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TRC Chattanooga Podcast
by Trinity Reformed Church Chattanooga
Trinity Reformed Church is a CREC church located in Chattanooga TN. We share all of Christ, for all of life, for all of Chattanooga. Listen to our exhortations and sermons and be fed by God’s word.
Episodes
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Homily - It’s All About Being Made in the Image of God
Whose image is on you? If Jesus had been asked whether it’s lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, what would you have said? In Matthew 22, the Pharisees and Herodians, two factions who agreed on nothing but their hatred of Jesus, set what they thought was the perfect trap: a yes-or-no question about a...
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Homily - Romans 9:30-10:21 - Stumbling Torwards The Goal
Have you ever prayed for a loved one who seems determined to run from Jesus? If God is sovereign in election, why pray at all? Last week we saw God’s purpose in election, and this week Paul shows us what to do with it: pray, preach, and keep believing. Paul explains how Israel, zealous for God…
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Homily - Romans 9:1-29 - God's Purpose in Election
Have you ever wished you could trade places with someone, if it meant their salvation? That’s exactly what Paul says in the opening of Romans 9 - a grief so great he could wish himself accursed for his unbelieving kinsmen. From there Paul turns to the hardest (and one of the most contested)...
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Homily - Romans 8:1-39 - What Then Shall We Say?
Do you know, really know, that you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit? What does it mean that you are to be adopted by God, with a new birth certificate that says you were born in heaven? Romans 8 is one of the most beloved chapters in all of Scripture, and Paul opens it as the thanksgiving...
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Homily - God Loved Nineveh
Have you ever assumed you already knew everyone God does - and doesn't - love? What if the nation you most feared and despised turned out to be the very people God was working to save? The story of Jonah is all too often regarded as a children's tale about a big fish, but in today's lesson we...
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Exhortation - Matthew 18:35
Jesus warns his disciples against unforgiveness. His warning is so strong that it is uncomfortable for many modern listeners to even hear. This comes in the very same passage as Christ's directions for church discipline, therefore we also consider how it relates and applies to discipleship in the...
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Homily - Romans 7:1-25 - Reminiscing About The Law
Have you ever wondered about how sanctified you can be in the Christian life? Can you free yourself completely from sin? What about the Spirit of God living in you? What about obeying God's Law and putting to death your sin? Romans 7 is one of the most disputed passages among theologians…
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Homily - A Watchman for the House of Israel
Have you ever felt the weight of warning someone you love, only to watch them walk away unmoved? Do you know the difference between being responsible for someone's soul and being responsible to warn it? In Ezekiel 33:1-11, God gives the prophet a sobering parable of the watchman on the wall — the...
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Exhortation - Matthew 18:15-16
Jesus gives the disciples instructions on corrective discipline within the congregation, which has historically been identified as a true mark of the Church. In these specific verses, Jesus calls all Christians individually to work to maintain genuine and unbroken relationships with one another,...
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Homily - Romans 6:1-23 - The Reckoning Of The Resurrection
When you think of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, do you think about your own death and resurrection? Do you ever look forward to the day you will never die again? Well, you should - every day, in fact - and that's exactly where Paul's letter takes us next. After the Apostle completed his Gospel...
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Homily - Romans 5:1-21 - The Appeal Of The Gospel
In this lesson, we reach the end of Paul's Gospel presentation in Romans chapter 5 where Paul turns to his application of the Gospel in the life of the Christian. What is the fruit of the Gospel? Peace with God. And how is it possible that we can have peace with God? Because we have been…
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Homily - From Demon Possession to Covenant Child
God works through covenants. Jesus, in his earthly ministry, worked in light of God's covenant with Israel. This affected how and when Jesus went to those who were outside the covenant God had established in the Old Testament. In this lesson, we hear about a Canaanite woman coming to Jesus to beg...
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Homily - Romans 3:27-4:25 - The Reckoned Reception of Righteousness
This passage of Romans introduces the primary questions that the Apostle Paul will deal with over the next several chapters. Paul re-engages his Jewish opponent's objections and explains how their behavior and beliefs are completely out of accord with father Abraham whom they so deeply love and...
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Homily - Romans 3:21-26 - Behold, The Righteousness Of God!
Some theologians have called this passage of Scripture the most important words ever written in the history of the world! In this lesson, we hear the climactic conclusion to the Apostle Paul's Gospel and why his Gospel is more honorable than any other good news that mankind might claim to have....
