Word of Grace

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Plainspoken sermons for everyday discipleship.

The gist

Word of Grace is a sermon feed built around biblical teaching with direct application. Its messages move from familiar moments, like avoiding someone in a store or reacting to hunger, into calls toward faith, obedience, compassion, and discipleship.

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About Word of Grace

Word of Grace is a sermon podcast from a Christian church setting, built around Scripture, repentance, faith in Jesus, and the ordinary work of discipleship. The teaching is direct. It tends to start with familiar life: the avoidance walk in a store, losing favorite hats after a trip, hunger turning into irritability, kids doing chores, or the caution needed before a major commitment. From there, the message turns toward biblical interpretation and application. Recent episodes show a steady concern with what love, obedience, and faith look like when they cost something. A sermon on loving a neighbor uses the question of exclusion as a way to press toward compassion beyond convenient boundaries. Easter teaching works with the lost-and-found shape of return, rebellion, pride, and welcome. Palm Sunday teaching places Holy Week in a frame of sadness, hope, waiting, and the cry of Hosanna. The Fight For Delight series returns to spiritual nearness, performance, fasting, and the daily practice of walking with God. The Head, Heart, Hands message treats the mind as part of discipleship rather than a separate religious compartment. The elders series brings church leadership down to character, money, household care, and spiritual trustworthiness. Across the feed, the language is pastoral and plain, with enough humor to keep the room human. It does not rely on polished distance. The speaker names common excuses, social discomfort, appetite, pride, distraction, and hard-heartedness, then pushes them back toward Scripture. The result is practical sermon audio for people who want Christian teaching that moves from biblical text to concrete conduct. It is also distinctly church-shaped. Prayers, direct appeals to faith and repentance, and recurring Great Commission language keep the episodes anchored in worship, not just religious commentary. The show’s strength is its insistence that doctrine has visible consequences: how a person speaks, spends, waits, apologizes, serves, thinks, and responds when the Spirit nudges. Word of Grace offers accessible preaching with a steady discipleship spine.

Made for: Suits a listener who wants Christian sermon teaching with clear Scripture application, practical examples, and direct calls toward faith, repentance, love, and obedience.

What sets it apart: Word of Grace stands out for turning ordinary moments into concrete discipleship pressure points, then returning the listener to Scripture, prayer, and the Great Commission.

In their own words

Word of Grace Church is located in Sheboygan Falls, WI. We are a non-denominational church that is passionate about helping people grow in loving God, loving people, and making disciples. Each week you can hear our latest recording from our weekend teaching or search for relevant content in our archived messages. We cover a variety of topics that are relevant to your life from scripture to help you grow.

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A store-aisle dodge turns into a question you may not want to answer: Are you a neighbor?

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  • to consider whether an apology after a sharp phone call is a nudge you should follow
  • to weigh church elders by how they handle money and care for their families
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Episodes

  1. 1

    Elders Sermon 1: Why Elders?

    ·40m
  2. 2

    Sermon: The Days After Christmas

    ·38m
  3. 3

    2025 Christmas Eve Sermon: Exchange

    ·25m
  4. 4

    2025 Christmas Program || Word Of Grace

    ·44m
  5. 5

    Go Tell It On The Mountain Sermon 3: The Great Invitation

    ·45m
  6. 6

    Go Tell It On The Mountain Sermon 2: From Fear To Joy

    ·37m
  7. 7

    Go Tell It On The Mountain Sermon 1: Good, God, Gospel

    ·39m
  8. 8

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 5: Hands That Love God

    ·51m
  9. 9

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 4: Living From A Guarded Heart

    ·38m
  10. 10

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 3: The Heart Of The Matter

    ·45m
  11. 11

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 2: Love God With All Your Mind

    ·43m
  12. 12

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 1: The Shema

    ·41m
  13. 13

    Seeking Certainty #2 | Scripture Examined

    ·51m
  14. 14

    Seeking Certainty | The Resurrection Examined Easter Sermon

    ·41m
  15. 15

    Easter Sunday Sermon: Lost And Found

    ·31m
  16. 16

    Palm Sunday Sermon 2026

    ·27m
  17. 17

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 6: Stay Close — Learning To Walk With God

    ·42m
  18. 18

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 5: When You Stop Performing

    ·43m
  19. 19

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 4: The Fast Track — Fasting For Delight

    ·41m
  20. 20

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 3: Confession — The Fight For Restored Joy

