Delight in Grace

What beautiful freedom and relationship there is in walking with Jesus! It stands unique from every religion and moralistic code of living. Maybe you are asking what it looks like to walk with Him or why those who follow Him sometimes lose sight of the freedom and joy Jesus offers. In this message, Rich answers these questions for us from Galatians 5:7-12. May God root out obstacles in our thinking that keep us from walking in the truth of the gospel. Let’s listen in.

Galatians 5:5-6 says 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.What is this hope we eagerly await? Does performance lose all its value in Christ? And how does faith express itself through love? Let’s listen as Pastor Rich answers these questions in today’s message.

If your ticket to heaven lies in what you do or don’t do, you aren’t following Christ but moralism. What is moralism and how is it different from Christianity? Pastor Rich answers this question from our passage today in Galatians 5:2-4. Find out how our new life in Christ, in all its beauty and goodness, shines brightly against the sham of moralism. Let’s listen in.This message titled The Advantage of Christ was preached on July 20, 2025 at GBC in Winston Salem. We hope it has been a blessing to you! Join us for more messages in the Galatians series Our Freedom in Christ Mondays here at www.delightingrace.com

Galatians 5:1 tells us that it is for freedom Christ has set us free. Paul continues with a warning, “stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery.” We are no longer slaves burdened under obligation to a code, but sons and daughters, walking with our perfect hero, our Father, in a loving apprenticeship to become like Him. What a beautiful picture! Listen with us as Pastor Rich unpacks Galatians 5:1.This message titled Stand Firm in Freedom was first preached on July 13, 2025 at Grace Bible Church in Winston Salem. It is from our Galatians series titled Our Freedom in Christ. Look out for the next message Mondays here at www.delightingrace.com

God is doing great things in the heart of a Christian faithfully submitted to the Savior. Phil. 2:13 tells us that it is God who works in us, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. As followers of Jesus, our fruit-filled life comes as the upshot of walking with and treasuring God. In Galatians 4:21-31, Paul continues to draw a clear line between religion that simply follows rules and a flourishing life in Christ. Just like the Galatians, our default setting today is to base God’s acceptance and our spiritual status on our performance. How then do we flourish in Christ? Does God not give believers clear instruction to obey and follow? What does it look like to walk with God instead of just following rules? Let’s listen to this message from Galatians 4:21-31

The Galatian church had slipped back into old patterns- tying itself to moral codes and practices instead of the transformative grace of Jesus. In Galatians 4:12-20, Paul calls to them as a loving parent reaching out to a wayward child. He lovingly and truthfully reprimands them, calling them to the freedom and transformative work of Christ that was once precious to them. Let’s listen in.

Galatians 4:8-11 God has called His people out of the pagan system controlled by fear and into the intimate, loving relationship a child has with a good Father. Those in Christ are the objects of God’s loving concern. In Galatians 4:9, Paul asks believers how they could turn back to the rituals and regulations that once held them under, a system that was never able to redeem, transform, or give hope. Our text today is Galatians 4:8-11. Let’s listen in.

In Galatians 4:1-7, Paul illustrates how Christ’s redeeming work brings us out from under the law. He contrasts the status and role of a child in ancient Roman law to that of an heir coming of age. Christ has made us heirs. Because of the Spirit Jesus places within His people, our hearts love and long to please the Father, eliminating a reliance on a moral code. What a deep love and trust we can have in such communion with God through His Spirit! We now follow the heart of our Father instead of a mere list of rules. Let’s listen in.

In Galatians 3:23-29, Paul portrays the law as our necessary guardian for a time, meant to protect and discipline, to define and expose sin. But Christ came so that we could experience the beautiful adoption into the family of God- what freedom and privilege. The law was meant to lead us to the foot of the cross, and there we find the love and freedom that a father has for his child. What a joy to be transformed by such a relationship with our God!

