Running the Race Radio

Today, Pastor Eddie will share some difficult truths... Have you ever been wronged? Odds are you have. What is your first response? Probably anger or maybe sadness... But Pastor Eddie will encourage you to try to respond in a loving way, to ask the Lord for patience and love. Because really... How important is love? Where would you be without the love of Jesus?

Have you ever heard someone speak badly about someone else? Unfortunately, you probably have... In today's message, Pastor Eddie will share with you that as a Christian, you are to speak well of your enemies. Now, this isn't an easy task by any means. If someone has wronged you, you want to tell someone, you might want to “vent” your emotions. But Pastor Eddie will remind you that Jesus never spok...

Learning patience may be one of the biggest challenges you’ll face in your Christian walk. If you’re like most people, you want what you want, and you want it now. Our society has made instant gratification the norm. As Pastor Eddie reminds us in today’s message, God will always come through, and His timing perfect. Instead of taking the reins back, it’s time to exercise your faith through patienc...

Jesus didn’t say the world would know us by our rules. Or by our marches or protests. Those things may be an aspect of our life of faith, but ultimately, He said that the world should know us by our love. As Pastor Eddie reminds us in today’s message, that love should characterize God’s Church. When a lost person encounters you, they should be surprised at how loving you are, both towards them, as...

Many people struggle with surrender. Why would you want to die to yourself – giving up your own desires to serve the will of God? It doesn’t make much sense from a human perspective. But, as Pastor Eddie explains to us in today’s message, when you consider what God has done for you: giving His only Son to die for your sin, then sending His Holy Spirit to fill and equip you – surrendering to Him is...

Many people struggle with surrender. Why would you want to die to yourself – giving up your own desires to serve the will of God? It doesn’t make much sense from a human perspective. But, as Pastor Eddie explains to us in today’s message, when you consider what God has done for you: giving His only Son to die for your sin, then sending His Holy Spirit to fill and equip you – surrendering to Him is...

Taking your thoughts captive when they first enter your mind is a great help when you're trying to follow Jesus! Because you live in a fallen world where evil doesn't care who you are, you'll have unholy thoughts! Pastor Eddie will remind you today that it's essential to turn those thoughts over to Jesus immediately, or they can dig into your soul and wreck havoc! It can't be done simply by mind-o...

There's a reason Jesus is your Lord and Savior – He willingly sacrificed Himself for your sake! He was beaten for things He didn't do, and sentenced to die a brutal death for no reason. Jesus could have saved Himself – He had the power to do it! Instead, Jesus CHOSE to stay on that cross, suffering the death you deserve so that you don't have to! Today Pastor Eddie will encourage you to live as Je...

If you've been joining Pastor Eddie in his study through the book of Romans, you've learned a lot about what it means to be a Christian and why Jesus way of living is different from the world's. Now, today, it's time to put what you've learned into practice! Jesus calls all His followers to not simply learn about life as a Christian, but to actually go out and live it! Set yourself apart from the...

When God made His promise to Abraham to make him into a great nation, He meant it. When Abraham took matters into his own hands and had Ishmael, God didn't take His promise back! God kept His word, creating two nations from Abraham's children. Pastor Eddie will share in today's message how faithful your Creator is, and how you can trust every promise He makes to you as well! God's faithfulness is...

Today Pastor Eddie will be reminding you how much God loves the nation of Israel! Even though they turned away from Him again and again, His promises remained and His love never failed. God loves you too! It's the same love that He has for the children of Israel – after all, if you're a follower of Jesus, you're His child too! God makes promises to you as well, and He will keep them. Let Him embra...

You've probably had times where you face a problem – everyone has! What's your go-to response in that situation? Pastor Eddie will be encouraging you in today's message to seek direction from God instead of turning to your own ideas. You may come up with the most creative solution, but is it God's plan? He knows your future and how everything will work together in the best way. Rely on Him to guid...