    ·39m
  21. 21

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 2: Casting Off Weight And Sin

    ·44m
  22. 22

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 1: Self Image

    ·36m
  23. 23

    Jonah Sermon 4: The Question

    ·47m
  24. 24

    Jonah Sermon 3: Mercy Triumphs

    ·40m
  25. 25

    Jonah Sermon 2: Rescued, But Not Quite Reformed

    ·46m
  26. 26

    Jonah Sermon 1: Grace For Me... Just Not For Them

    ·47m
  27. 27

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 7: The Script Was Already Written

    ·43m
  28. 28

    Sermon 17: "Groaning for Glory" | Word Of Grace Romans 8:16-25

    ·47m
  29. 29

    Sermon 16: "Sons and Daughters" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·45m
  30. 30

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 5: The Writing On The Wall

    ·44m
  31. 31

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 4: A Most Humbling Dream

    ·38m
  32. 32

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 3: No Other God

    ·45m
  33. 33

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 2: Impossible

    ·35m
  34. 34

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 1: Resolved

    ·40m
  35. 35

    Legacy Sunday Sermon: Doing God's Will

    ·33m
  36. 36

    Elders Sermon 4: How To Choose Elders

    ·46m
  37. 37

    Elders Sermon 3: Who Can Be Elders?

    ·54m
  38. 38

    Elders Sermon 2: What Are Elders?

    ·40m
  39. 39

    Sermon: Happy New Year/Holy New Year

    ·40m
  40. 40

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 8: Still My Soul - Learning To Trust God

    ·32m
  41. 41

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 7: Psalm 23

    ·39m
  42. 42

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 6: Purpose For Pain

    ·38m
  43. 43

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 5: It's Better In The Presence Of The Lord!

    ·35m
  44. 44

    Legacy Sunday Sermon: Faith In Action

    ·28m
  45. 45

    Summer in The Psalms Sermon 4: Make Lemonade

    ·31m
  46. 46

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 3: After God's Own Heart

    ·35m
  47. 47

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 2: Two Ways To Live

    ·35m
  48. 48

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 1: Two Ways To Live

    ·30m
  49. 49

    The Days After Sermon 5: A Faith To Die For

    ·47m
  50. 50

    The Days After Sermon 4: A Resurrection Community

    ·42m
  51. 51

    The Days After Sermon 3: Scripture Held Up

    ·39m
  52. 52

    The Days After Sermon 2: They Spoke Up

    ·37m
  53. 53

    The Life Long War

    ·47m
  54. 54

    The Days After Sermon 1: How Doubters Became Martyrs

    ·43m
  55. 55

    Easter Sunday Sermon: Emptied and Filled

    ·41m
  56. 56

    The Night Before Sermon 7: The High Priestly Prayer

    ·42m
  57. 57

    The Night Before Sermon 6: "For A Little While"

    ·41m
  58. 58

    Legacy Sunday Sermon: Aging Is Life

    ·35m
  59. 59

    The Night Before Sermon 5: The Fruit of The Spirit

    ·40m
  60. 60

    The Night Before Sermon 4: Better Together

    ·43m
  61. 61

    The Night Before Sermon 3: "Am I Enough?"

    ·42m
  62. 62

    The Night Before Sermon 2: "How Can We Know The Way?"

    ·32m
  63. 63

    The Night Before Sermon 1: Shedding Light

    ·38m
  64. 64

    Sing: For Love | Word of Grace Advent 3

    ·54m
  65. 65

    Sing: For Love | Word of Grace Advent 2

    ·38m
  66. 66

    Sing: For Hope | Word of Grace Advent 1

    ·46m
  67. 67

    Discipleshift Part 8 | "Daily Missionary"

    ·44m
  68. 68

    Discipleshift Part 7 | "Intentinal Disciple Maker"

    ·45m
  69. 69

    Election Mini Series Pt. 2 - "The Church, Culture, and Politics"

    ·50m
  70. 70

    Election Mini Series - "The Church, Culture, and Politics"

    ·39m
  71. 71

    Discipleshift Part 6 | "Comfort is Overrated"

    ·47m
  72. 72

    Discipleshift Part 4 | "Disconnected Connections"

    ·47m
  73. 73

    Legacy Sunday Sermon 1 | A Legacy of Faith

    ·1h 22m
  74. 74

    Discipleshift Part 3 | "For The Love of God"

    ·45m
  75. 75

    Discipleshift Part 2 | "A Shift Into Greatness"

