  The Bible ain’t a scavenger hunt for truth—it’s a summons to hear it. Not your truth. Not my truth. God’s truth. From Genesis to Revelation, it’s one holy declaration: that the God who knows Himself, knows us, and knows the mess we’re in, has crafted a plan—not a patch job, not a suggestion, but a divine strategy—to snatch men and women out of failure, out of sin, and make them citizens of the Kingdom. Not just citizens—but worthy citizens. This ain’t man’s idea. This is God’s plan. And when God plans, it stands!” For more encouraging, words please go to biblicaltalks.com or listen to biblical talks podcast on your favorite media app  Support the show [https://biblicaltalks.com/donate/biblicaltalks.com] Have a blessed day, and thanks for listening! Visit my website to learn more at https://www.biblicaltalks.com [https://www.biblicaltalks.com/]

Sermon of the Week: Pastor Billy McKillop: Set Apart by Grace

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2023978/fan_mail/new] Paul’s conversion story in Galatians 1:11–24 teaches us something powerful about identity—you’ve got to know the Source you’re drawing from. Paul declares that the gospel he preached didn’t come from human classrooms, human approval, or human imagination. It came straight from Jesus Christ Himself. Before Christ arrested his life, Paul was caught in the grind of religious performance—climbing ladders, chasing titles, measuring his worth by his résumé. His identity was built on achievement, comparison, and competition. But Jesus lived another way. Jesus walked in perfect union with the Father. He never hustled for identity. He never performed for approval. He never let accomplishments define Him. And here’s the good news: through Christ’s finished work on the cross, we get to step out of the exhausting cycle of self-promotion and step into the rest of God’s approval. Our worth is no longer tied to what we do, but to what Christ has already done. When we root our identity in Him, we stop striving for validation and start living from the security of His grace.   Each month, Elder Tolliver offers a spiritually encouraging book to help you in your walk with Christ for any size donation. Please go to biblicaltalks.com website to take advantage of this opportunity.  Support the show [https://biblicaltalks.com/donate/biblicaltalks.com] Have a blessed day, and thanks for listening! Visit my website to learn more at https://www.biblicaltalks.com [https://www.biblicaltalks.com/]

A Spotlight on the Scriptures: Psalms 107:1-3: Redemption Today, Coronation Tomorrow

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2023978/fan_mail/new] This is a Spotlight on the Scriptures: Psalms 107:1-3 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.  A Psalm of Redemption and a Promise Yet to Come This psalm is a holy summons—a call to the redeemed to lift their voices in thanksgiving. Why? Because the Lord, in His mercy, brought His people out of Babylonian bondage and began to gather them back into the land. That was grace. That was deliverance. But hear me now: that regathering was only a preview, not the premiere. It was partial, not permanent. The full fulfillment is still on the horizon. It will come when the Messiah steps into His millennial reign—when the King of kings sits on David’s throne and gathers His people from every corner of the earth. That’s not just restoration—that’s coronation. That’s not just return—that’s reign. So yes, we thank Him for what He’s done. But we also praise Him for what He’s promised. Because the same God who brought them out will one day bring them all the way in. And when He does, every exile will be home, every tear will be dried, and every knee will bow before the One who redeems and reigns. This is a Spotlight on the Scriptures  Support the show [https://biblicaltalks.com/donate/biblicaltalks.com] Have a blessed day, and thanks for listening! Visit my website to learn more at https://www.biblicaltalks.com [https://www.biblicaltalks.com/]

Deep Dive Philippians: You Can Master Religion And Still Miss Jesus

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2023978/fan_mail/new] Philippians 3:10-11: that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Someone once said, “One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve.” And saints, that danger is real in the Christian life. It is easy—far too easy—to get distracted, to get busy, to get religious, and yet forget the very thing we’re supposed to be aiming at. So, what is the goal of the Christian life? Paul answers it with beautiful simplicity: The goal of the Christian life is to know Christ and to be like Him. That’s it. That’s the target. That’s the aim. That’s the bull’s-eye. Christianity is not a ladder of rules we climb to reach heaven. It is not rituals, routines, or religious performances. Christianity is a living, growing, personal relationship with the risen Lord Jesus Christ—a relationship that transforms us into His likeness. Our goal is to know Him. And our goal is to become like Him. And saints, hear me well: our goal is to know Him—and to make Him known.   Each month, Elder Tolliver offers a spiritually encouraging book to help you in your walk with Christ for any size donation. Please go to biblicaltalks.com website to take advantage of this opportunity.  Support the show [https://biblicaltalks.com/donate/biblicaltalks.com] Have a blessed day, and thanks for listening! Visit my website to learn more at https://www.biblicaltalks.com [https://www.biblicaltalks.com/]

Biblical Talks Encouraging Word for the Week, with Rachel Tolliver: Grace, Not Grind

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2023978/fan_mail/new] Biblical Talks Encouraging Word for the Week, I am Rachel Tolliver,  “The problem ain’t just sin—it’s that sin demands a solution man can’t supply. You can’t work it off, pray it away, or dress it up. Sin is a debt too deep, a stain too strong, a chain too tight. And that’s why grace had to step in! Ephesians 2:8-9 declares it loud and clear: ‘For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God—not of works, lest any man should boast.’ So stop trying to earn what only heaven can give. Grace is not a reward—it’s a rescue!” For more encouraging, words please go to biblicaltalks.com or listen to biblical talks podcast on your favorite media app  Support the show [https://biblicaltalks.com/donate/biblicaltalks.com] Have a blessed day, and thanks for listening! Visit my website to learn more at https://www.biblicaltalks.com [https://www.biblicaltalks.com/]