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When things aren't going the way we think they should at church, or someone rubs you the wrong way, are you quick to criticize? Many of us have that tendency, if we're honest. But today on Abounding Grace pastor Ed Taylor urges us to refrain from that sort of thing. Nothing good is accomplished through our criticism of others. As we begin our study of First Corinthians four today we discover the apostle Paul even faced criticism. How he handles it really speaks volumes. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

How do you measure success in your life? Perhaps you say, by how much you currently have in the bank or your achievements at work? God looks at it much differently, as we'll see today on Abounding Grace. Success in His eyes is very much connected to our level of faithfulness. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Whether it's teaching a Sunday School class for years and never having a single person show any appreciation whatsoever, or you're serving in the sound ministry and very few really know you're doing it faithfully… it's common for the Christian to feel underappreciated in their service of the Lord. But what will keep you going and how can you remain faithful to God in that difficult place?Let's talk about it today on Abounding Grace. In First Corinthians four verse one pastor Ed Taylor will key in on the description Paul gives of being a servant and a steward. That's exactly what we're to be as followers of God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

When we become a new person in Jesus, we not only have heaven to look forward to, but a glorious purpose here on earth. A big part of that involves serving! With that said, there is a right and wrong motive that we need to address. We'll talk about it on today's Abounding Grace. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Maybe you've noticed, the church has problems and difficulties to deal with. Do you ever wonder why that is? Maybe someone mistreats you in the church and you're left hurt and confused. We'll gain some biblical perspective on it all today on Abounding Grace as pastor Ed Taylor opens First Corinthians four. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Have you ever bought a piece of furniture that came in a box, with assembly required? Maybe like me you tried to go about it, without reading the instructions, and it didn't go so well! Today we'll learn the importance of building our lives and church the right way, on the right foundation. If you try to go about it the wrong way, you'll pay dearly for it.Fortunately for us, God has given us the instructions in His Word. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

When you're building a home, you know that it's important to build on a good solid foundation.But it's also important how you build on that foundation. Today on Abounding Grace we'll liken that to our spiritual lives. The Christian is to build their life on the foundation of Christ. Pastor Ed Taylor says there's a right and wrong way to build! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

When our kids are little we expect certain behaviors like an occasional temper tantrum, sucking on a pacifier, and crawling around on the ground playing with toys. But if a thirty or forty year old is engaging in that same behavior we'd be concerned. That's because we expect growth with time. And that's true spiritually as well. Today on Abounding Grace pastor Ed Taylor shows us why spiritual growth is to occur from new birth until we go to be with the Lord. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Our human bodies steadily grow from birth and the average person stops growing by the time they're twenty. Though we do stop growing physically, we should never stop growing spiritually. As we'll see in our study today on Abounding Grace, God desires for us to be healthy and mature believers, displaying the love of Christ with knowledge and understanding. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

If you've received Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, that's wonderful. Your salvation is secure and you're on your way to heaven. But did you realize, you'll still give an account for your life and stand before the Bema Seat Judgment of Christ? This is not regarding your salvation, but rather eternal rewards. And today on Abounding Grace, pastor Ed Taylor helps us get ready. He wants us to consider three things in light of the Bema Seat, found in Second Corinthians five. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Where do you go to get wisdom concerning spiritual things? Your local library or college? Or your friend down the street? If you look anywhere other than God and His Word, you'll be disappointed and unsatisfied.Today on Abounding Grace pastor Ed Taylor urges us to go to God for wisdom of the best kind. And the Holy Spirit is alone qualified to supply us that wisdom. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

How did we get here? What's the purpose of life? And is there life after death? When you're looking for answers to the questions of life where do you turn? You really have only two options. Today on Abounding Grace we'll encourage you towards the wisdom of God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Today we get right back into First Corinthians with pastor Ed Taylor on Abounding Grace. We open chapter two, and receive an awesome model for ministry. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We live in a world that is full of bad news, and it's easy to fixate on that and become discouraged. But today on Abounding Grace we draw your attention to the greatest news of all! Pastor Ed Taylor comes back to his series in First Corinthians and will not only point to the wise, powerful, yet simple Gospel, but man's general response to it. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Whether it's after our feelings get hurt or things don't go our way a fight or squabble can so easily lead to contention and even division. It even happens within the local church. Today on Abounding Grace we take a look at the damage on the other side of contentions and divisions that are birthed out of our flesh. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Heaven in not simply a destination - for the Christian it's a motivation. That's what the apostle Paul wanted the Corinthian Church to know and believe. In Second Corinthians chapter five, we are reminded that we all will give an account to the Lord for the things that we've done on earth even believers. That ought to inspire us to make it our goal to please the Lord. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

