Richard Ellis Talks
Episodes
The Others
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are so many stories of people in history and currently today that have been persecuted for the sake of their faith in Jesus and their unwillingn...
Wicked Wisdom
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The wicked lives we lead will eventually overtake us in consequence, but God provides a righteous life under His protection if we would depart from ou...
Los Lonely Boys
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to Christianity, the Body of Christ is made up of all believers who can never be alone once they join that Body. We always have Jesus wi...
Silver Lining
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we are living in obedience to God and affliction comes, we can be certain that He is using those times to refine us and purify our hearts to make...
Moxie
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We must remember that God can use the suffering we face for His greater purpose of molding and shaping us and we need to persevere. The longer we figh...
I Can’t Take It Anymore
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This life is full of struggles, and a lot of pain that nobody talks about. Jesus knows our suffering, and He invites us to bring our worries, concerns...
Older Than Dirt
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before God even created the world, He had a perfect plan already in place that the blood of Jesus would wash away our sin because He loves us more tha...
Coup de Grace
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The term “coup de grace” is a French term meaning a deathblow for the purpose of ending suffering. When Jesus died on the cross, He offered us a d...
Expecting
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scripture shows time and time again where God kept the promises He made to His people. Rather than doubt Him fulfilling what He has promised and live ...
Forever Home
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches that the only way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ, and He has gone before us to prepare a forever home for us. The way we live on ...
Cutting Corners
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the Old Testament Law, God said that when harvesting a field, anything left over after the harvesting should be left in the field for the poor, wid...
The Wed Lock
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just because our government legalizes something that a lot of very nice people take part in, it doesn’t change what the Bible says about sin. The Bi...
Love Shack
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God designed sex to stay within marriage, yet we live in a culture that has made it normal to be used for mere enjoyment without boundaries. No matter...
Election Results
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The culture we live in has been increasingly accepting of heinous sins, and there are too many Christians who sit down and do nothing about it. It is ...
On The Money
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is easy to be selfish with our money, but we must realize that it’s not even ours to begin with. When we live as though all of our money is God’...
Trial Run
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God wants to use us for His great work, but He uses trials to prepare us for those works. If we spend our lives running from trials, we will never be ...
Busted
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In order for God to use us to bless others we need to go to Him for wisdom in using all the things He’s given us. When we seek His wisdom in our fin...
Chihuahua
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all have things in our lives that annoy us like a constant drip of water or yapping Chihuahua. Rather than letting these things get the best of us,...
Cracked Bats
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Samson is a great example of someone who screwed their life up and yet God still used them anyway. We are all cracked from things in our ...
Read the Directions
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If we want to know what God’s will for our lives is we need to read His Word. He has given us directions on how to live and it is better that we kno...
27 Books
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Christian life is founded and centered on the New Testament truths of Jesus coming to earth to save us and free us from the power of sin and death...
Worth the Wait
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy to complain when we’re not getting what we want, but the Bible tells us to have faith in God without complaining. We can learn from the ...
Cher Ami
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just like homing pigeons have some way of always returning home, we as Christians have the Spirit that draws us back to God no matter how far away we ...
Sorry Leader
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is important that we all, as leaders, listen to wisdom from others above us so that we can lead those who are following well. When we mess up, it i...
No Hoper
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we put our hope in God alone, our lives are anchored in truth and we are held fast through all trials and tribulations. Those who do not have Jes...
The Weight of the World
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We must obey God’s promptings to speak up and share the Gospel message with the people we come in contact with day to day. He is always working on t...
Silence of the Lamb
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus was the perfect sacrifice who silently took the punishment for our sins so that we can have a relationship with God. He gives us a perfect examp...
20-20 Hindsight
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are promised Heaven when we receive the free gift of salvation offered to us because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, but the way we live our li...
Scum Succor
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christ’s blood washes away all of our sin and God’s love never stops no matter how much we sin, but we still need to come to a place of repentance...
Awl Ears
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Though trials and struggles will come, God has purpose in everything to make us holy and no one will take better care of us than Him. Christ’s death...
Nose Up
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our sin nature that we’re born into puts our lives in a nosedive. We have the choice to continue that way, sinning all the more because we’re goin...
Mrs. Job
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the story of Job, we see a righteous man and his wife suffer extreme hardship and loss. Yet, because Job chose to worship God in the midst of the s...
Hazmat
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Christians, we live in a fallen world that is drawing us away from God and His design and plan for our lives. Rather than give into the ways of the...
Skin Deep
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The issue of racism is not a government problem but rather a church problem. It is our job as Christians to treat all believers as family, as brothers...
