Taught by Grace
by Noah Hooper
Taught by Grace is a podcast set upon descending into the mine of the Bible to pull out the gold within the pages of Scripture so that Christians may know how to live by God's grace and for His glory. Yes, I know. This is *another* Christian podcast. So what can you expect from Taught by Grace that may cause you to tune in?- Weekly episodes studying a passage of Scripture - Addressing modern issues from a Biblical worldview- Occasional interviews about topics concerning the Christian lifeJoin me, Noah Hooper, as we look at these matters on the Taught by Grace podcast!
Episodes
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212 | He is Worthy | Revelation 4-5
In Revelation 2-3, the church looks the opposite of worthy. Often having serious sin, spiritual problems, religious persecution, and the rest, the church looks totally unimpressive. But in Revelation 4-5, the worthy one comes to the forefront, Jesus steps forward to be seen as the only one who is...
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211 | The Sin of Spiritual Apathy | Revelation 3:14-22
What kind of sin disgusts Jesus? He is certainly appalled by sexual sin, religious idolatry, and worldly compromise, but in the seven letters to the churches of Revelation, his harshest words are reserved for lukewarm Laodicea. In this letter to Laodicea, Jesus calls them and us out of spiritual...
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210 | The Faithful Church | Revelation 3:7-13
The church at Philadelphia didn't look like much financially, numerically, or physically, but they were viewed highest regard by Jesus for one reason - They were faithful to Him. Listen to this week's letter to the seven churches as Jesus reminds us of the necessity and value of faithfulness.
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209 | A Dead Church, Living Saints | Revelation 3:1-6
Jesus speaks to the church at Sardis unveiling that they are a dead church. They look alive and check a lot of boxes, but they are a largely spiritually dead and unregenerate group of people. However, even in this dead body, there are living saints. Jesus speaks some of the greatest words of...
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208 | The Corrupt Church | Revelation 2:18-29
Jesus speaks to the fourth church in Revelation - Thyatira. this was a church that had many good things going for it. They had love, service, and works, but that had one big problem. They had one big problem in the form of a person named Jezebel. A false teacher had slithered her way into the...
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207 | The Danger of Compromise | Revelation 2:12-17
The church at Pergamos was a good church in many ways. They had stayed faithful to Christ even though they were planted in Satan's backyard. They endured through persecution. They didn't deny Christ's name. However, the danger of compromise had crept into this church. Pergamos was allowing the...
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206 | Faithful unto Death | Revelation 2:8-11
Through this second letter, Jesus wants to show the church at Smyrna how they can persevere through suffering and persecution and be faithful unto death. Why should you stay faithful and true through suffering, affliction, and pain? There are four motivations for remaining faithful unto death in...
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205 | Leaving Your First Love | Revelation 2:1-7
What is a faithful Christian or church's greatest danger? It is living for Christ with doctrine and duty, but abandoning devotion. It is a treacherous place for any believer to know what to believe, what to do, and how to live, but without a heart that beats for and longs for Christ. This week…
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204 | A Vision of the Risen Christ | Revelation 1
This week, is the first of a couple of month series through the seven churches in Revelation. These are sermons first preached at Freedom Baptist Church and I hope they will be a benefit to a broader audience as well. In Revelation 2-3, Jesus speaks to seven churches. He commends them for genuine...
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203 - Forgiveness and Reconciliation (Part One): Genesis 44-45:15
Genesis 44 and 45 are the climactic point of the Joseph narrative in Genesis 37-50. Everything has been building to this point. From the betrayal to Potipher's to prison to the palace to now the brothers being in Egypt for food again . Eventually, there is going to be a beautiful reconciliation…
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202 - A Certain God in Uncertain Circumstances: Genesis 43
In Genesis 43, Jacob and his sons are forced into uncertainty as God leads them back to Egypt for food in the midst of the famine. We are going to enter into uncertainty with Jacob and his boys in chapter 43 and I want to show you two realities about this chapter: God will put you in Uncertain...
