No one lets go of his most precious thing...unless...! If we're fortunate enough in this life to find things that keep us safe, that enhance our well-being, that help us live more fully, we would be fools to let those things go. Unless...! Unless we found something, or Someone, even more valuable. We've been looking at Luke, chapter 14, as Jesus shows us the actual value of discipleship - and not just for the next life.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

We've learned about the cost of being a disciple; it's high. But what about the benefits? Some of us have been guilty of "selling" Christianity: telling people about the wonderful perks, and downplaying the challenges. Not Jesus! He has put the price in big, bold print right at the top. But let's not stop there. The benefits of following Christ are even more astonishing than the cost - or so it seems to many of us. Here's Jim to talk about Being a Disciple.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

Did Jesus preach hate? "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple." That sounds - on the surface - as if the Lord is promoting contempt and hostility. As we started learning yesterday, Jesus is talking about something that we sweep under the rug, sometimes: the cost of making Him king of our lives.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

You're invited to a wedding! Today we'll hear a funny and thought-provoking skit, and we'll learn about Jesus' parable of the Wedding Feast. Whether we're considering the metaphor of the bride - the Bride of Christ - or we shift perspective to that of the wedding guests, we'll need to think hard about our commitment. What is required of us, to follow Jesus? Every relationship has costs, and this should be the highest relationship. Pastor Jim calls this sermon, A Reasonable Decision.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

Troubling times should prompt us to pray, but how should we pray? What kind of prayer gets through to God, and allows Him to get through to us? We're not asking out of idle curiousity; if you've been with us earlier this week, you know that we can either collapse in these last days, or we can pray. We know that reciting our "wish list" to God isn't the kind of prayer that Jesus had in mind. So what is? Jim will give us 3 practical suggestions - but he'll start with an explosive illustration!Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

"One will be taken, and the other will be left." Isn't that the Rapture? As Jesus is outlining the conditions just before - and apparently this is moments before - He returns, He gives that rather ominous detail about "one taken, one left." This is not the Rapture, the "snatching away" of believers; it seems to be the opposite - a kind of anti-Rapture. Pastor Jim will help us think about that, and other elements of the Lord's remarks toward the end of Luke 17.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

The Kingdom of God is coming - but maybe not like you think it will! Time would fail us to talk about all the myths and misconceptions people have about the return of Christ. There are some really wild theories out there about everything from the Antichrist to Armageddon. Well, what if we listened to the Man Himself; that is, the Son of Man - the One who'll be doing the returning? Let's hear Jesus reveal the signs, and the fakery, to expect. Here's Jim with Part 1 of, The Coming Kingdom of God.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

It's "business as usual"...until God liquidates the business! "When will the Kingdom of God come?" the Pharisees wanted to know. And many of us have the same question. Yesterday we began looking at Jesus' answer in Luke 17. The Lord prophesied that, right up until the moment He is revealed, it will be the "same-old-same-old" on Earth. People will be going about their normal routines unaware that the game is just about up. Here's Jim to conclude his sermon, It's Always Too Late to Quit.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

The point of the Parable of the Unjust Judge was to show that believers should "keep praying and not lose heart." That's right there in the text. But we're praying for something specific! A lot of us have wondered about this parable, captured by Luke in chapter 18 of his Gospel. And once again we'll find that context is our friend. Jesus had just answered the Pharisees about the timing of the Kingdom; now He's instructing His Disciples. Pastor Jim says, It's Always Too Late to Quit.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.

When the Shepherd became a sheep. "You just don't know what it's like to walk a mile in my hooves." None of us sheep can say that to Jesus because He is the "Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world." He is one of us. It's as if a human shepherd were to go beyond observing sheep, and studying animal husbandry, and actually - somehow - were turned into a sheep. Today we'll present the final part of a message called, The Good Shepherd; Ninety-and-Nine.Listen to Right Start Radio every Monday through Friday on WCVX 1160AM (Cincinnati, OH) at 9:30am, WHKC 91.5FM (Columbus, OH) at 5:00pm, WRFD 880AM (Columbus, OH) at 9:00am. Right Start can also be heard on One Christian Radio 107.7FM & 87.6FM in New Plymouth, New Zealand. You can purchase a copy of this message, unsegmented for broadcasting and in its entirety, for $7 on a single CD by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen online or download the message for free.