0% Interest
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible is like a letter written to us by God, and we need to treat it as such a valuable letter that we read over and over to learn more about Him....
Gitrdone
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While it is important to study Scripture, we need to remember that God doesn’t want to use us because of all the great knowledge we can obtain but r...
Pooped
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God wants to use us to do His work, but we get so busy doing our own thing and getting exhausted. When we obey God’s prompting through the Holy Spir...
Pooped
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God wants to use us to do His work, but we get so busy doing our own thing and getting exhausted. When we obey God’s prompting through the Holy Spir...
Save The Date
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all have certain dates in our lives that are great dates to remember as well as difficult dates. Rather than allowing Satan to rule over those diff...
Save The Date
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all have certain dates in our lives that are great dates to remember as well as difficult dates. Rather than allowing Satan to rule over those diff...
I Changed My Mind
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all make mistakes in our lives and we all need to turn to God and repent. True repentance starts with confession and continues with a changed mind ...
I Changed My Mind
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all make mistakes in our lives and we all need to turn to God and repent. True repentance starts with confession and continues with a changed mind ...
Jesus Freaks
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The call to follow Jesus means that we give up our lives to submit to Him in everything, and that will often go against the grain of the world and rel...
Jesus Freaks
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The call to follow Jesus means that we give up our lives to submit to Him in everything, and that will often go against the grain of the world and rel...
Yeast Infection
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leaven, or yeast, can be used for two different teaching analogies. It can represent evil in forms of added religion, complaining, disputing or disobe...
Yeast Infection
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leaven, or yeast, can be used for two different teaching analogies. It can represent evil in forms of added religion, complaining, disputing or disobe...
Missing You
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God has made the way through His Son for us to be in right relationship with Him. When we, as His creation, are far from Him, He is missing us and cal...
Missing You
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God has made the way through His Son for us to be in right relationship with Him. When we, as His creation, are far from Him, He is missing us and cal...
Change Made
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God’s kindness leads us to a godly sorrow about our sin that should always follow with repentance. When we truly repent, we don’t go back to doing...
Change Made
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God’s kindness leads us to a godly sorrow about our sin that should always follow with repentance. When we truly repent, we don’t go back to doing...
One For The Kippur
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Old Testament people had to make continual sacrifices for their sins, but the guilt of their sin never went away. When Jesus came and died on the ...
One For The Kippur
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Old Testament people had to make continual sacrifices for their sins, but the guilt of their sin never went away. When Jesus came and died on the ...
Foreigner
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Peter sharing the Gospel with Cornelius, a gentile, is an example to us that God will sometimes stretch us to break traditions for His pu...
Foreigner
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Peter sharing the Gospel with Cornelius, a gentile, is an example to us that God will sometimes stretch us to break traditions for His pu...
All Over The Place
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible tells us that everything in creation is held together by God and He is present in every place. There is nothing that we can do to get away f...
All Over The Place
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible tells us that everything in creation is held together by God and He is present in every place. There is nothing that we can do to get away f...
Tomb Raider
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead showed the disciples that even death cannot stop Him, yet when He did and was placed in a tomb they d...
Tomb Raider
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead showed the disciples that even death cannot stop Him, yet when He did and was placed in a tomb they d...
Who Said There’s No Free Lunch?
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Because of Christ’s death on the cross, we have all been given the grace and forgiveness needed to be accepted by God as His children. There is no s...
Who Said There’s No Free Lunch?
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Because of Christ’s death on the cross, we have all been given the grace and forgiveness needed to be accepted by God as His children. There is no s...
Past Away
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches us that when we are in Christ we are made completely new, no longer enslaved to the sins from our past. While it is difficult to giv...
Past Away
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches us that when we are in Christ we are made completely new, no longer enslaved to the sins from our past. While it is difficult to giv...
Birthright
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The evil in the world today has led to millions of unwarranted deaths of unborn children. While we may come to God with an initial political view of b...
Birthright
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The evil in the world today has led to millions of unwarranted deaths of unborn children. While we may come to God with an initial political view of b...
No More Time
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We don’t know when God will say that our time on earth is done. Rather than wasting the time we are given we need to obey God in everything He tells...
I See You
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The way that we live obediently in following Christ is to partake in the compassion that He shows us and others by caring for and comforting one anoth...
Turn-Around
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible is filled with instruction for all of God’s people to turn from sin and follow Him. We cannot follow God, carry on a relationship with Him...
