Richard Ellis Talks
Episodes
Sitophobia
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just as Peter in the Bible was taught that God loves and accepts all people of any sort, even those previously seen as unclean, we must be willing to ...
O Great One
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we look at ourselves simply for who we are, we do not normally see someone great. However, because God is in us if we have chosen to follow Him, ...
Cover Me
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While we believe that God is all-knowing and all-powerful to intervene for us on our behalf, He has also invited us into the practice of intercessory ...
Where You Be Headed?
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Life comes with suffering and tragedy, maybe already experienced or maybe sometime in the near or distant future. We must learn to trust God through e...
Close-Minded
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When people encounter Christians, they are coming so close to Christ without even knowing it. We must obey God’s leading to share the Gospel with ot...
Small Change
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We don’t have to do huge things to please God, but rather it’s in the small changes everyday that we sacrifice ourselves for His sake that He is p...
Dung It
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The true mark of a Christ follower is that they bear spiritual fruit that points to God’s work in their lives. When we repent of our sin and give al...
Belly Button
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a person becomes a believer they are born again spiritually and need to be cared for and nurtured as a new infant. If you are a new believer, loo...
By Appointment Only
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God is sovereign over all those in authority here on earth, and He has appointed each on to their place. While we may not understand His reasons, we m...
Fireplace
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible is very specific on instructing men and women to resist temptation for sexual sin. No matter what the culture says, giving into lustful desi...
Dot To Dot
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When looking at Scripture, it can be as confusing as looking at a sheet of paper with a whole bunch of random dots on it. We need someone to disciple ...
Toe Jam
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus set a perfect example of being a servant by doing the dirty job of washing feet and serving someone who He knew would betray Him. We are also ca...
Location Location Location
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Too often we become discontent with our circumstances, whether it be something continual like the place we work or difficult situations that come up e...
Here Come the Judge
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches us that all of our thoughts and actions will be judged and we will be rewarded accordingly. While we can be saved through faith in J...
Scarred For Life
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are people all over the planet who suffer for being a Christian. Some lose their jobs while others lose their lives. Jesus suffered and died for...
It’s A God Thing
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is crucial in the Christian life to find a church, commit to it as God leads, and stick with it even if it gets hard or we may get offended. God cr...
Go Ahead & Jump
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since God is the provider of all of our needs, we must not fear being persecuted for the Gospel and receiving possible consequences of hate or loss. W...
Sick & Tired
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Jesus walked the earth He healed many people and taught His disciples to do the same. God wants to use us to do His work, so without knowing His ...
Most Likely To Succeed
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While the world is full of people striving for self-made success, only true success can be found in following Christ. When we submit our lives to Him,...
The Good Stuff
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God is capable of doing seemingly impossible things, and He wants to do those things in and through us. When we surrender our will and choose to obey ...
Pot Shots
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is easy to compare ourselves to others, whether by outward appearance or difficult circumstances, and we tend to question God. Just as the pot cann...
A Bone To Pick
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden shows the consequence of sin, the shame that comes after it, and the necessity of death to cover it. T...
On The Job
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every Christian is called to share the Gospel with everyone around them. The greatest way that we can show that the Gospel has made a difference in ou...
Straight To Hell
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Instead of judging other people for the lifestyle choices that they make, we need to examine ourselves and realize that we need Jesus just as much as ...
Quite A Pair
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God is described in the Bible as implementing truth at the same time as mercy over and over again. Without mercy, truth becomes too difficult to grasp...
P.O.W.
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We do not have to live our lives in a prison cell where we are caught up in sin. Jesus offers us free lives, and it is in that freedom that we find ou...
Abort Retry Ignore Fail
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If mistakes were made in the past that resulted in an abortion, God’s love and mercy are extended so that forgiveness may be received and there can ...
Maker’s Mark
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When someone accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior, He restores that maker’s mark lost from the fall of creation within that person and they are re...
With
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus did everything needed in order to be with us. When we are in relationship with Him, He draws us into relationships with others. The Church is ma...
Solo Cup
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus accepted the cup God had given Him of such great suffering for the greater good of saving us from our sins. Sometimes God gives us a cup of suff...
Scar Wars
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The devil will try to remind us of our past sins in order to cripple us from moving forward, but we must cling to the forgiveness that God has already...
Remember the Titan
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are challenges that come up in our lives when it seems impossible for us to overcome, but with God all things are possible. We need to remember ...
To Die For
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many Christians may say they are willing to die for Jesus, but they are not willing to die to themselves for His sake in their lives. Truly following ...