The law shows us all too clearly the fallen nature of man. We cannot keep even the most basic law that is written on every man’s conscience. We stand condemned and cursed. But God. Thankfully, the hero of the story comes to bear the full condemnation and curse on our behalf- He is Jesus the Christ. Isaiah 53 tells us he would be crushed for our iniquities. We no longer have to be under the law, but can entrust ourselves to our Lord Jesus, living in faith, surrendering to His work of transformation in us. What a beautiful treasure we’ve been given! Listen as Pastor Rich shares from Galatians 3:10-14

The law shows us all too clearly the fallen nature of man. We cannot keep even the most basic law that is written on every man’s conscience. We stand condemned and cursed. But God. Thankfully, the hero of the story comes to bear the full condemnation and curse on our behalf- He is Jesus the Christ. Isaiah 53 tells us he would be crushed for our iniquities. We no longer have to be under the law, but can entrust ourselves to our Lord Jesus, living in faith, surrendering to His work of transformation in us. What a beautiful treasure we’ve been given! Listen as Pastor Rich shares from Galatians 3:10-14

In Genesis 12, God promised Abraham that through his line, all the nations would be blessed. God was already pointing to the Messiah He would send, not just for the Jews, but for anyone who would believe on Him. In Christ, we are invited into the beautiful family of faith. As he works through Galatians 3:7-9, Pastor Rich shares the identity, security, and purpose we find in Christ. Let’s listen in.

Imagine a prisoner, released from his sentence and its legal demands, but choosing to live out that free life carrying the heavy chains of former bondage. In today’s passage, Paul confronts the church of Galatia for putting themselves under the bondage of the law, basing their favor with God on their performance instead of the work of Jesus. So what does it look like to live for Christ through His power and not our own? Let’s listen in as Pastor Rich unpacks Galatians 3:1-6.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. That’s Galatians 2:20. Christ living in me- that is the power and the point of the Gospel. Entrusting ourselves to Jesus is not a prayer we pray to be free from hell. No. It is a whole new life, becoming a whole new creature. Pastor Rich works through Galatians 2:20-21 to hash out what it means for the Christian to have God working in him, to give the power to desire and work out His good purpose. Let’s listen in.

The perfect Christ became sin so that we might become the righteousness of God. Those who trust in Christ receive His righteousness. Are we then already righteous? Does Christ save us so that we will spend our lives working to be righteous? How do works and faith come together? Pastor Rich delves into these questions, working through Galatians 2:15-19. Let’s listen in.

In Galatians 2:11-14, Paul recounts a confrontation with Peter, who withdrew from eating with Gentiles after certain Jews arrived on the scene. Paul knew this wasn’t just hypocritical, but failed to keep in step with the truth of the gospel. Peter’s actions were damaging to the gospel message! In today’s message, Pastor Rich shows how Peter’s actions communicated a false gospel and how that same false gospel traps many Christians today. Let’s listen in.

In today’s message from Galatians 2:6-10, Pastor Rich draws out 7 principles of gospel ministry, so that every part of the body of Christ would be equipped to live out Christ’s mission. We are all called to ministry if we are in Christ- all called to steward our gifts and resources for His glory.7 Principles of Gospel MinistryPrinciple one. It is a STEWARDSHIP from God.Principle two. We all have EQUAL STANDING in His grace.Principle three. There is ONE gospel AFFIRMED in COMMUNITY.Principle four. Gospel ministry must be CONTEXTUALIZED.Principle five. You are an INSTRUMENT the REDEEMER'S HANDS.Principle six. Ministrty must be with ACCOUNTABILITY.Principle seven. Gospel ministry is to SERVE not BE SERVED.

How easy it is to replace the rich, transformative relationship with Jesus with a checklist theology of do’s and don’ts. In Galatians 2, Paul has much to say about the freedom we have in Christ and the dangerous tendency to make the law the avenue to find favor with God. It is not the gospel. It is not what Jesus has bought for us. See, spirituality is not measured quantifiably. While man tends to look at outward, measurable performance, God sees to the heart and whether it has been covered by His Son’s righteousness, transformed by His Spirit’s work. Let’s listen in.

In Galatians 1:13-17, Paul gives a testimony of the radical change that took place in His life after His encounter with Jesus. Paul went from violently persecuting the Church to spreading the gospel message at his own peril, all because He met the Messiah. Pastor Rich shares the portrait of grace found in Paul’s conversion, with profound reminders for us today. Let’s listen in.Ourto: Thank you for joining us for this message titled Called by Grace, which was first preached on March 9th, 2025. It’s part of our Galatians series, Our Freedom in Christ, airing weekly on Mondays right here at www.delightingrace.com

Galatians 1:11-12 The Revelation of Jesus ChristWe can learn much from creation, but without the Creator’s self-disclosure, we would be blind- blind to who we are, blind to who God is. 2 Corinthians 4:6 tells us:God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.God has shown Himself through His Word and through the person of Jesus Christ. In Galatians 1:11-12, Paul argues the trustworthy authority of the gospel of grace. Let’s listen to this message titled The Revelation of Jesus Christ.

