Ah-ha Moments - The Ultimate Ah-ha
Tom Shrader shares his personal testimony of coming to faith and teaches on the ultimate 'aha moment' - understanding salvation by grace through faith alone. Drawing from Ephesians 2:8-9 and Romans, he emphasizes that salvation is not based on human effort or religion, but on God's grace alone.
Peter - Failure Is Not Fatal
Tom Shrader examines Peter's journey from denial to powerful preaching, demonstrating that failure is not fatal for believers. Using Peter's three denials of Christ and his subsequent restoration, Shrader shows how God's grace transforms our worst moments into opportunities for ministry.
Paul - God Hates Religion
Tom Shrader examines the Apostle Paul's dramatic conversion from religious persecutor to Christ follower in Acts 6-9. He emphasizes that Paul was not seeking God but was convinced he already had Him through his religious works, yet God saved him by grace alone.
Let’s Be On The Same Page
Tom Shrader presents the foundational gospel message, tracing humanity's sin problem from Adam's fall in Genesis 3 to God's solution through Christ's death.
Getting On The Same Page
Tom Shrader begins a conference series by establishing the theological foundation of salvation by grace through faith alone.
Marching Orders
Tom Shrader provides a comprehensive summary of the week's teaching, emphasizing that believers need transformed hearts, informed minds, and radical lives.
Driven By Love And Humility
Tom Shrader explores why Christians struggle to change, arguing that true transformation comes through understanding our complete dependence on God's grace rather than our own efforts.
Real Life Change Inspide Out
Tom Shrader explores 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Romans 12:1-2, emphasizing that true Christian transformation comes from God working inside out, not through external religious effort.
James Session 7
Tom Shrader teaches from James 2:14-26 on the relationship between faith and works, emphasizing that while salvation is by grace through faith alone, genuine faith will always produce good works as evidence.
James Session 4
Tom Shrader distinguishes between God's testing (which produces good) and Satan's temptation (which aims for destruction) from James 1:13-18.
Paul's Favorite Guy
Tom Shrader begins a series on 2 Timothy by examining Paul's opening words to his beloved protege Timothy, written from prison as Paul faces death. He emphasizes the importance of mentoring relationships and God's promises of grace, mercy, and peace.
Stir Up Your Gifts
Tom Shrader examines Paul's charge to Timothy to kindle afresh his spiritual gifts, emphasizing that God gives every believer unique gifts to be used with power, love, and discipline rather than timidity.
Five Points
Tom Shrader presents five key points about the Christian life: salvation by grace, unbreakable union with God, freedom from sin's bondage, enduring life's trials, and fulfilling God's plan.
Love
Tom Shrader teaches that genuine Christianity is fundamentally about doctrine rather than behavior, though right doctrine leads to transformed living.
Grace
Tom Shrader begins a men's conference by sharing his personal testimony of conversion and introducing the foundational concept of grace.
Memorial Day (Sat AM)
Tom Shrader explores Jesus' teaching that Christians are salt and light in the world, emphasizing that this is about being rather than doing.
Rejoice In The Freedom Of The Cross
Tom Shrader examines three aspects of Christian freedom that flow from the cross: freedom from the consequences of sin through justification, freedom from the bondage of sin through the Spirit's power, and freedom to be the unique person God created each believer to be.
God Gets The Last Word
Tom Shrader concludes his series on Jonah by examining chapter 4, where Jonah becomes angry that God spared Nineveh after their repentance.
God Of Second Chances
Tom Shrader examines Jonah's story as it continues in chapter 4, emphasizing that God is a God of second chances who extends grace and mercy to His people.
A Whale Of A Story
Tom Shrader examines Jonah's experience in the belly of the great fish, addressing questions about the historical reliability of this account while emphasizing the spiritual truth it reveals.