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201 - Guilt, Grief and Grace: Genesis 42
In chapter 42, we meet his father and brothers for the first time as a group since chapter 37. This chapter is the beginning of the story of forgiveness and reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. Those scoundrels and losers are going to be reconciled to the brother they wronged and…
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200 - Honoring God in Prosperity: Genesis 41:42-57
Joseph has been a tested man ever since we met him in Genesis 37 He’s passed every test so far. He did his best at Potipher’s house He ran from sin when Potipher’s wife tempted him He was faithful in prison He cared for the butler and baker He stayed faithful to God in the years of silence Joseph...
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199 - A Behind The Scenes God: Genesis 41:1-41
Joseph rises to power through seemingly ordinary circumstances here: The king has a dream The wise men can’t interpret the dream or don’t want to The butler finally remembers Joseph The guard brings Joseph from prison Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams Joseph suggests finding a wise man to put…
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198 - Are We There Yet?: Genesis 40
Are we there yet? Is the food ready yet? Is my package here yet? Has my coffee come out yet? Each of these questions have to do with something we all love to do - Waiting. In Genesis 40, Joseph is in the middle of the years of waiting. But it looks like the dam is about to burst as he interprets...
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197 - God is With Us: Genesis 39
How do you respond when life isn't going according to plan? Joseph's life wasn't at all going according to plan, but God was with him in it all and he glorified God in it all! In Genesis 39, the chapter is bookended with this statement - The Lord was with Joseph. The Lord was with Joseph at...
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196 - God at Rock Bottom: Genesis 38
Genesis 38 is the story of Judah’s family history. A seeming interruption in the story of Joseph. It is the story of how Judah had children and how his generations were preserved. Yet, this is not a pretty, nice family history. This is one of the ugliest and saddest chapters in the Bible. This...
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195: God's Plans Don't Look Like Ours: Genesis 37
Genesis 37 introduces us to Joseph with an action-packed drama filled with bitterness, envy, hatred, murderous intentions, and slavery. Joseph had dreams of exaltation as the beloved son of Jacob, but God's plans for Joseph didn't work out as Jospeh (or we) would have expected. Yet, all along the...
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194 - Run After Jesus in 2025: Hebrews 12:1-3
It’s a New Year. Today is the first Sunday in 2025. A new year typically means New Year's Resolutions. For some reason, when the calendar flips over to January 1st, everyone is ready to set goals, change their lives, and become different people! I want to call you to begin this year with the...
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193 - Believing and Following Jesus: Mark 1:14-20
What is Jesus ultimately after in your life? He wants you to believe in Him and follow Him. In Mark 1:14-20, Jesus comes preaching and calls his first disciples. By looking at this narrative, we see what the passion and mission of Jesus was and still is. He calls us to believe in Him with total...
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192 - Jesus, the Perfect Son and Savior: Mark 1:9-13
In Mark 1:9-13, we see Jesus presented as the perfect Son and Savior: In His Baptism, Jesus is affirmed by the Spirit and the Father to be the beloved Son of God In His Temptation, Jesus proves that He is sinless by triumphing over Satan in the wilderness
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191 - The Beginning of the Gospel: Mark 1:1-8
Mark is the quickest-moving, hardest-hitting of all of the Gospels. He doesn’t slow down to give a lot of detail most of the time. This book is what we are beginning to study this time in this week's episode. In this episode, we will see how this Gospel is about the good news of Jesus Christ. We...
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190 - What Christ's Intercession Accomplishes (Part Two): Hebrews 7:25
Hebrews 7:25 assures the believer by revealing that Jesus will save believers to the uttermost because of His present intercession. Jesus’ intercession matters because He is a better priest. He is a better priest because He was ordained priest by God after the order of Melchizedek.
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189 - What Christ's Intercession Accomplishes (Part One): Romans 8:34
Jesus Christ is presently, actively interceding for His people. In the last two episodes, we looked generally at Christ's present intercession for us. But what does His intercession accomplish? Two Biblical texts (Romans 8:34 and Hebrews 7:25) detail what His intercession accomplishes. This week,...
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188 - An Active Savior: On the Intercession of Christ
Jesus Christ is up to something right now by actively, presently interceding for believers. In this mini-series, we are examining a few various angles of this neglected, but life-giving reality of Christ’s intercession. This week, I want to wrap our arms around the big picture of this reality in…
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187: What is Jesus Doing Right Now?