Isn’t it interesting how much we love systems? We want the five steps to a cleaner home, a more well-behaved child, a better life. We want to know what we have to do. But what happens when we let that love creep into the bedrock of our faith in Christ? It is ever so easy to do. The apostle Paul recognized it in the church in Galatia. In chapter 1 verses 6-10 Paul calls the people out for exchanging the gospel for another gospel- one based in a moral code. Many religions are built on systems of moral code, a list of things to do and not to do. But not Christianity. Christianity is not based in a system, but in a person- the person of Jesus Christ, our beloved Savior. Everything within our Christian walk flows out from that relationship with Him. Let’s listen to this message titled The Exclusivity of the Gospel, first preached at Grace Bible Church in Winston Salem on February 23, 2025.

Welcome to the Delight in Grace Podcast! Today kicks off a study of the New Testament letter, Galatians, titled "Our Freedom in Christ." Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection rocked the Jewish world, bringing many to devote themselves fully to their Messiah. Jesus’ disciples gave themselves to spreading His message to their fellow Jews, but when God revealed to Peter that Jesus was for all mankind, the early church had some questions to work through. How did the New Covenant fit with the Law? Should those who believed in Jesus become Jews? How should Christian Jews interact with Christian Gentiles? While few of us listening are Jews, the root of these questions is pertinent to the Church today. Paul’s letter to the Galatians breaks down and clarifies these issues in light of Christ’s great work, both in saving and sanctifying His people. In this message, Pastor Rich introduces the series to us from Galatians 1:1-5. Thanks for joining us here. Let’s listen in.Welcome to our first podcast in the new series "Galatians."

Delight in Grace is moving from the radio broadcast to our podcast for 2026. We hope you will continue to listen with us there at www.delightingrace.com. Our upcoming series starting in January is titled “Our Freedom in Christ” from the book of Galatians. Join us January 1st at www.delightingrace.com

We have reached the final message in our Deuteronomy Series titled “It is Because the Lord Loves You.” At the beginning of the new year, Delight in Grace will move from the radio broadcast to a podcast. We invite you to continue listening with us at our podcast: www.delightingrace.com. In today’s message titled Moses, Whom the Lord Knew Face to Face, Pastor Rich looks at the narrative of Moses’ death in Deuteronomy Ch. 34. It is a chapter full of insight for us on leadership and running a faithful race for the Lord. Let’s listen in.

We have reached the final message in our Deuteronomy Series titled “It is Because the Lord Loves You.” At the beginning of the new year, Delight in Grace will move from the radio broadcast to a podcast. We invite you to continue listening with us at our podcast: www.delightingrace.com. In today’s message titled Moses, Whom the Lord Knew Face to Face, Pastor Rich looks at the narrative of Moses’ death in Deuteronomy Ch. 34. It is a chapter full of insight for us on leadership and running a faithful race for the Lord. Let’s listen in.

We have reached the final message in our Deuteronomy Series titled “It is Because the Lord Loves You.” At the beginning of the new year, Delight in Grace will move from the radio broadcast to a podcast. We invite you to continue listening with us at our podcast: www.delightingrace.com. In today’s message titled Moses, Whom the Lord Knew Face to Face, Pastor Rich looks at the narrative of Moses’ death in Deuteronomy Ch. 34. It is a chapter full of insight for us on leadership and running a faithful race for the Lord. Let’s listen in.

In Deuteronomy 33, Moses gives the people his final words before his death. These are departing words full of blessings and encouragement. Though Moses will not lead them into the Promised Land, the Great Warrior Protector and Provider, Jehovah God, has been their leader all along, and He will go before them. In this message titled “Who is Like You, A People Saved by the Lord?” Pastor Rich breaks Moses’ blessings on the people into five categories, each of which has a clear parallel in the New Testament. These New Testament blessings are not for Israel alone, but for any who has entrusted himself to Jesus, the Savior. Let’s listen in.

In Deuteronomy 33, Moses gives the people his final words before his death. These are departing words full of blessings and encouragement. Though Moses will not lead them into the Promised Land, the Great Warrior Protector and Provider, Jehovah God, has been their leader all along, and He will go before them. In this message titled “Who is Like You, A People Saved by the Lord?” Pastor Rich breaks Moses’ blessings on the people into five categories, each of which has a clear parallel in the New Testament. These New Testament blessings are not for Israel alone, but for any who has entrusted himself to Jesus, the Savior. Let’s listen in.

