TRC Chattanooga Podcast

Holy Baptism truly does unite us to Christ. In fact, this belief is not something we merely hold to ourselves, but it is held by others too: Both sin and God believe it to be true and regard us accordingly, therefore the Apostle Paul tells us to reckon ourselves the same way as we live our the Christian life. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones delivers this week’s exhortation on Romans 6:11 at TRC Chattanooga.

The principal area of focus on Maundy Thursday is the Lord’s Supper. But why do we celebrate this meal? Some Christians might believe they are doing good works by receiving the Eucharist. But who serves who in this meal? And what does it mean to “do this in remembrance of me?” Listen as Elder Wes Keene preaches this Maundy Thursday sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

What does it mean to be a confessional Christian? Of course, it means to subscribe to confessional documents that summarize Holy Scripture. But what do we do when God’s word doesn’t appear to line up with our confessions exactly? Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.

Holy week is near and this penultimate Sunday gives us a preview of the events that Jesus must go through at the hands of the Jews. The parable of the wicked tenants sobers everyone who hears it, and we must be sorbered by it as well. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones preaches this week's sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

Mature Christians are motivated and focused on their divine calling from Christ, who is seated in heaven. In all that we seek to do on earth, this calling must never be lost as our focus... For if we are seeking to gain heaven, earth will be gained too. But if we are seeking to gain earth, both heaven and earth will be lost to us. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.

Men have their plans and devices, but they do not always align with our Lord's. What Joseph's brothers did, they did for evil. But God used their wicked actions to save the lives of many...raising up Joseph as a type of Christ prefiguring what sort of salvation we would receive in God's own Son. Listen as Rev. George Crocker preaches this week's sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

Never forget the kindness of God in this life. King David warns about those who do evil and how God will wipe the memory of them from the earth. But David also teaches us that there is hope in this life through repentance as we trust in the Righteous One. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.

Humans are curious. When disaster strikes, we want to know the cause of it. When it happens to other people, we may be tempted to wonder whether they “had it coming.” But our Lord Jesus would have us consider something different. Listen as Rev. David Beckmann preaches this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

Repentance is hard. It’s especially hard if we’ve been covering something up for a long time, or avoiding a deep sin. But the prophet Joel has a word for us: It is never too late to turn back to the Lord, because with him there is always forgiveness. Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.

King David teaches us to take God at his word and come to him at all times for help. During this season of Lent, we are reminded that God tells us to seek his face when we are in danger from our enemies, especially our own sin. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.

If you haven't been exposed to the season of Lent in your life, it can be jarring. There are customs and practices that might seem foreign to us. It isn't a chipper time. It's a season of growing in holiness. Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.

At the close of the season of Epiphany we celebrate the transfiguration of Christ before his disciples, learning about the meaning of typology as God's sovereign ordering of history and how we might have responded that night if we were on the mountain with Jesus and his disciples. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones delivers this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

Many other cults and religions require you to jump through hoops to achieve your own salvation. But the Christian Faith does not posit such foolishness. Rather, the words of God come to you in the simplest of terms and the demands of the Gospel are not difficult to do. Consider the simplicity of it all as Elder Glenn Jones delivers this week’s exhortation based on Deuteronomy 30:14 at TRC Chattanooga.

The 96th Psalm is a beautiful call to praise our most high God who is worthy of such praise. But this Psalm carries with it a command to extend the praise of God beyond the walls of our churches. The nations, who worship false gods, are by no means freed from the obligation to give glory to Jesus Christ and bend the knee. Listen as Elder Wes Keene delivers this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga.

It’s the world’s worst kept secret that in most churches, the most important of the 10 commandments is the 11th: “Be nice.” But in our exhortation verse today, we see Joshua exhorting his hearers to something different: “Be strong.” How are we called on to be strong? And how have we fallen short of that, at times? Listen as Elder Wes Keene delivers this week’s exhortation based on Joshua 10:25 at TRC Chattanooga.