How often do you hear about what Jesus is up to right now? How many sermons have you heard on the present intercession of Christ? How many books have you seen on the intercession of Christ? How many podcasts have you listened to on what He’s doing right now? Jesus is living, reigning…
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186 - The Only True King: Haggai 2:20-23
The book of Haggai ends, not with a word to the nation, leaders, or group as a whole, but with a message to one man - Zerubbabel. This message is about future triumph and future enthronement. God looks beyond the current temple construction project to the day when He will establish His throne and...
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185 - Sinning Hands and Repentant Hearts: Haggai 2:10-19
Sin contaminates everything we do. When we are not right with God, everything we do becomes contaminated and tinged by sin. There are consequences to our sin. The people were still working and sacrificing, but God couldn’t receive any of it because of their sins. If we live in known sin, the Lord...
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184 - God's Glory in Weakness: Haggai 2:1-9
About a month in rebuilding the temple, the people began comparing this new temple to Solomon’s temple. This new temple was not full of the beauty and splendor of Solomon’s temple. Their materials were less expensive. Their work was less glorious. They looked at the work of their hands and…
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183 - A Better Way to Live: Haggai 1:1-15
There are two ways we can live - in disobedience or in obedience. Haggai 1 shows how Israel was living in disobedience by not rebuilding the temple. By living this way, they discovered that life wasn't really satisfying. We will see in chapter one that to live in disobedience to God's Word is the...
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182 - Haggai: Consider Your Ways
Haggai is a little book tucked away toward the end of the Old Testament. If the pages are stuck together in your Bible, you may unknowingly skip right on by this book. Yet, this book has much to teach us about the glory of God and how His saints glorify Him. Over the next five weeks, we are going...
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181 - Concluding Remarks of Grace: Titus 3:12-15
Titus is like a three chapter IV pumping what it means to live by the grace of God for the glory of God into our spiritual veins. And now we come to these concluding verses and think, “Okay, everything else makes sense why I should care, but what impact can these four salutary verses teach me?”…
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180 - Emphasizing Good and Shunning Bad: Titus 3:8-11
We are marching toward the end of Paul’s letter to Titus and in the second to last section, Paul presses deeper into Titus' role as pastor. These four verses have a twofold purpose: Titus was to challenge God’s people to maintain good works and do everything necessary to guard against those…
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179 - Treat Unbelievers with Gospel Grace: Titus 3:3-7
Titus 3:1-7 describes how believers at to glorify God in an ungodly world. We are to be submissive to the government and kind to all men (1-2). Verses 3-7 answer the question of why? Titus 3:3-7 answers this question - Why should I treat unbelievers in the way verses 1-2 describe? Paul gives us…
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178 - Who are you looking at for the assurance of salvation?
Whenever someone talks about the assurance of salvation, it’s like having a blank final exam placed in front of us. If we get the true/false questions right and maybe hit the multiple choice ones, we can really know that we’re saved. If we look at ourselves, we will never be truly assured. We can...
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177 - A Faithful God, A Faithful Life: A Conversation with Curtis Haizlip (My Grandpa)
We often learn how to navigate this journey by hearing from those who are a few steps further on the journey than we are. In this week's conversation episode, I interview my grandpa to discuss how he has learned the faithfulness of God through his life. We take a journey through his life. From...
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176 - Living for God's Glory in an Ungodly World: Titus 3:1-2
How do we live like Christians in an ungodly society? Titus 3:1-2 is here to give us a pesky reminder of what it looks like. It looks like submission to the government, refusing to be furious, and showing gentleness to all men. It is living towards others knowing that you have tasted the kindness...
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175 - Christ's Work In Our Everyday Lives: Titus 2:14-15
The grace-taught life sputters to a stop unless it is centered on the finished and continued work of Christ. Do you want to stop being offended when someone looks at you the wrong way? Do you want to meditate on God’s Word day and night? Do you want to live in earnest hope for Christ’s return?...
