web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:24:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) GRINDIT podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Ekklesia” https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/ekklesia Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0500 Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. en-us episodic We at GRINDIT want to encourage people to keep going, to keep grinding, when life gets hard. Quitting is not an option! Randall Tucker Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. no Jesus, Christ, endure, grind, keep going, quit, death, life, heaven, throw in the towel Randall Tucker thegrinditpodcast@gmail.com Episode 503: Lessons From Our Spain Trip Part 2 https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/503 25c671c6-fa0f-44f2-9821-155e91d7adf2 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0500 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker We share some lessons we learned on our trip to Spain. 44:38 no We take a break from our regular study to share with you some things about our Spain trip and some lessons we learned. We will start 2 Timothy next week! Here is a link to a short video you can watch to see some pictures. There are other videos on my personal YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/em6-YSdOC88 Spain, lessons, Rome, ruins, archeology, missions, mission, Jesus, Catholic, church, ekklesia We take a break from our regular study to share with you some things about our Spain trip and some lessons we learned. We will start 2 Timothy next week!

Here is a link to a short video you can watch to see some pictures. There are other videos on my personal YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/em6-YSdOC88

]]> We take a break from our regular study to share with you some things about our Spain trip and some lessons we learned. We will start 2 Timothy next week!

Here is a link to a short video you can watch to see some pictures. There are other videos on my personal YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/em6-YSdOC88

]]> Episode 463: 1 Thessalonians 2 Part 2 You Are Our Crown https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/463 285e875b-ee40-47e0-9123-a54d2fa080db Sat, 21 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker Paul tells the persecuted church in Thessaloniki they are his crown. 36:50 no Could you imagine being a church that was being persecuted, you’re seeing your loved ones tortured, even killed for following Jesus, and the man who brought the gospel to you writes a letter of encouragement and during his letter, he says this, “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? For you are our glory and joy.” Paul reminds them to keep walking with the Lord because he will come to the rescue soon, and he says the church at Thessalonica are his glory and joy. We put stock in so many of our accomplishments: bank accounts, houses, fancy cars, etc...but what about the people we have shared the gospel with? Have you won anyone to Jesus? Do you consider them your joy and crown? crown, joy, hat, persecute, persecution, toture, Jesus, church, ekklesia, glory, gospel, rejoice Could you imagine being a church that was being persecuted, you’re seeing your loved ones tortured, even killed for following Jesus, and the man who brought the gospel to you writes a letter of encouragement and during his letter, he says this, “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? For you are our glory and joy.” Paul reminds them to keep walking with the Lord because he will come to the rescue soon, and he says the church at Thessalonica are his glory and joy. We put stock in so many of our accomplishments: bank accounts, houses, fancy cars, etc...but what about the people we have shared the gospel with? Have you won anyone to Jesus? Do you consider them your joy and crown?

]]> Could you imagine being a church that was being persecuted, you’re seeing your loved ones tortured, even killed for following Jesus, and the man who brought the gospel to you writes a letter of encouragement and during his letter, he says this, “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? For you are our glory and joy.” Paul reminds them to keep walking with the Lord because he will come to the rescue soon, and he says the church at Thessalonica are his glory and joy. We put stock in so many of our accomplishments: bank accounts, houses, fancy cars, etc...but what about the people we have shared the gospel with? Have you won anyone to Jesus? Do you consider them your joy and crown?

]]> Episode 462: 1 Thessalonians 2 Part 1 Persecution and the American Church https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/462 97f0e2ab-7b4f-4e2f-a235-3ce24169c42a Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:00:00 -0400 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker We, in the American Church, have no clue what the early church endured. We can see it 1 Thessalonians. 35:58 no One thing the early church had as a part of its DNA was persecution. Jesus told his disciples they would face it, he faced it, and after Acts 2, they faced it. Jesus even warned Paul he would be persecuted as he travels around taking the gospel to the Gentiles...and he was the very one who led the charge when it comes to persecution! He was there at the stoning of Stephen and he says he gave his approval when it happened. Now, this man and his colleagues, are getting beaten with rods, whipped, flogged, and even stoned! But...they never flinched or backed down. Why? How? Because the love they have for Jesus and how badly they wanted others to experience him! DNA, persecution, disciples, church, ekklesia, flogged, stoned, rods, endure One thing the early church had as a part of its DNA was persecution. Jesus told his disciples they would face it, he faced it, and after Acts 2, they faced it. Jesus even warned Paul he would be persecuted as he travels around taking the gospel to the Gentiles...and he was the very one who led the charge when it comes to persecution! He was there at the stoning of Stephen and he says he gave his approval when it happened. Now, this man and his colleagues, are getting beaten with rods, whipped, flogged, and even stoned! But...they never flinched or backed down. Why? How? Because the love they have for Jesus and how badly they wanted others to experience him!