    ·41m
  76. 76

    Sermon 34: "In Closing" | WOG Romans Series

    ·37m
  77. 77

    Sermon 33: "Names, Not Numbers" | WOG Romans Series

    ·40m
  78. 78

    Sermon 32: "Hope For The Church" | WOG Romans Series

    ·52m
  79. 79

    Sermon 31: "All People - One Hope" | WOG Romans Series

    ·41m
  80. 80

    Sermon 30: "Mature Limitations" | WOG Romans Series

    ·45m
  81. 81

    Evangelist Aaron Krause's Sermon | The Evangelist

    ·38m
  82. 82

    Sermon 14: "The Saboteur" | Word Of Grace: Romans Series

    ·43m
  83. 83

    Sermon 29: "Right, Wrong, or Indifferent" | WOG Romans Series

    ·42m
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    Sermon 28: "Let It Go." | Romans Series

    ·38m
  85. 85

    June All-in Sermon

    ·21m
  86. 86

    Sermon 27: "A wake-up call" | Romans Series

    ·43m
  87. 87

    Discipleshift Part 1 | "Bought In"

    ·41m
  88. 88

    Sermon 26: "Romans 13: 1-7" | WOG Romans Series

    ·35m
  89. 89

    Sermon 25: "Romans 13:1-7" | WOG Romans Series

    ·35m
  90. 90

    Sermon 24: "Not About Nice - All About Love" | WOG Romans Series

    ·44m
  91. 91

    Sermon 24: "Unity in Diversity" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·40m
  92. 92

    Sermon 23: "Changed and Changing" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·48m
  93. 93

    Sermon 22: "Branches of Grace" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·57m
  94. 94

    Sermon 21: "Rescued Rescuers" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·48m
  95. 95

    Sermon 20: "The Simplicity of Saving Faith" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·31m
  96. 96

    Sermon 19: "Trust and Tension" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·53m
  97. 97

    Sermon 18: "HELP!" | Word Of Grace Romans Series

    ·47m
  98. 98

    Vision Sunday | WOG Family Update & Sermon

    ·52m
  99. 99

    Palm Sunday Sermon 2026

    ·27m
  100. 100

    Easter Sunday Sermon: Lost And Found

    ·31m
  101. 101

    Sermon: Vision Sunday 2026

    Pastor Stephen uses the biblical significance of the number 40 to introduce a vision for the upcoming year, encouraging the congregation to embrace a season of preparation and faith.

    ·51m
  102. 102

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 6: New King, New Crisis, Same God

    A sermon exploring how to remain faithful to God amidst life's changes and crises, using the biblical story of Daniel.

    ·44m
  103. 103

    Love Your Neighbor Sermon 1: Love That Crosses The Street

    Word of Grace’s “Love Your Neighbor Sermon 1: Love That Crosses The Street” uses Luke 10 and the Good Samaritan to argue that love moves toward need even when time, money, comfort, or relationships make it costly.

    Apr 13, 2026·33m·2 clips
  104. 104

    Easter Sunday Sermon: Lost And Found

    Hidden gem

    Stephen's Easter Sunday sermon uses his recovery of five favorite hats after a Florida trip to introduce Jesus' parable of the lost son in Luke 15.

    Apr 7, 2026·31m·2 clips
  105. 105

    Palm Sunday Sermon 2026

    Hidden gem

    Word of Grace’s Palm Sunday sermon connects Good Friday’s sadness with Easter Sunday’s joy, arguing that redemption and forgiveness require both the crucifixion and resurrection.

    Mar 30, 2026·27m·1 clip
  106. 106

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 6: Stay Close — Learning To Walk With God

    Word of Grace’s “The Fight For Delight Sermon 6: Stay Close” argues that Christian life means living every moment with God rather than checking in only on Sundays.

    Mar 23, 2026·42m·2 clips
  107. 107

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 5: When You Stop Performing

    A sermon exploring the concept of stopping performance-based acceptance and embracing grace, using the analogy of chores and allowance.

    Mar 18, 2026·43m
  108. 108

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 4: The Fast Track — Fasting For Delight

    A sermon exploring how fasting can transform our relationship with appetites and lead to spiritual delight.