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174 - Christ, the Curse, and the Cross
Sin, curse, and death. This was Adam’s problem and it’s our problem as well. Everything bad we see in the world is because of the curse because of sin. Because of sin, we are condemned before God and destined to eternity apart from Him in Hell. It’s bad here and it just gets worse. If the Bible...
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173 - Do You Anticipate Christ's Return? (and why you should): Titus 2:13
God's grace in Jesus teaches us to be healthy Christians in how we think, what we do, and who we are. To live this way, we must embrace the two-sided coin of Titus 2:11-15 - denying ungodliness and looking for Christ's return. We examined the first side last week. This week, we see how eagerly...
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172 - How Grace Appeared and What Grace Teaches: Titus 2:11-12
Titus 2:11-15 is the grounds and motivation of everything Paul has commanded and will command Titus to do in this letter. This is the high point of the letter. It is the center of it. It is what drives the entire letter. Grace has appeared to us in Jesus and because He has come to save us and...
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171 - The Beauty of the Church (Part Two): Titus 2:1-10
The beauty of the church is expressed by who God's people are and how they live. Titus 2:1-10 details how Christians can live counter-cultural lives that put God's beauty on display. This week, we finish our study of this text. We will see how young women, young men, pastors, and servants…
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170 - The Beauty of the Church (Part One): Titus 2:1-10
Even more than the composition of the church, the church is beautiful because of the way those in the church are to live. This week, we come to part one of our study in Titus 2:1-10. These verses are all about how every individual in the church is to live in accordance with God’s Word to show off...
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169 - The Story of Amazing Grace: Ephesians 2:1-10
(We will back in Titus next week, but this week, I wanted to remind you of God's amazing grace as seen in Ephesians 2:1-10). Every believer’s testimony of salvation is different. If you add names and faces to the story of God’s grace, the testimonies may be slightly or drastically different.…
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168 - The Danger of False Teaching: Titus 1:10-16
False teachers have existed in every age of the church. From those who deny the deity of Christ to those who deny the humanity of Christ. From those who add works to salvation and those who say the saved aren’t to do any work after salvation. From the first century to the middle ages to the 21st...
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167 - Pastor Material: Titus 1:5-9
We do similar things with the men we think should be pastoring and shepherding our churches. What makes someone “pastor-material?” When Paul told Titus to ordain certain men to be pastors, he didn’t give him a list of leadership skills or speaking qualifications. He didn’t emphasize eloquence or...
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166 - A Grace-Filled Greeting: Titus 1:1-4
Dear (insert whoever’s name here).... If we write a letter, that’s how we will begin our letters. Our greetings are not that extravagant. Even in emails, our greetings consist of - Good afternoon, hope you’re doing well or something of that nature. Our greetings are drastically different from the...
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165 - Titus: Healthy Churches and Healthy Christians
The book of Titus functions as a health report for pastors, Christians, and churches. Paul wrote this pastoral epistle to show Titus how to bring the churches in Crete from sickness to health. He showed him the kind of pastors that healthy churches have and the way that healthy churches live. The...
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164 - Gospel Rest for the New Year: Matthew 11:28-30
What if I told you that you don’t have to put the weight of the world on your shoulders? You don't have to live each day under the burden of hyper-productivity. You don't have to carry the weight of failing again, sinning again, and falling again. Instead, you can live each day resting in Jesus....
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163 - How to Celebrate Christmas: Luke 2:15-20
At the heart of celebrating Christmas, we must celebrate Jesus. What does that look like? Forget all of the other ways that you will celebrate Christmas over the next few days for a moment and ask - will I celebrate Christ? This text shows four ways that we should respond to the birth of Jesus....
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Taught by Grace is a podcast set upon descending into the mine of the Bible to pull out the gold within the pages of Scripture so that Christians may know how to live by God's grace and for His glory. Yes, I know. This is *another* Christian podcast. So what can you expect from Taught by Grace that may cause you to tune in?- Weekly episodes studying a passage of Scripture - Addressing modern issues from a Biblical worldview- Occasional interviews about topics concerning the Christian lifeJoin me, Noah Hooper, as we look at these matters on the Taught by Grace podcast!
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