In Deuteronomy 33, Moses gives the people his final words before his death. These are departing words full of blessings and encouragement. Though Moses will not lead them into the Promised Land, the Great Warrior Protector and Provider, Jehovah God, has been their leader all along, and He will go before them. In this message titled “Who is Like You, A People Saved by the Lord?” Pastor Rich breaks Moses’ blessings on the people into five categories, each of which has a clear parallel in the New Testament. These New Testament blessings are not for Israel alone, but for any who has entrusted himself to Jesus, the Savior. Let’s listen in.

In Deuteronomy 33, Moses gives the people his final words before his death. These are departing words full of blessings and encouragement. Though Moses will not lead them into the Promised Land, the Great Warrior Protector and Provider, Jehovah God, has been their leader all along, and He will go before them. In this message titled “Who is Like You, A People Saved by the Lord?” Pastor Rich breaks Moses’ blessings on the people into five categories, each of which has a clear parallel in the New Testament. These New Testament blessings are not for Israel alone, but for any who has entrusted himself to Jesus, the Savior. Let’s listen in.

Deuteronomy 32 describes, not only the story of Israel, but mankind throughout all time: A loving God, seeking to pour out life and love on man, a people who become enamored with God’s gifts over God Himself, the disaster and emptiness man opens himself up to, again and again. Do we want God’s stuff…without Him? Do we allow His good gifts to become idols? Thankfully, God doesn’t leave mankind in the vicious cycle, but provides Christ, whose Spirit can give us a heart of flesh in the place of the heart of stone. May God’s great work through His Word and Christ’s Spirit grow us to love Him above all else. Let’s listen to this message titled, “Ascribe Greatness to our God.”

Deuteronomy 32 describes, not only the story of Israel, but mankind throughout all time: A loving God, seeking to pour out life and love on man, a people who become enamored with God’s gifts over God Himself, the disaster and emptiness man opens himself up to, again and again. Do we want God’s stuff…without Him? Do we allow His good gifts to become idols? Thankfully, God doesn’t leave mankind in the vicious cycle, but provides Christ, whose Spirit can give us a heart of flesh in the place of the heart of stone. May God’s great work through His Word and Christ’s Spirit grow us to love Him above all else. Let’s listen to this message titled, “Ascribe Greatness to our God.”

Deuteronomy 32 describes, not only the story of Israel, but mankind throughout all time: A loving God, seeking to pour out life and love on man, a people who become enamored with God’s gifts over God Himself, the disaster and emptiness man opens himself up to, again and again. Do we want God’s stuff…without Him? Do we allow His good gifts to become idols? Thankfully, God doesn’t leave mankind in the vicious cycle, but provides Christ, whose Spirit can give us a heart of flesh in the place of the heart of stone. May God’s great work through His Word and Christ’s Spirit grow us to love Him above all else. Let’s listen to this message titled, “Ascribe Greatness to our God.”

Deuteronomy 32 describes, not only the story of Israel, but mankind throughout all time: A loving God, seeking to pour out life and love on man, a people who become enamored with God’s gifts over God Himself, the disaster and emptiness man opens himself up to, again and again. Do we want God’s stuff…without Him? Do we allow His good gifts to become idols? Thankfully, God doesn’t leave mankind in the vicious cycle, but provides Christ, whose Spirit can give us a heart of flesh in the place of the heart of stone. May God’s great work through His Word and Christ’s Spirit grow us to love Him above all else. Let’s listen to this message titled, “Ascribe Greatness to our God.”

The old hymn rings out…”Prone to wander. Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” Oh how easily our hearts can stray from the One for whom they beat! In Deuteronomy 31, God reiterates the tendency and the danger of heart that drifts from Him. Today, Pastor Rich unpacks the text, leaving us with 5 habits to prevent us from drifting in this message titled It is the Lord who Goes Before You.

The old hymn rings out…”Prone to wander. Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” Oh how easily our hearts can stray from the One for whom they beat! In Deuteronomy 31, God reiterates the tendency and the danger of heart that drifts from Him. Today, Pastor Rich unpacks the text, leaving us with 5 habits to prevent us from drifting in this message titled It is the Lord who Goes Before You.

The old hymn rings out…”Prone to wander. Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” Oh how easily our hearts can stray from the One for whom they beat! In Deuteronomy 31, God reiterates the tendency and the danger of heart that drifts from Him. Today, Pastor Rich unpacks the text, leaving us with 5 habits to prevent us from drifting in this message titled It is the Lord who Goes Before You.

