Episodes

  • Episode 510: 2 Timothy 2 Part 3 Work Hard to Receive His Approval

    Episode 510: 2 Timothy 2 Part 3 Work Hard to Receive His Approval
    Dec 2 2025
    There are many men and women way smarter than I will ever be but that doesn’t make their teaching right. I want to challenge you to read the bible for yourself and not study another man’s teaching and take it as gospel. Since the 1500s, man has fought and divided over teachings that are not from God, they are simply man’s ideas. Hundreds of denominations have formed from these teachings but before these teachings there was one church with one message. Paul said there is one foundation, Jesus, and we are to be careful on how we build upon that foundation. He also makes it clear there are things that Timothy, as well as us, are to do. We discuss these things in the second half of 2 Timothy.
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    45 mins
  • Episode 509: 2 Timothy 2 Part 2 Man’s Ideas or God’s Word?

    Episode 509: 2 Timothy 2 Part 2 Man’s Ideas or God’s Word?
    Nov 28 2025
    How many times have you heard something like this, “You don’t have to do anything to be saved. Only believe.” I agree one hundred percent salvation is through faith in Christ given to us by his marvelous grace, but I am not sold on the “you don’t have to do anything” bit because if you are believing, you are doing something and Paul tells Timothy many things in chapter 2 that he must do in order to remain strong in his faith in Christ. In vs15 Paul tells Timothy to “work hard” and “be a good worker” so that he will “receive God’s approval.” James says that faith without works is dead. Most of this type of teaching came from a few people in the late 1500 to early 1600s. Believe what you will, but if I were you, I’d stick with the truth of God’s word over man’s opinion, especially when eternity is at stake!
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    30 mins
  • Episode 508: 2 Timothy 2 Part 1 Pigs Will Always Be Pigs

    Episode 508: 2 Timothy 2 Part 1 Pigs Will Always Be Pigs
    Nov 25 2025
    When I was a young man in my late teens, I played drums at a big church in West Tennessee where Sam Austin was pastoring. He now pastors somewhere in Arkansas now and is an evangelist. He would sometimes say, “You can clean up a pig and win first prize at the county fair but as soon as you get that clean pig home, it’s running straight for the mud! Because that is what pigs do!” Paul tells Timothy, “Teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others...” Some people just aren’t trustworthy, they take what they have been taught and do nothing with it, they just soak it all in and never share it, like pigs, they devour all the food and go play in the mud.
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    24 mins
  • Episode 507: David and Goliath Sermon Part 2

    Episode 507: David and Goliath Sermon Part 2
    Nov 21 2025
    Due to sickness, we can't record this week so here is part 2 of Randy's sermon from November 9 on David and Goliath. We will return to 2 Timothy next week! God bless and thank you for watching, listening, and sharing the GRINDIT Podcast!
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    34 mins
  • Episode 506: David and Goliath Sermon Part 1

    Episode 506: David and Goliath Sermon Part 1
    Nov 19 2025
    Due to sickness, we can't record this week so here is part 1 of Randy's sermon from November 9 on David and Goliath. We will return to 2 Timothy next week! God bless and thank you for watching, listening, and sharing the GRINDIT Podcast!
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    34 mins
  • Episode 505: 2 Timothy 1 Part 2 Who Is Onesiphorus?

    Episode 505: 2 Timothy 1 Part 2 Who Is Onesiphorus?
    Nov 14 2025
    Onesiphorus is only mentioned a couple of times in Paul’s second letter to Timothy but he made a huge impact on Paul. Why? Because, when Paul was imprisoned a second time in Rome and new he was about to face death eye to eye, everybody left him, except Luke. He felt what it was like to be abandoned by his closest friends and coworkers which is why he reaches out to Timothy telling him he was eager to see him. Onesiphorus searched all over Rome until he found Paul, and after finding him in prison chained like a criminal, Onesiphorus made many trips to visit Paul. Paul ends the chapter with a blessing to this guy, “May the Lord show him special kindness on the day of Christ’s return.” May we all be like Onesiphorus, visiting the destitute and forging boldness in the kingdom!
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    35 mins
  • Episode 504: 2 Timothy 1 Part 1 Fear Is the Mind Killer

    Episode 504: 2 Timothy 1 Part 1 Fear Is the Mind Killer
    Nov 11 2025
    Paul is in a prison in Rome and will soon be killed by the Emperor Nero. The only person with him is Luke, the author of the gospel of Luke and Acts. Paul begins to write Timothy, his son in the faith, to tell him he misses him and would love to see him one more time. He tells Timothy to not be ashamed of his chains like the other guys and he explains how they all left him alone, but he also tells Timothy, "You too, will suffer like me so keep in mind that God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self control." Timothy would soon be on his own, without his teacher. Would he buckle with fear? Or stand strong on faith?
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    38 mins
  • Episode 503: Lessons From Our Spain Trip Part 2

    Episode 503: Lessons From Our Spain Trip Part 2
    Nov 7 2025
    We take a break from our regular study to share with you some things about our Spain trip and some lessons we learned. We will start 2 Timothy next week! Here is a link to a short video you can watch to see some pictures. There are other videos on my personal YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/em6-YSdOC88
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    45 mins