Inside Grace with Alan Wright

We continue our conversation about the source of authentic energy for life in today’s relevant episode. Pandemic has made us weary and we’re too easily duped by hell into pursuing counterfeit solutions. Rebellion cries: “I won’t let anyone tell me what to do” and promises energy through pleasure. Religion offers an equal and opposite allure. The spirit of religion dangles the promise of performanc...

“Are you hanging in there?” It’s the question we ask one another during global pandemic because, in one way or another, the world crisis is draining us physically and emotionally. Everyone seems tired. What is so exhausting about life during pandemic and how do we find authentic energy? Those questions and more are answered in today’s episode that explores the conversion of Saul of Tarsus (the Apo...

We’re joined today again Dr. Jeff Deaton, a reproductive endocrinologist ( a fertility doctor) to talk about the amazing phenomenon of balance. Real balance isn’t found in a commitment to the safe, middle ground—real balance is portrayed in the capacity to swing between seemingly opposite extremes without falling off either end. Just like the human body is designed for big swings in hormones (or s...

During hard seasons like this, life can feel out of balance. Usually, when we’re “out of balance,” we mean we’re too busy or we’re stretched too far in one direction. But, in today’s episode, we discover that the Biblical notion of balance isn’t about finding a safe, middle place that avoids any extremes—real balance is the ability to stretch far in seemingly opposite directions. Pastor Alan and C...

Pastor Alan’s wife talks about the “yes” house and how God is a “yes” God – God is the author of freedom, right? But a lot of people think the opposite. Devil lured Adam and Eve to take their eyes of the “yeses” and focus on the one “no” – so the essence of temptation is to think that any form of restraint limits freedom.

“If only I didn’t have so much responsibility, I’d finally be free.” “Keep your options open—make sure you don’t miss out on a better opportunity.” Those are the mantras of the age we live in. We have been duped into believing that freedom comes when we escape commitment and responsibility. But in this week’s episode of Inside Grace, we discover why responsibilities are privileges and why commitme...

Culture’s version of freedom sounds like this: “Be free. Don’t be constrained by others’ values. Live your truth and don’t let anyone limit you.” In other words, the spirit of the age equates freedom with the lack of restraint. Keep your options open is today’s mantra. But the Biblical picture of freedom isn’t a lack of submission—real freedom comes from ultimate submission. Freedom isn’t the abse...

Most Christians are familiar with lamb that was sacrificed on the Day of Atonement each year during Israel’s fall festival. The lamb’s blood made temporary atonement for the sins of the people and foreshadowed Jesus, the “lamb who takes away the sin of the world.” But many have never notice that there were two animals actually presented on the Day of Atonement. One goat was slaughtered, but the ot...

Amidst the racial tensions, many constructive conversations are taking place that can help lead to healing. But, perhaps the most important conversation of all is not at the forefront—the roots of racism itself. Pastor Alan Wright shares what he’s learned from nearly years of study and teaching on the subject of shame as it relates to the root issues of racial prejudice, hate and violence.

Do victorious people celebrate more or do celebrative people have more victories? Pastor Alan explores the Biblical concept of celebration and shares practical insights for individuals and families. We mustn’t postpone celebration until the end of pandemic—we sometimes need celebration most when life is most difficult.

Pastor Alan Wright and his friend, Bishop J.C. Hash, a leading African-American pastor in the same community, sit down for an honest, healing conversation about the killing of George Floyd, the pathway to deeper understanding and the power of the Spirit to cure racism.

What does Paul mean when he writes, “hope does not put us to shame”? (Romans 5:5) Pastor Alan explains the dynamics of toxic shame and how the hope of the Gospel lifts deep shame.

If a little girl says, “I hope I get a pony for Christmas,” she means, I wish I would get a pony, but I likely won’t. True hope—Biblical hope—isn’t wishful thinking, it’s inward certainty of future blessedness. Discover how to live in the power of real hope.