Before Christ, we were outside the privileges of God. Now, because of Christ, we are no longer excluded from the rich, deep roots that come from the triune relationship of God. Like the olive tree, we are now grafted into this family. In today's message, Pastor Eddie explains that before Christ, only Jews could receive privileges, not gentiles. Today, anyone who is grafted into Christ, has access...

Do we believe that God is our sole provider? The challenge of tithing is that it requires a placement of trust that's in God, and not in ourselves. In today's message, Pastor Eddie reminds us that God is a faithful God, who is worthy of being trusted. When everything we have comes from Him, doesn't He deserve the first of our fruits? To tithe, is to acknowledge the source within where our resource...

Do you find yourself defining who you are through a job you do? Do you define your job, as the kind of life you live? Within a world of labels, degrees, and titles; this is an easy trap to fall into. In today's message, we hear from Pastor Eddie on how to properly define our lives. Jobs and the titles we have do not define us, it's our relationship in Christ that defines us. Our jobs may come and...

Are you serving the Creator, or the creature? In today's message from Pastor Eddie, he teaches you to stay away from idolatry. Idolatry, is anything that directs your worship away from the Lord. The Lord is a jealous God, who deserves your full devotion and worship. His jealousy is not like man's, which is evil and dark. God's jealousy is holy, and protective of what is His. All of creation belong...

God does not violate man's free will. In today's message from Pastor Eddie, he teaches that God does not force Himself onto anyone. God has created you with the ability to choose, whether or not you will follow Him. If you do not want to hear or see that Jesus is the Christ, He will allow you not to see or hear. God blinds those, who want to be blind. If your heart is choosing to be hardened to th...

Where you saved by your good works? No! It was by God's unmerited favor that you have salvation in Christ. In his message today, Pastor Eddie shares that there is nothing you can do to earn a spot in heaven. By having faith in the grace of our Lord, you can find salvation in Christ Jesus. When we do good works, it is because of what Jesus did for us on the cross. Out of love and appreciation for h...

Do you find yourself defining who you are through a job you do? Do you define your job, as the kind of life you live? Within a world of labels, degrees, and titles; this is an easy trap to fall into. In today's message, we hear from Pastor Eddie on how to properly define our lives. Jobs and the titles we have do not define us, it's our relationship in Christ that defines us. Our jobs may come and...

The Word is powerful. Sometimes we think we need someone with a degree to explain the Bible to us, but you and I can just read the Word and be filled with the Spirit. Today, Pastor Eddie will encourage you in the power found in the Word. It is enough to open the Bible and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you through God's word. With the truth found in the pages of scripture, go and share your fai...

In his message today, Pastor Eddie will share what the great commission is for your life. Listen carefully and write this down, it's pretty simple; “go make disciples of all the nations.” You are being sent out to share the good news of the gospel. You can go across the street, to the next town, or even across the ocean. We are to grow and encourage each other in church, but once you go out the do...

As Pastor Eddie continues his teaching series through the Book of Romans, he'll be encouraging you to keep things simple when it comes to the Gospel message. The Bible say's that if you confess with your mouth, what you believe in your heart, that Jesus is Lord you will be saved. Your salvation comes simply from the finished work Jesus did on the cross for you. You can't add or take away from this...

There will come a time in your life as a Christian when you'll be persecuted because of you're love for the Lord. Sadly, all throughout your walk with the Lord you're going to face opposition and persecution even from those within you're own family. Today, Pastor Eddie will be challenging you to stand firm for the Lord, even when loved ones try to convince you to turn away from Him. It's better to...

The Bible say's that you were predestined to good works, and that God knew you even before the foundations of the world! As Pastor Eddie continues his teaching series through the Book of Romans, he'll be encouraging you to cooperate with the Holy Spirit's work within you. The only reason you've been saved is because God first put the desire within you. Now that you've received salvation through Je...

Today, Pastor Eddie will be reminding you that you are betrothed to Jesus, and that He has a jealous love for you. When Israel turned away from God to follow after idols, He accused them of great harlotry. It's heart breaking to God when you choose to follow after sin, instead of following after Him. Sin causes a break in the harmony of your fellowship with the Lord. In the same way your spouse wo...