Balls
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just like a ball in a sport cannot do anything on its own to score points, a man apart from God cannot accomplish anything of eternal value. We must p...
TUV
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We will all face difficulties in life but when Jesus lives in us we can have total ultimate victory over all things. When we realize the power that is...
Withdrawals
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If we don’t take the time to rest, we will run ourselves into the ground because we’re not getting any deposits as we’re continuing to make with...
Sacred Cows
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us tend to have a sacred cow in our lives, something that we hold as an idol. Jesus died as the sacrificial payment for our sins, and so we mu...
Eligible Receiver
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The whole Gospel is centered around God offering us a completely free gift of mercy, grace and forgiveness from all of our sins. Instead of continuing...
Right Turns
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all make mistakes in our lives, but the goal is to make more right turns than wrong ones. No matter how many wrong turns we’ve taken in our lives...
Highlight Real
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The significant parts of our lives may not be the most happy times, but rather the moments when we chose to be faithful to God in the midst of trial a...
The Whole Enchilada
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While we can see only a part of the work God is doing, we must be willing to submit to His authority and the authority He has placed over us in the ch...
Fresh Squeezed
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible tells us that we all have wicked hearts and struggle with sin. As a loving Father, God does not want us to continue living in sin and so He ...
Time Bomb
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our lives on this earth will come to an end and there is nothing we can do to change that. What we do have a choice in is how we choose to live the on...
Golf Shot
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While ministry can be a very draining career, it makes all the sacrifices worth it when we see lives changed and transformed by the Gospel. We need to...
Easier Said
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are a number of issues that each person struggles with where the answer to solve their problems is easier but the application is near impossible...
Almost
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are many people who count on having tomorrow to make decisions or changes for their lives. Unfortunately, we are not promised tomorrow and must ...
Settlers
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The devil has blatantly stated that he is after us to steal, kill and destroy the life that God has planned for us. When our salvation is already secu...
Motley Crew
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A motley crew is a group of people who are very different from one another. We need to realize that the Kingdom of God is a motley crew, and knowing t...
To Be Continued
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Christian life only begins with giving our lives to Christ and it is continued in and through us every day. We cannot live it out by ourselves whi...
Plumb Bob
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Discipleship is a calling for every disciple of Christ. When you become a Christian you must find other Christians that you can follow, and as you fol...
Pray Like Hell
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The devil and his demons are consistently working to destroy us. The only way that we can stand firm against the devil is to pray like Hell for oursel...
Broken In
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just as a horse must be tamed in order to be useable by an owner, we must allow God to tame us in order to be used by Him. The more we resist Him, the...
Kid Rock
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God taught His people from the beginning to raise their children to honor and serve the Lord, loving Him with all of their heart, soul, mind and stren...
Weed Seed
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches us that we will reap consequences when we sow seeds of sin, but when we sow seeds of righteousness we will have great reward. We hav...
Your Cheatin’ Heart
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cheating in any relationship is always accompanied by guilt and shame that makes the cheating not ever worth it. Cheating is not always done through a...
Uber
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus offers to live in us forever, giving us eternal life, and we must respond with obedience to the things He tells us to do. Although He may have u...
Just Married
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In order to have a successful marriage in the way God designed it to be, we must first focus on our own relationship with the Lord and then look for s...
Lights Out
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus said that we, as His followers, are the light of the world, but we must shine brightly in such a way that draws others out of darkness and into ...
Hell To The Chief
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is easy to criticize someone in authority, however the Bible teaches us to pray for them instead. No person that has been placed in authority has b...
Jacked Up
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are numerous stories in the Bible of people who made some big mistakes and yet God still used them to accomplish His work in the world. While it...
Blacklash
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The reality that our country faces in light of racial issues and separation opens the door for believers to bridge the gaps and put to action the love...
Heavenly Bodies
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All of creation proclaims the intricate creation by a Creator, and everything perfectly timed to the point the eclipses can be predicted. The Bible te...
No Man’s Land
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God created men and women equally, but to fulfill different roles. When we come to Jesus and are born again, He makes us a new creation that we can wa...
Sperm Donor
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a very big difference between someone who is a father and someone who fathers. Rather than simply adopting us into His family and letting us ...
Lord of the Onion Rings
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just as onions are made up of many layers, each individual person has layers themselves. In the Church, it is essential that we put aside our differen...
What Happens Here Stays Here
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The only place that can ever truly have the claim that what happens here stays here is the foot of the cross. When we accept Christ’s forgiveness an...
Sodom Eyes
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are times in our lives when God rescues us from the destruction we have been living in, but it is so very tempting to simply look back. Rather t...