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Homily - The Parables are About the History of Israel
How does Jesus want us to read his parables that were given almost 2000 years ago? What do the parables mean for us today in light of what they meant for those to whom they were first given? The parables tell a very specific story and we must learn how to hear to them rightly. Listen as Elder…
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Exhortation - James 1:19-20
James' Epistle goes to great length to teach us how to use the tongue. In this text he goes so far as to say we should all be slow to speak and quick to listen, especially when something upsetting has taken place. But even more so, James is saying that we should be quick to listen to God's word…
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Homily - Romans 3:1-20 - Objection? Overruled
The first half of Romans chapter 3 is the ground work for what Paul will answer in detail later in Chapters 6 through 11 of his letter. But even more than simple foreshadowing in his own letter, Paul draws us into the courtroom on the final Day of Judgment, demonstrating to everyone that God will...
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Homily - The Parable Of The Sower
Today we return to one of Jesus’ most familiar teachings; the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13. To begin with, we consider why familiarity with Scripture can sometimes dull our hearing rather than deepen it. Then, moving through the sower, the seed, the soils, and the fruit, we find that this...
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Exhortation - Isaiah 55:6
Isaiah tells us to seek the Lord while he is near. This does not mean what many modern readers think it does, as though this were a call by preachers for people to get saved every time they hear the Gospel spoken. Rather, this is a call for God's people to respond to God, himself, when his word…
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Homily - Romans 2:1-29 - Physician, Heal Thyself!
Romans chapter 2 stands as one of the Apostle Paul's harder sayings in the New Testament. Whether it is his act of impersonating his opponents, warning against religious hypocrisy, or telling Jews how unimpressive their circumcisions are outwardly... Paul destroys any potential strongholds his...
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Homily - The Progression of the Gospel
The progress of the Kingdom through the Gospel works itself out in the world a certain way: First comes the Gospel, then conflict, then conquest, and finally peace. God gives life to the new order of the Kingdom while he lets the old order of the world starve and perish as the Gospel spreads...
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Homily - Romans 1:16-32 - The Honor of Righteousness
This is our second week in Paul's letter to the Romans. In this passage, the Apostle Paul begins to proclaim his Gospel, telling the Roman Christians that his Gospel is more honorable than Caesar's Gospel because it brings the Apocalypse now: Salvation to every believer and wrath to every...
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Exhortation - Father's Day
Men as husbands and fathers are invested with great glory and responsibility, therefore the Apostle Paul reminds Timothy that the story of Genesis teaches us exactly who God made us to be and how our actions can result in either the blessing or cursing of those whom God has placed under our care....
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Homily - Romans 1:1-17 - The Advantage of the Gospel
Trinity Season marks the beginning of our first sermon series through a letter of Paul in the New Testament. The letter to the Romans is not only Paul's greatest and most treasured work in the Bible, it is also one of his most debated among theologians. This week we go through the introduction to...
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Homily - Razed to the Ground & Raised to the Heavenlies
The book of Hosea is an ever present and relevant word from God to his people, and that includes present day Christian nations that were built upon the truth of God and once faithfully served his Kingdom. In Hosea, God promised to raze Israel to the ground in judgment through a foreign nation…
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Exhortation - 2 Corinthians 13:5-6
The conclusion of 2 Corinthians by the Apostle Paul was not the best day for Corinth. After multiples letters and visits by Paul and his fellow Apostolic representatives, he was at his wits end with this congregation and gave them one of his sternest warnings among all his letters. So the…
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Homily - The Triune Name
Trinity Sunday has arrived and we conclude the first half of the Church Year with the ending of the Gospel of Matthew and the Great Commission. Matthew's Gospel account is unique to the other Gospel writers, with his emphasis on Jesus' own teaching and work as the fulfillment of all the…
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Exhortation - Romans 6:3
The Apostle Paul taught the Roman Christians to remember their baptisms. But as the next few centuries unfolded, aft the death of the Apostles, heresies arose in the church and much confusion abounded about the meaning of one's baptism. What does you baptism mean for your post-baptismal sins?…
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Homily - A Better Law
Most Christians are familiar with what happened on Pentecost. Something like tongues of fire rested on the disciples and they spoke in tongues and proclaimed the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thousands of people became followers of Christ. But why were people really gathered in Jerusalem on…
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Exhortation - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
In 1 Thessalonians, Paul enjoins all Christians to rejoice always. The problem is that sin, death, and the devil hand us all kinds of conditions that do not make us want to rejoice…in fact, often quite the opposite! How is it that Christians can be faithful to the Lord’s command and always be...
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Homily - Sanctification Through Persecution
Peter tells new Jewish and Gentile converts scattered throughout the Roman Empire that persecution is normative and that it is a sign one is loved by God. Peter encourages Christians in his day to remain faithful because Jesus would be coming soon to judge the wicked religious leadership and…
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Exhortation - Ascension Sunday
Christians today are largely confused about what happened when Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives after his resurrection and 40 days of appearances. Oddly enough, Jesus' own disciples were also confused, but after the giving of the Spirit they began to understand and they explained...