The first century church of Corinth certainly had its fair share of problems... lawsuits, division, fighting, immorality, and mistakes were occurring left and right. In light of all of this, it's interesting to note Paul's approach to them as he introduces First Corinthians. He was thankful, hopeful, and focused on who they were in Christ as well as God's grace. Today on Abounding Grace we visit First Corinthians chapter one. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Today on Abounding Grace we begin a helpful series in First Corinthians with pastor Ed Taylor. As the world around us is becoming more wicked by the minute, how can we stand apart and be different and honor God with our lives? Pastor Ed believes First Corinthians contains just what we need to hear for times like these. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Have you come to the place where in total surrender you've said, You Can Have It All Lord! I belong to you, my life is yours all of it! We'll be encouraged in that direction today on Abounding Grace as we complete our four-part mini-series, Take It All. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Here recently on Abounding Grace we've been encouraged to Take it All! But before we can actually do that we need to say to God, Lord You Can Have It All! This necessitates surrender and obedience on our part. We'll talk about it today, as pastor Ed Taylor visits Proverbs chapter three and Romans chapter twelve. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

There's a physical world all around us. It's very real to us because we can see it with our own eyes. But there's also a spiritual world as well, that is just as real! Problem is we can't see what's going on in this hidden spiritual realm. So today on Abounding Grace pastor Ed Taylor is going to challenge us to start praying, Lord open our eyes to see what we cannot see! That's actually a prayer of Elisha in Second Kings chapter six. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Pastor Ed Taylor has been taking us through the Book of Second Corinthians and we invite you to open your Bible to chapter five. The apostle Paul had his sights set on heaven, and that helped him get through the trials of life. Pastor Ed believes the same holds true for us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Today we'll pay a visit to Jeremiah 18 and 2 Kings 6, as part of our series, Take It All. Now Elisha is a wonderful example of someone who took it all. So get ready to hear his story, and be encouraged to start seeing things the way God does with eyes wide open. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We've all experienced it we've done or said something terrible, and feel bad about it. But where do you go from there? Pastor Ed will show us how to experience godly sorrow that leads to repentance. If we're going to enjoy all that God has for us then we're going to need this godly sorrow. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

You can probably look back on your life and think of quite a number of things that you did in the past that you now regret. Maybe it was using drugs, hanging out with the wrong people, or lying to someone. But God wants us to take it one step further and move from regret to repentance which is turning from the sin to Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Rise up and go take the land! That was God's message to the people of Israel in Joshua chapter one, but today on Abounding Grace we'll pause to consider that the Lord may very well be speaking that to us too! We're to go forward by faith and take all that God has for us. Perhaps this is the day for you to embrace that. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Today we begin a new and impactful four-part series titled, Take it All! We'll join pastor Ed in Joshua chapter one, where the children of Israel had been on a long journey of wilderness wanderings. But now God's Word to them is get up and go, take all that the Lord has for you. Pastor Ed believes that's a word we need to hear in the year 2025. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Afflictions and struggles are apart of life, to be sure. With that said, In Christ we have a glorious future to look forward to in heaven. Pastor Ed Taylor believes keeping an eternal mindset is a key to living victoriously and making it through the suffering we're bound to face. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Today we finish our study in Acts. We pick up today with the apostle Paul in Rome. Here we find some who had a desire to hear the word and Paul was ready to proclaim it to them. What an example for us to follow today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We're nearing the end of pastor Ed Taylor's series in Acts, and as the study comes to a completion, it's important to come to realize the Book of Acts continues today through you! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We're nearing the end of our studies in the book of Acts. And in chapter twenty-eight the apostle Paul is making his way to Rome through a storm, then he's shipwrecked and to top it off snake bit. You might be thinking at this point, why is he here at Malta why the storm and so much trouble? On a personal level, maybe that crosses your mind when you're in a storm? Pastor Ed will point out that God is actually guiding the storms! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We're at the end of a study in Acts. We're in the middle of Paul's perilous journey to Rome. We'll discover that God had more in mind than just getting Paul to Rome. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Maybe like the people we'll hear about today on Abounding Grace, you're in the middle of a fierce storm! Your ship is tossing, turning and sinking fast. What do you do, and how do you handle it? Pastor Ed Taylor will share hope and encouragement from Acts chapter 27. When we're in a storm that's the time to be praying, seeking God and following Jesus! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We all go through difficult times, but if we're a Christian and have eyes to see, we can look back and notice that God accomplished something great through it all. Not only that, we have heaven to look forward to. Keeping that eternal perspective will serve to help you avoid losing heart and giving up too soon. Today on Abounding Grace we take you to Second Corinthians four. First pastor Ed Taylor reminds us that we're all just clay pots, and God the treasure deserves all the glory for anything good that is seen in and through our lives. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We'll be in Acts chapter 27. Throughout our lives we will experience some storms and even significant changes. But are you ready for it, and can you embrace it and adapt? We'll get some much needed help in that department so stay tuned. Pastor Ed also encourages us to pray in the storms! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Some travel for enjoyment, others for business and others still to advance the gospel. Paul was in that third category, and could write a book on it! Today we'll hear of Paul's travels in Acts twenty-seven. And it wasn't an easy, comfortable trip that's putting mildly. In fact it ended in shipwreck! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