Oooh
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are promised that if we put our faith in Jesus and receive the gift of salvation that we will get to live in Heaven for eternity after death in thi...
Oops
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God is loving, but there is a real heaven and hell and those who go to hell are the ones that have not accepted His gift of salvation. If our names ar...
The Pound
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many churches in America are made up of specific types of people who would look down on so many other human beings entering in the doors of their chur...
Sexual Healing
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most difficult things to forgive is sexual sin, whether it means forgiving someone who sexually harmed us or forgiving ourselves for the se...
Bondage
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The fact is that everyone is in bondage, held captive by a master. While we all started as slaves to sin, because of the price that Jesus paid we can ...
Smell, No Taste
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the Old Testament people had to make an animal sacrifice as payment for their sins, the aroma being satisfying to God. In Christ’s death, God no ...
The Statute of Liberty
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible tells us that we will either be a slave to sin or a slave to righteousness; there is no other option. When we become saved, we relinquish ou...
In Me We Trust
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one thing to slap a slogan on ourselves claiming that we trust in God, but it’s a whole other thing to live it out day by day. If we want our...
Hand To Hand
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible tells us to take every thought captive and to put on the armor of God in order to fight, with prayer, in the spiritual battle that we all fa...
No Judgment
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible tells us that we are to make sure that we are personally right with the Lord so that when we look at others and judge their works we can do ...
Gone Too Far
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story in the Bible of the prodigal son depicts for us a picture of God the Father anxiously waiting for us to come to Him no matter where we’ve ...
All
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God gave His Son so that we could be made holy and acceptable to Him. We are called to be living sacrifices, continually surrendering our whole selves...
You’re A Dead Man
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We see the resurrection power of Jesus that before He was ever raised from the dead He raised Lazarus after he had been dead for 4 days. There is noth...
Step By Step Parents
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we blend families we have all the odds against us for everything to go smoothly. We must make sure that we are depending on God and allowing His ...
You’re Invited
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is nothing that we’ve done to earn on invitation from God for us to be with Him forever, yet because Jesus covers us in His righteousness we a...
Who Are You?
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we respond to God’s calling in our hearts, we become His. Once we know whose we are, we can then learn about who He has created us to be and li...
No Fear
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God does not cause fear and confusion for us. He offers us the Holy Spirit to live inside of us and fill us with power, love and a sound mind. When we...
You Just Wait!
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God always answers our prayers, but sometimes His answer is that we need to wait. When we cannot see what He has in store, we need to trust Him and ob...
Catch 22
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Esther was put in a position to be used by God to save His people, but she had to be willing to obey even if it cost her her life. We are given a choi...
For Real
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a culture where people are fake about who they are and how they care about other people. The Bible calls us to be sincere in our love for o...
Nothing To It
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We read in the New Testament how the religious people tried to shut down the movement of the Gospel but failed in every attempt, resulting in the stre...
Were You There?
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
People will often believe history books without any problem but be very doubtful towards the truth of the Bible. At some point we have to put our fait...
Just Like Your Father
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Bible teaches us that when we become believers, it’s not about acting like Jesus but rather having Jesus live inside of us. We can allow Him to ...
Me And My Old Man
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The lasting affect that our earthly fathers can have on us plays in big role in how we relate to God as our Heavenly Father, as well as how we are abl...
Babe Ruth
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Ruth in the Bible shows a great example of what it means to trust God and obey. Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi and obedience to what she said ...
Speak of the Devil
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since the beginning of creation the devil has been out to steal, kill and destroy humanity. We must always be on the look out for his schemes, deny th...
Do the Right Thing
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
History proves over and over that there are consequences for disobedience to God. We must make the decision to do the right thing, and when we fall do...
Yabba Dabba Do
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just like the Flinstones would get in their car and use their man power to make it go anywhere, we are too often living our spiritual lives in our own...
God Help Us
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we become Christians, we join a family that together carries out the work of God in the world. We must learn to love believers and nonbelievers a...
Owner Occupied
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
God has promised to take care of all our needs, yet we still tend to cling to our possessions, loving them more than Him. When we give our lives to Ch...
Lose
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trying to hold on as tightly as possible to our lives and our plans is a sure way to lose it all in the end. The only way of winning is to lose oursel...
Win
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Christian life is like running a race, and we need to run as if we want to win. It takes work, it’s not easy, but God puts people in our lives t...
Under the Tree
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At Christmas time we wrap gifts for loved ones and place them under a tree to be opened and received. The Gospel story tells of the greatest gift of s...