    Mar 9, 2026·41m
  109. 109

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 3: Confession — The Fight For Restored Joy

    Mar 2, 2026·39m
  110. 110

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 2: Casting Off Weight And Sin

    Feb 23, 2026·44m
  111. 111

    The Fight For Delight Sermon 1: Self Image

    Feb 16, 2026·36m
  112. 112

    Jonah Sermon 4: The Question

    Feb 9, 2026·47m
  113. 113

    Jonah Sermon 3: Mercy Triumphs

    Feb 2, 2026·40m
  114. 114

    Jonah Sermon 2: Rescued, But Not Quite Reformed

    Jan 26, 2026·46m
  115. 115

    Jonah Sermon 1: Grace For Me... Just Not For Them

    Jan 20, 2026·47m
  116. 116

    Sermon: Vision Sunday 2026

    Jan 12, 2026·51m
  117. 117

    Sermon: Happy New Year/Holy New Year

    Jan 5, 2026·40m
  118. 118

    Sermon: The Days After Christmas

    Dec 30, 2025·38m
  119. 119

    2025 Christmas Eve Sermon: Exchange

    Dec 30, 2025·25m
  120. 120

    2025 Christmas Program || Word Of Grace

    Dec 22, 2025·44m
  121. 121

    Go Tell It On The Mountain Sermon 3: The Great Invitation

    Dec 15, 2025·45m
  122. 122

    Go Tell It On The Mountain Sermon 2: From Fear To Joy

    Dec 8, 2025·37m
  123. 123

    Go Tell It On The Mountain Sermon 1: Good, God, Gospel

    Dec 1, 2025·39m
  124. 124

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 5: Hands That Love God

    Nov 24, 2025·51m
  125. 125

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 4: Living From A Guarded Heart

    Nov 17, 2025·38m
  126. 126

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 3: The Heart Of The Matter

    Nov 10, 2025·45m
  127. 127

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 2: Love God With All Your Mind

    A sermon exploring what it means to love God with all your mind by surrendering your 60,000 daily thoughts to Jesus.

    Nov 3, 2025·43m
  128. 128

    Head, Heart, Hands Sermon 1: The Shema

    Oct 27, 2025·41m
  129. 129

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 7: The Script Was Already Written

    Oct 20, 2025·43m
  130. 130

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 6: New King, New Crisis, Same God

    Oct 13, 2025·44m
  131. 131

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 5: The Writing On The Wall

    Oct 7, 2025·44m
  132. 132

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 4: A Most Humbling Dream

    Sep 29, 2025·38m
  133. 133

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 2: Impossible

    Sep 29, 2025·35m
  134. 134

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 3: No Other God

    Sep 29, 2025·45m
  135. 135

    Faithful In Babylon — Daniel Sermon 1: Resolved

    Sep 8, 2025·40m
  136. 136

    Legacy Sunday Sermon: Doing God's Will

    Sep 2, 2025·33m
  137. 137

    Elders Sermon 4: How To Choose Elders

    Hidden gem

    Word of Grace’s "Elders Sermon 4: How To Choose Elders" centers on 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, where Paul’s qualifications for overseers are treated as a church-level decision with real consequences.

    Aug 25, 2025·46m·2 clips
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    Elders Sermon 3: Who Can Be Elders?

    Aug 25, 2025·54m
  139. 139

    Elders Sermon 2: What Are Elders?

    Aug 11, 2025·40m
  140. 140

    Elders Sermon 1: Why Elders?

    Aug 4, 2025·40m
  141. 141

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 8: Still My Soul - Learning To Trust God

    Jul 28, 2025·32m
  142. 142

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 7: Psalm 23

    Jul 21, 2025·39m
  143. 143

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 6: Purpose For Pain

    Jul 14, 2025·38m
  144. 144

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 5: It's Better In The Presence Of The Lord!

    Jul 7, 2025·35m
  145. 145

    Legacy Sunday Sermon: Faith In Action

    Jun 30, 2025·28m
  146. 146

    Summer in The Psalms Sermon 4: Make Lemonade

    Jun 23, 2025·31m
  147. 147

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 3: After God's Own Heart

    Jun 16, 2025·35m
  148. 148

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 2: Two Ways To Live

    Jun 9, 2025·35m
  149. 149

    Summer In The Psalms Sermon 1: Two Ways To Live

    Jun 2, 2025·30m
  150. 150

    The Days After Sermon 5: A Faith To Die For

    May 26, 2025·47m
  151. 151

    The Days After Sermon 4: A Resurrection Community

    May 19, 2025·42m
  152. 152

    The Days After Sermon 3: Scripture Held Up

    May 12, 2025·39m