Ah-ha Moments - How To Eliminate Stress In Your Life
Tom Shrader addresses the epidemic of stress in modern life by presenting five truths believers can know that reduce anxiety: God is in control, He forgives sin, He is our only hope, He works all things for good, and He never changes.
New Spiritual Strategies For A Changing World
Tom Shrader presents five essential spiritual strategies for believers navigating a changing and challenging world: fellowship through commitment to local church, learning through Scripture study, giving generously with money and resources, working out salvation through good deeds, and recruiting others by sharing the gospel.
How To Benefit From Adversity
Tom Shrader teaches that adversity is inevitable in life and that believers can benefit from it by being coachable and willing to learn.
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.
James Session 8
Tom Shrader teaches through James 3:1-12, focusing on the power and danger of the tongue. He emphasizes that the tongue reveals what is truly in our hearts, using James's illustrations of horses, ships, and fire to show both the controlling power and destructive potential of our words.
James Session 3
Tom Shrader examines James 1:5-12, emphasizing how believers should seek God's wisdom during trials while trusting His sovereignty without demanding specific outcomes.
Principles Of Reverence
Tom Shrader examines Isaiah's vision in Isaiah 6:1-8, emphasizing three key visions: seeing God as He truly is in His holiness and majesty, seeing ourselves as we really are in our sinfulness, and receiving a vision for how God uses transformed lives in service.
Principles Of Stewardship
Tom Shrader teaches from Jesus' parable in Luke 12 about faithful and unfaithful managers to demonstrate that believers are stewards, not owners, of all their resources.
Principles Of Significance
Tom Shrader examines the creation and fall accounts in Genesis to address the fundamental human need for significance and self-worth.
Living The Disentangled Life
Tom Shrader examines 2 Timothy 2 and the concept of living a disentangled life, using Paul's metaphors of the soldier, athlete, and farmer to illustrate Christian discipline.
Memorial Day (Mon)
Tom Shrader examines the believer's role as a messenger of the gospel, drawing from 2 Corinthians 5:20 where Paul describes Christians as ambassadors for Christ.
Memorial Day (Sat PM)
Tom Shrader examines 1 Corinthians 13 to define biblical love, emphasizing that without love, even the greatest spiritual gifts and acts of service are meaningless.
Thirst For Daily Renewal
Tom Shrader emphasizes the necessity of daily spiritual renewal, drawing from Paul's teaching that while our outer bodies decay, our inner selves are renewed day by day.
Learn To Be Content
Tom Shrader explores Paul's declaration in Philippians 4:11-13 that he has learned the secret of contentment in all circumstances.
Make The Invisible God Visible
Tom Shrader examines what it means to be salt and light in the world, emphasizing that Christians are called to make the invisible God visible through their lives.
Live Your Life Confidently
Tom Shrader explores the fourth principle of staying straight in a crooked world: living life confidently.
Integrate Your Faith
Tom Shrader explores Paul's pursuit of spiritual maturity in Philippians 3, emphasizing that authentic Christianity cannot be segmented into just Sundays or church settings but must be integrated into every aspect of life.
Establish The Bible As The Final Authority In Your Life
Tom Shrader begins a 12-part series on staying faithful in a changing world by establishing the Bible as the ultimate authority for life.
A Father’s Thoughts On His Daughters Wedding Day
Drawing from Deuteronomy 6 and his own experience, he offers practical wisdom on raising children while emphasizing the importance of being present, providing consistent discipline, and ultimately preparing kids to be independent of parents but dependent on God.
Living An Examined Life: Become A Person Of Ambitions
Tom Shrader redefines ambition from the world's pursuit of money, fame, prestige and power to five biblical priorities: improving relationships, increasing freedom from enslaving habits, intensifying godly passion, expanding perspective through learning, and being strengthened by the Holy Spirit.