The Christ Corner
Weekly dives into scripture.
Episodes
28 episodes
Spread The Word
Today’s narrative paints the picture of a frustrated group of people who have worked all day and done all they could and have failed. The have failed at their work which means that they and their families are at risk of not having anythin...
Speak It
The four verses we have today are very powerful, especially when we are starting something new. They show God creating and they show at least one way for us to create.In verses one and two, God looked over His creation. In v...
Jesus Walked To The Cross For Us
As I’m talking today, it is Christmas Eve 2020. Many of my family member and friends are out and about buying last minute presents, traveling, and spending time with the ones they love. This is a joyous time for many people, even in...
God Warns The Magi And Joseph Acts Fast
In today’s narrative, we see the birth of Jesus, the plot to kill him, His earthly father protecting Him, some gentiles worshiping Him and others pretending to worship Him. That’s a lot of activity and concerns to juggle for a young famil...
When Obedience Costs You Your Reputation
The Christmas story starts with a moment that would break most people; Joseph learns Mary is pregnant before they live together, and everything in his world points to betrayal.We read Matthew 1:18–25 out loud in both the King James Vers...
Be A Living Sermon
Genealogies are easy to skip, but they can change how you see Jesus and yourself.We open Matthew 1:1–6 & 16–17 tracing lineages from Abraham to David to Christ, then we turn to Hebrews 1:1–5 to hear the bigger news, God has spoken t...
A Deadly Lie
Two scenes sit back to back in Acts, and the contrast is hard to ignore. First, a community of believers lives with real unity: one heart, one mind, open hands, and a simple goal of making sure no one among them lacks basic needs. Then, almost ...
Living In Love
Hey there, and welcome! In this episode of The Christ Quarter, I want to invite you to take just a quarter of an hour out of your busy day to sit with me, find some quiet, and rest in the presence of God.We are diving deep into John 1...
Love Each Other
The Basin and the BetrayerA towel, a basin, and a room full of men who still don't get it. John 13 gives us one of the most confronting pictures of Jesus in all of Scripture, as the King of heaven intentionally chooses the lowest rol...
Love in Action
You’ve heard the Good Samaritan story before, but have you really heard it?We spend a focused quarter-hour in Luke 10:25–37 and let Jesus press on the question we all try to escape: who counts as my neighbor, and what does love require ...
Radical Love
Loving your enemies sounds simple until someone actually wounds you.We open Luke 6:27–36 and sit with Jesus’ plain commands: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you, a...
When Grief and Faith Pull in Different Directions
One of the things I've learned since the death of my daughter is that grief and faith often pull my attention in different directions.Grief constantly points me toward what I've lost. Faith points me toward what remains true.<...
Restoration
Saul’s jealousy reaches a terrifying point; he orders his own son and servants to kill David.We slow down in 1 Samuel 19:1–7 to watch what happens next and why it matters so much for real life. Jonathan is caught in a brutal tension bet...
Show Love In Victory - Part Two
A brother betrayed. A family starving. A reunion that could have turned into revenge, but instead becomes one of the most moving portraits of forgiveness in the Bible.We spend a quarter-hour in Genesis 45 as Joseph finally reveals himse...
Show Love in Victory - Part One
They betrayed him, forgot him, and moved on with their lives.Now they’re starving, and the only place with food is Egypt, where the governor holds their fate in his hands. As we read Genesis 42:6–25, we watch Joseph come face to face wit...
Through It All, Persevere
A king has a nightmare he cannot shake, and a prisoner gets called in to explain it.That is where Genesis 41 gets uncomfortably practical for real life. Joseph tells Pharaoh that God is revealing what is coming, then he lays out a clear...
Your Purpose is Greater Than Your Situation
A multicolored robe, two bold dreams, and a frustrated, angry, jealous family.We open Genesis 37 and slow down long enough to feel the tension behind the famous story of Joseph. The details matter here, we see favoritism that stings eve...
Real Wisdom Looks Like Humility And Peace
James provides us with a definition of wisdom that is impossible to fake, at least not for long, humility, peace, mercy, sincerity, and a life that matches what we say we believe.We read from James 3:13-18 and talk about how earthly, un...
The Tongue is a Fire
A single sentence can do what years of good intentions can’t; it can change how someone sees you, sees the church, and even how they see God.We read James 3:1–12 then sit with its blunt message about the tongue. James compares our speec...
Believe Pray Act
If your faith never changes what you do, what is it actually doing to you? We sit with one of the most direct passages in the New Testament, James 2:14–26, where Scripture refuses to let belief stay theoretical. We read the text in both KJV and...
Why Walk Alone
If you’ve ever felt the uncomfortable gap between what you believe and what you actually do, James 1:19-27 meets you right there.We walk through a short section of Scripture that starts with painfully simple advice and then presses it i...
Daily Bread And Sticky Sins
Prayer gets clearer when we stop treating God like a distant idea and start approaching Him the way Jesus teaches - “Our Father.”We spend fifteen minutes inside Matthew 6:9-13, taking the Lord’s Prayer line by line and letting it land w...
Ignore those Elephants
Temptation shows up like an elephant in the room - loud, impossible to ignore, and somehow it gets bigger the more we stare at it. Today we sit with James 1:1-11 and let Scripture challenge our instincts.James tells scattered believers ...
Miracles that start with Alignment
A troubled heart can feel like a full-time job.We slow down with John 14:1–14 and let Jesus speak directly into fear, uncertainty, and that nagging sense that you do not have the map. Hearing the passage in both KJV and NIV, we focus on...