The old hymn rings out…”Prone to wander. Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” Oh how easily our hearts can stray from the One for whom they beat! In Deuteronomy 31, God reiterates the tendency and the danger of heart that drifts from Him. Today, Pastor Rich unpacks the text, leaving us with 5 habits to prevent us from drifting in this message titled It is the Lord who Goes Before You.

What does God mean in Deuteronomy 30 when He says the Lord will circumcise the hearts of His people?  What is the difference between a circumcised and an uncircumcised heart?  Today, Pastor Rich investigates the text with us to answer these questions and to challenge us to choose life.  What is it to choose life?  John 17:3 tells us that knowing God is life.

What does God mean in Deuteronomy 30 when He says the Lord will circumcise the hearts of His people?  What is the difference between a circumcised and an uncircumcised heart?  Today, Pastor Rich investigates the text with us to answer these questions and to challenge us to choose life.  What is it to choose life?  John 17:3 tells us that knowing God is life.

What does God mean in Deuteronomy 30 when He says the Lord will circumcise the hearts of His people?  What is the difference between a circumcised and an uncircumcised heart?  Today, Pastor Rich investigates the text with us to answer these questions and to challenge us to choose life.  What is it to choose life?  John 17:3 tells us that knowing God is life.

In Deuteronomy 29, the children of Israel stand on the cusp of a new life in the Promised Land. So near to the completion of this 40 year journey, God calls on them to look back, to see His faithful provision and protection. He wanted them to see that they had not reached this place in their own strength, but because of His loving purpose. He is the whole point. If they walk forward into their future without a heart for Him, they will find emptiness and disaster on their doorstep. May the Lord challenge our hearts to remember in this message titled “The Things that are Revealed Belong to Us”

He wanted them to see that they had not reached this place in their own strength, but because of His loving purpose. He is the whole point.

In Deuteronomy 29, the children of Israel stand on the cusp of a new life in the Promised Land. So near to the completion of this 40 year journey, God calls on them to look back, to see His faithful provision and protection.

In Deuteronomy 29, the children of Israel stand on the cusp of a new life in the Promised Land. So near to the completion of this 40 year journey, God calls on them to look back, to see His faithful provision and protection. He wanted them to see that they had not reached this place in their own strength, but because of His loving purpose. He is the whole point. If they walk forward into their future without a heart for Him, they will find emptiness and disaster on their doorstep. May the Lord challenge our hearts to remember in this message titled “The Things that are Revealed Belong to Us”

P.T. Forsyth said that “It is the first duty of every man to find, not his freedom, but his master.” We all serve. The question is who will we choose to serve? In Deuteronomy 28, God presents the people with two choices. To follow and serve the Lord their God and find life and peace or to find their master in something else, in which death and misery would find them. Let’s listen as Pastor Rich unpacks the Mosaic Covenant in this message titled “I have set before you today life and good, death and evil”

P.T. Forsyth said that “It is the first duty of every man to find, not his freedom, but his master.” We all serve. The question is who will we choose to serve? In Deuteronomy 28, God presents the people with two choices. To follow and serve the Lord their God and find life and peace or to find their master in something else, in which death and misery would find them. Let’s listen as Pastor Rich unpacks the Mosaic Covenant in this message titled “I have set before you today life and good, death and evil”

P.T. Forsyth said that “It is the first duty of every man to find, not his freedom, but his master.” We all serve. The question is who will we choose to serve? In Deuteronomy 28, God presents the people with two choices. To follow and serve the Lord their God and find life and peace or to find their master in something else, in which death and misery would find them. Let’s listen as Pastor Rich unpacks the Mosaic Covenant in this message titled “I have set before you today life and good, death and evil”

P.T. Forsyth said that “It is the first duty of every man to find, not his freedom, but his master.” We all serve. The question is who will we choose to serve? In Deuteronomy 28, God presents the people with two choices. To follow and serve the Lord their God and find life and peace or to find their master in something else, in which death and misery would find them. Let’s listen as Pastor Rich unpacks the Mosaic Covenant in this message titled “I have set before you today life and good, death and evil”

God places His law on the hearts of His people, and to an extent, in the heart of every man. His way gives life, protects, and grows all that is good in mankind. Sin is self-destructive. It destroys, separates, and distorts. In Deuteronomy 27, God reinforces the importance of following His way, commanding the priests to call out those things which bring curse on His people. Through the lens of Christ’s action on our behalf, we see the great power we can have to overcome sin and the grace and blessing He gives us through His substitutionary work. Let’s listen to this message titled The Choice of Life or Death: You have become the People of the Lord