Brace For Impact
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The person who firmly grounds themselves in the Word and obeys what it says is better braced for when tragedy comes than the one who does not prepare....
Ditched
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Scripture is full of people who suffered and honestly declared their feeling of God leaving them out to dry. However, their stories also reveal ho...
It’s A Boy
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus came as the Savior of the world, offering salvation and a changed life to all. He promised to return and it’s our job to announce His returnin...
One Star Hotel
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus came to earth in the poorest of conditions, being born in a stable, so that no one could claim that they are worse off than He was. Even the peo...
Da Baby
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Although the world will tell us there are multiple religions and names we can believe in to be saved, the Bible teaches the truth that it is only thro...
Barns & Noble
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is interesting to see how Jesus, the God of the universe, came so humbly to earth being born in a barn. His ministry shows Him reaching out to lost...
Stable Family
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
People are looking to us for answers because they see the stability that we have from Jesus. When we make Him the center of our lives, our families, a...
The Way In A Manger
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible tells us that Jesus is the only way to get to God. As Christians, it is our job to spread the message of the Gospel and help others put toge...
There’s Something About Mary
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While Mary was not a sinless, perfect person, she had a willing heart to submit to God’s will for her life. When we follow in her example, Jesus mov...
The “W” In Christmas
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God loved us enough, even in our sinful state, to make the greatest sacrifice of all. God does not want anyone to be condemned to hell, but when we ch...
Wise Guys
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the birth of Jesus is filled with wise people, not just the Wise Men, who responded to God and His leading in their lives. Only by follow...
Fruit of the Womb
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At some point we have to choose to believe what the Bible says no matter how crazy it may sound because God has perfectly orchestrated the story of sa...
King-Sized Bed
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The difference between Jesus and other earthly kings is that He was never made to be a king at some point in His life, He was born the King of Kings. ...
3 Men & A Baby
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many people have hesitations to believing that what the Bible says is really true. Rather than throw out the whole Bible because we don’t understand...
Place of Birth
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just like the Pharisees in Jesus’ time could’ve figured out who He was by simply asking where He was born, we could understand a lot more if we wo...
God’s Presents
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God has offered the most valuable gift of salvation and all we have to do is accept it. Once we are saved we can give our lives to God for Him to use ...
Regifters
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God not only gave us physical life but He offers us eternal life by giving His Son to die. When we receive this gift of salvation, we can turn around ...
The Inn Crowd
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God doesn’t choose the people that would seem logical in the eyes of the world to be part of His Kingdom. It is simply those who believe in Him and ...
It’s A Wonderful Life
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If anyone feels like their life is so difficult that they wish they had never been born, the best thing to do is to get born again. Our only hope in a...
Extra Virgin
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just like God used Mary to bring Jesus into the world as part of His plan to save the world, He can use you and me if we make ourselves obedient to Hi...
It’s A Gift
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God offers each of us a completely free gift that He paid for with the death of His Son, Jesus Christ. All we have to do is reach out and receive it. ...
Gifted
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God has given each and every person amazing gifts and talents, yet they are all best used when they glorify Him. The greatest gift He gave is His own ...
The X In Xmas
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we choose to believe that God can accomplish anything He says He wants to do, we get to watch the impossible take place. When He gives us the fai...
We Are the Reason For the Season
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We often say that Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas, but the truth is that Jesus came to earth for us so we are the true reason for the seaso...
Leftovers
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Instead of pursuing a career and money to bring ourselves joy in life, we need to live obedient to God in all that He calls us to do and that will bri...
Thanks Giving
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God has blessed us beyond what we could even comprehend, and the best way to thank Him for all He has given us is to turn around and give Him all we h...
Thanks For Remembering
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Jesus ate His last meal with His disciples, He took a moment to encourage them to remember the death that He was about to experience. It is in gi...
Please, Yes Sir, Thank You
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we call out to God to help us we must be ready and willing to obey whatever He tells us to do no matter how crazy it sounds. When we get His answ...
No Mercy
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches that God is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and freely offering salvation for all those who will believe. While He is all of th...
In Pieces
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our lives change when we are broken over our sin and we experience God’s forgiveness when we repent. Then we need others to help us put the pieces t...
Rockers To Knockers
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are all kinds of categories of people that come into a church, but God has called those a part of His Church to be involved with one another and...
POP Eye
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Being smart is very different than being wise, and as children of God we are instructed to grow in wisdom in order so that we may make wise choices. T...
POW!
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are instances in this world where children, women, and sometimes men are taking beatings on a regular basis. While the Bible instructs us to not...