How do you react to change in your life? If you're like a lot of people you resist or frown upon it. But today on Abounding Grace we'll learn that God sometimes brings the winds of change into our lives to shake things up and push us in another direction. Sure it's not comfortable, and often hurts. But as we gain God's perspective on it all, it makes it much easier to go with the program. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We're at the tail-end of a study in Acts called, Be the Church. So often in our lives God is preparing us for what's up ahead. That trial you're going through right now, could very well be part of the preparation process. And here in Acts chapter 26 we see God doing that for the apostle Paul. We need to learn to submit and obey, trusting the Lord along the way. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We're in a series called, Be the Church! It's a study in Acts, from pastor Ed Taylor. And today we come back to chapter 26, where Paul is sharing some of his testimony. Before he came to Christ he was a religious man. Which raises the question, can you be unsaved, and yet do a lot of good things and involved in religious activities? Absolutely! And Saul of Tarsus, later to be known as Paul, is a case in point. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Today on Abounding Grace we'll learn among other things that the Resurrection of Jesus Brings Hope. Pastor Ed Taylor recalls a story in Luke 24 where a couple of very discouraged disciples had lost hope. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Romans 6:23 declares, The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Here on this Good Friday edition of Abounding Grace pastor Ed Taylor shares how we can move from wages to gift, and that's through repentance and faith in Christ. It really is the only way. But praise God there is a way, thanks to Jesus. We're talking about the power of Hope. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

Today on Abounding Grace we'll learn among other things that the Resurrection of Jesus Brings Hope. Pastor Ed Taylor recalls a story in Luke 24 where a couple of very discouraged disciples had lost hope. And maybe that's how you feel today? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

You can be sure you'll encounter many open and closed doors this year. Today pastor Ed wants to draw our attention to the opportunities that are before us to share the gospel. Even a crisis! The door is wide open and we just need to walk through it, like the apostle Paul did in the passage before us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

As we open Acts chapter 26 remember Paul was just under house arrest, he's been falsely accused with people wanting to kill him. But God has delivered him, and now he's before King Agrippa giving his defense. We'll hear what he has to say. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

It doesn't take long into the Christian experience before you come to realize that the Devil comes after us! At times it can feel unrelenting and intense. Today on Abounding Grace we'll see how he loves to bring confusion and work through fear as well. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

As we turn back to Second Corinthians today, we notice some in the church had lost focus. They received this letter from the apostle Paul reminding them that the ministry is to be about Jesus and not about ourselves. It's a good reminder for us today as we so often struggle in that department. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We're at the tail-end of a series in Acts called, Be the Church. And here in chapter 25 we're noticing how the devil comes after us! Pastor Ed Taylor will show us now that satan loves to bring confusion. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

We'll be joined by pastor Ed Taylor in a moment, who today resumes our series in Acts. We left off in chapter 25. We're about to get a glimpse into how the enemy works, and come after us. We learned last time that he's relentless and out to destroy our lives, often using discouragement. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

You've probably noticed the Christian life is a battleground, and the enemy comes after us seeking to ruin and destroy us! So today on Abounding Grace we're going to draw your attention to some of the ways he attacks us. So you'll be better equipped to recognize it and defend against it. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

When in the middle of a crisis many fixate on themselves and the circumstances surrounding them. But what if we were to look at it as an opportunity to share the gospel? Today on Abounding Grace we find the apostle Paul in the midst of a great trial, but he would take this opportunity to share the good news! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29

As you follow the Lord, you can be sure people will say things about you that aren't true. That can really hit us like a ton of bricks. And when it does happen we have a choice to make. Will we react in the flesh or use it as an opportunity to advance the gospel? Pastor Ed will talk about that during today's program. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/302/29