]]> One thing the early church had as a part of its DNA was persecution. Jesus told his disciples they would face it, he faced it, and after Acts 2, they faced it. Jesus even warned Paul he would be persecuted as he travels around taking the gospel to the Gentiles...and he was the very one who led the charge when it comes to persecution! He was there at the stoning of Stephen and he says he gave his approval when it happened. Now, this man and his colleagues, are getting beaten with rods, whipped, flogged, and even stoned! But...they never flinched or backed down. Why? How? Because the love they have for Jesus and how badly they wanted others to experience him!

]]> Episode 443: Galatians 2 Part 4 Old Habits Die Hard https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/443 26a1b302-52d8-46f0-8c73-b0338d0c497f Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0400 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker Peter's decision affected a lot of people in that room and so do ours! Be careful to choose righteousness and holiness....not sin! 37:32 no Paul confronts Peter because of his sin, his choosing to not fellowship with the uncircumcised Gentiles when the circumcised Jews came into the room. Paul lets Peter know that he is in sin and his sin has led others astray as well! We take a deep dive into the seriousness of sin and who it effects beside us. What we see is it comes down to who do we chain ourselves to, who are we bound to? Ourselves? Our flesh? Or Jesus? Do we gratify our flesh or do we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us? If we say Jesus, then do we live like it or do we unholy lives deceiving ourselves thinking we are in good standing with God. Lord, break every chain that bounds us to the things that hinder our relationship with You! holy, holiness, saint, separated, ekklesia, sin, sinner, decision, astray, lead, prodigal Paul confronts Peter because of his sin, his choosing to not fellowship with the uncircumcised Gentiles when the circumcised Jews came into the room. Paul lets Peter know that he is in sin and his sin has led others astray as well! We take a deep dive into the seriousness of sin and who it effects beside us. What we see is it comes down to who do we chain ourselves to, who are we bound to? Ourselves? Our flesh? Or Jesus? Do we gratify our flesh or do we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us? If we say Jesus, then do we live like it or do we unholy lives deceiving ourselves thinking we are in good standing with God. Lord, break every chain that bounds us to the things that hinder our relationship with You!

]]> Paul confronts Peter because of his sin, his choosing to not fellowship with the uncircumcised Gentiles when the circumcised Jews came into the room. Paul lets Peter know that he is in sin and his sin has led others astray as well! We take a deep dive into the seriousness of sin and who it effects beside us. What we see is it comes down to who do we chain ourselves to, who are we bound to? Ourselves? Our flesh? Or Jesus? Do we gratify our flesh or do we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us? If we say Jesus, then do we live like it or do we unholy lives deceiving ourselves thinking we are in good standing with God. Lord, break every chain that bounds us to the things that hinder our relationship with You!

]]> Episode 363: James 4 Part 1 Don't Walk the Line! https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/363 8af55281-d436-4486-b690-3a5f20de24b8 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:00:00 -0400 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker Don't be like Johnny...Do NOT walk the line! Get far away from it and get close to God! 38:47 no James has been writing his letter to confront the followers of Jesus who have been scattered abroad because of persecution to quit sinning. He is trying to get these believers to realize who they are in Christ and who lives inside them, God’s Spirit, therefore, they need to live like it! Their problem is they are trying to live for Jesus while living for the world too! Instead of doing what God desires, they are giving in to fleshly desires, which is sin, and they don’t even show any remorse for their choices. James tells them to do a heart check and get back where they belong...separated from the world and close to God! walk, line, Cash, separate, ekklesia, called out, sin, sinner, desire, sinning, flesh, Spirit James has been writing his letter to confront the followers of Jesus who have been scattered abroad because of persecution to quit sinning. He is trying to get these believers to realize who they are in Christ and who lives inside them, God’s Spirit, therefore, they need to live like it! Their problem is they are trying to live for Jesus while living for the world too! Instead of doing what God desires, they are giving in to fleshly desires, which is sin, and they don’t even show any remorse for their choices. James tells them to do a heart check and get back where they belong...separated from the world and close to God!

]]> James has been writing his letter to confront the followers of Jesus who have been scattered abroad because of persecution to quit sinning. He is trying to get these believers to realize who they are in Christ and who lives inside them, God’s Spirit, therefore, they need to live like it! Their problem is they are trying to live for Jesus while living for the world too! Instead of doing what God desires, they are giving in to fleshly desires, which is sin, and they don’t even show any remorse for their choices. James tells them to do a heart check and get back where they belong...separated from the world and close to God!

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