ANCHORMEN, Anchored by Grace

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. John,Bob,and Todd sit down with Craig Misewicz for a great conversation about how Craig has been blessed just listening and watching our Anchormen bible study group meetings. He tell about how he shares the meetings with his family and loves to listen twice just to take notes and dig deeper into scripture. Even though Craig is not present every week...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Our lives get changed all the time and influenced by so many things but this week, our guest, Ed Ivanio, will tell us a little about how he grew up learning and knowing about God, but since he has began a journey with the Anchormen over a year ago, His life has changed. How has his view of who God has changed and now Ed understands Who God is and not...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. HOLY SPIRIT LEADS YOU WHERE GOD NEEDS YOU Whether you are feeling led to serve, teach, organize, feed others, donate time, money effort, when you do all these and many many more, you are being obedient to the Holy Spirit leading you.  Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and si...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Obedience. It begins with childhood and being obedient to our parents, teachers, then spouses and supervisors and law enforcement officials. That's the obedience we all grew up knowing.  God has another definition of OBEDIENCE that's explained in the new covenant teaching in  Galatians 6:5-8  5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Do you have a, or many spiritual gifts? The Anchormen are joined this week again by Jim Cross and we are discussing some of the spiritual gifts mentioned in scripture.  Many people really have no clue what they identify as a "Spiritual Gift" or even what a Spiritual Gift is.  Today we are talking spiritual gifts among the Anchormen here but...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Music in the Church is a normal occurrence, is the music in the church enhancing the experience or are we just being entertained each week and we attend with entertainment expectations? Todd and John are joined with worship musician Chuck Mudd as we explore the history of music in the worship experience and how it's changed over the years. What...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. DO YOU ENJOY GOD?  DOES GOD ENJOY YOU? That's a question that many wrestle with. Am I good enough or have I done enough for God to be pleased with me, enough to enjoy me or more importantly, would God allow me to enjoy Him. So many times we have a hard time just understanding what it means to enjoy God and in today's episode, the Anchormen...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. RELAX, GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU! That was the theme at the Network 220 Conference for 2026 in Plano Texas.  Some Anchormen attended that weekend conference and we made it back with a lot of takeaways and many great notes and thoughts. Cory McCammon sits down with John and Todd to discuss the high spots and most interesting things that stood out for each...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. In part two of our conversation with Larry and Randy Wright, we talk about not just the changes of the early church and the way church was 50 years, but we zero in on some of the strengths and weaknesses in today's church. This podcast is a reflection of the hosts and guests opinions. They are not based on any statistics or teachings, just our o...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. What is the church?  Has the church changed and how? What are some of the significant changes and how do you feel the changes have affected the people that attend the churches in and around the US and the world? Larry Wright and Randy Wright, yes they are related, join us this week and next for a two part conversation on the changes that occurred in...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. EASTER SUNDAY In this episode, the Anchormen share a round table discussion with Ernest Bodrazic on the illegal and inhumane torture and crucifixion of Jesus.  So much more than death occurred when Jesus died on that cross. We  will discuss the implications to us and for us with the death and resurrection of Jesus. We are extending this podcast episo...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. This is the week most Christians go to church. This and Christmas, but those that do not go to hear the Good News, or Gospel, are missing more than an Easter message. They miss the opportunity to build relationships with Kingdom men and women at the local church.  This week we finish our conversation with Jim Cross speaking on the subject of Holy Wee...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. We enter Holy Week here at the Upper room where the Anchormen meet each week to share and worship, learn and grow.  This week we'd like to welcome our dear friend Jim (JIMBO) Cross into the recording studio as we discuss the week preceding the most pivotal week in our walk with Christ. Without the death and resurrection of Jesus, we would have n...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. So what do the 10 commandments mean to me in 2026? We discussed in part one how the 10 commandments were not written to us so does that mean we don't have to follow or live by them? Well hold on there bucko, not so fast. Just because they were not written TO US, there's way more significance in what they mean to us now then aver trying to l...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Can you name the Ten Commandments? The Anchormen tackle the ten commandments and what do they mean to a new covenant believer in Christ. Are they STILL significant? What is the greatest commandment and how are you doing as you live your life trying to obey it, let alone the Ten.  What are we to do with these "laws" that Moses gave to the Je...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Is God first in your life? The first commandment says we should have no God's before our God almighty.  So many men have many things that fight for our attention and that attention can pull us away from God.  OR CAN IT? The Anchormen wrestle with this topic and even the mention of putting something or someone before God can spark some thoughtful...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Who is God to you?  This question you may never have asked yourself or anyone else but have you ever taken the time to think about it? What does God mean to you and how much of a part does He play in your life? We start out reading Hebrew 11:6 " Without Faith, it is impossible to please Him, anyone that comes to Him must believe He exists and th...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. We've been taught to hear scripture through a filter of performance and working harder.  This week, Todd and John bring to light some of the things we've been told for many years about how you must get better, try harder, do more for God and gain His favor or you will never be accepted into His kingdom.  Our eternal home is not determined b...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. How important are our children and grandchildren to you? John and Todd have a candid discussion about how we raise our children and what we have learned over the years about the importance of raising up our children to see how we love God and most importantly how God's love for us can, will and does change our lives. The old testament raises the...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Saints or Sinners! This is a topic that can invoke great discussions and it may seem like you are splitting hairs on the subject.  Many will defend the stance that "we are sinners saved by Grace" while others will tell you that "we are Saints that sometimes sin".  As we continue our Grace messages from a New Covenant perspective,...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. In the old testament in the book of Joshua we read where Joshua and his family take a stand against the evil that he sees all around him. Joshua 24:15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in w...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. When the apostle Paul went on his missionary trips he spoke to the Jews and Gentiles in Ephesus, he had a lot to critique, but he chose to encourage and warn Jews and Gentiles about following those that feel we have to continue to follow the laws of the old covenant instead of living by faith and Grace givin" to us by God.  The many scripture re...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. What is Church? What's the purpose of the Church? Are today's churches getting the Gospel all wrong by not teaching Grace or are they teaching and sending out the wrong message to all those that attend? Today, we are having a very candid conversation between Bob, John and Todd about our experiences at churches and where today's church...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. There is peace knowing the finished work of Christ at the cross. We read in scripture  John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” There is definitely trouble in the world and it seems like it never ends. Jesus told us that we can have...

Contact the Anchormen here...start with a text. Of the 8,810 promises found in the Bible, 7487 of them are promises made by God to humanity. Promises made by God to man...7487 Promises made by man to God....290 Promises made by angels...............28 Promises made by Satan..................9 Promises made by God the Father to God the Son...2 Promises made by a man to an angel....1 Old Testament p...