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Homily - That Your Joy May Be Full
John 15 stands as one of the most memorable allegories from Jesus' teaching ministry. "I am the vine, you are the branches." This sacramental worldview that Christ gives us is something we must both treasure and be formed by throughout our whole lives so that our joy may be full and complete.…
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Exhortation - Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to the mothers in our congregation and to those listening to our podcast! This past Sunday our exhortation was given to mothers from 1 Timothy 2:14-15. Paul uses a fascinating turn of phrase going from the singular, she, to the plural, they. What does it mean that women are...
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Homily - Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
People look for comfort in all kinds of places. Most of them are worthless. But since we all have troubled hearts, where can the Christian turn for respite and know that their anxieties will be soothed? In John 14, Jesus has a command and a comfort for his disciples - and for us. Our ultimate…
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Exhortation - Psalm 66:8
Singing praises to God is good. Very good. And Christ’s church is to bring the message of the Gospel to all people so that they would also sings praises to God. But singing isn’t the only way to praise God and it’s not the only way we can bring the Gospel to those outside the church. Listen as...
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Homily - What Good Shepherding Looks Like
Jesus models what good shepherding looks like in John chapters 9 and 10. Jesus is angry with the religious leadership because of how they are shepherding His sheep and tells them so to their faces. Jesus calls the scribes and Pharisees thieves and robbers in the context of the celebration of the...
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Exhortation - 1 Peter 2:15-16
The Apostle Peter gives us a sober confidence when it comes to living the Christian life in the face of foolish and ignorant people. This fits very well with our current context here in the American South, as we continue to see more and more foolishness as many Christian nations decline in the...
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Homily - Open Our Eyes
When Jesus appears unbeknownst to two disciples on Easter Sunday, their eyes are unable to discern who he may be. They have closed eyes. But while Jesus explains all of Scripture to them, and their hearts even burn within them while he does so, something else is yet needed in order for their eyes...
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Exhortation - Acts 2:44-45
Some people get confused by Acts 2. It’s understandable how someone could reach the conclusion that some kind of collectivism is called for in Scripture. But this is not correct. While Christians are absolutely obligated to be charitable, first of all, to other Christians - there is no biblical...
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Homily - The Purpose Of This Book
The second Sunday of Eastertide always includes the story of doubting Thomas as an option for the Gospel reading. This is because the Gospel of John tells us that it happened on the original second Sunday of Easter, one week after the resurrection. The story of Thomas is not simply a story about...
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Homily - Take It Personally
None of the Gospels, including John's, tell us anything about how the resurrection actually happened. Rather, they focus on the fact that it did happen. The Gospels don't feed our desire for endless details. How does this inform how we should witness to other people about the resurrection of our...
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Homily - Discerning The Body
Maundy Thursday commemorates the night of Christ's final supper with his disciples. It is also the night in which he gave the New Commandment and the night on which he was betrayed. As we listen to the Apostle Paul's application of this event and the institutional function of Holy Eucharist, we...
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Homily - The King And His House
Palm Sunday is one of the most explicit moments in Jesus' ministry where he kept from no one who he was and what he was coming to do for the house of Israel. In these events recorded in Matthew's Gospel, we find that Jesus' triumphal entry and his cleansing of the temple were all part of the…
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Exhortation - Psalm 118:26
Jesus came to us in the name of the Lord and we, as his house, his church, are called to bless his name and give him all the praise and glory he is due. Listen to this exhortation from Psalm 118:26 on Palm Sunday as Elder Glenn Jones reminds us of who we are as Christians in the New Covenant.
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Homily - The Bones Of Life
In Ezekiel 37, the Lord shows his prophet a very morbid scene - a field of dead bones. Then Ezekiel is tasked with prophesying to the dead bones to tell them that they will live. A scene filled with hopelessness and despair is turned by the Lord into a mighty army. In this week’s sermon, listen…
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Exhortation - Romans 6:16
In Romans, Paul asks us to consider to whom we submit ourselves as slaves. And the effect of that rhetorical question is staggering. Is there no way to avoid slavery? And if we submit ourselves to something, what does it mean? It turns out we have all submitted ourselves to sin which leads to…
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Sunday School - The Church Year (Part 2)
The church calendar began to be formulated practically the moment Christ was crucified and rose again. In this second installment of our trip through the church’s calendar, we lay things out in the order they are practiced today and take note of regional variations in the observance of church...
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Homily - What Salvation Looks Like
There are worse things that can happen to you that being born physically blind, you could be spiritually blind. We are all born blind and in need of a recreation through baptism, thereafter sanctification improves our vision. If you want the kind of undiminished vision Moses had in old age –…
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Exhortation - Psalm 23:5-7
Psalm 23 is a very well known and beloved Psalm, but many times it is used in the context of death, rather than life. The ending of this Psalm gives us great insight into God's hospitality toward us as we live our lives, even in the midst of our enemies. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the...
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