Podcasts by The TRC Ministries Podcast

What’s So Great About Salvation Part 7 from 2022-12-01T16:02

Today’s podcast is a continuation of the message that Tory Bjorklund, President of TRC Ministries, was teaching in the previous episode. We’ve included the last couple minutes of that podcast an...

What’s So Great About Salvation Part 6 from 2022-11-01T15:27

In this series on What’s So Great About Salvation, Tory has been teaching that we are saved to life, community and authority. Today, Tory continues his focus on being saved to life as he takes u...

What’s So Great About Salvation Part 5 from 2022-10-01T15:10:07

 We are in the middle of a series called What’s So Great About Salvation. Today Tory Bjorklund, president of TRC Ministries, continues his teaching on the life we are saved to. Here is Tory with...

What’s So Great About Salvation Part 4 from 2022-09-15T14:16:50

We are in the middle of a series called What’s So Great About Salvation. We have learned that in salvation we are saved from the penalty of our sin: judgment and death. But that is not the compl...

What’s So Great About Salvation Part 3 from 2022-09-01T14:25:56

What is the gospel message? Today, Tory Bjorklund, president of TRC Ministries, continues his teaching on What’s So Great About Salvation by walking us through a definition of the gospel that en...

What’s So Great About Salvation Part 2 from 2022-08-15T18:07:41

In our last podcast, Tory talked about from what are we being saved.  Today, Tory takes time to recap those main points, and then introduces to what are we being saved.  As believers we understa...

What’s So Great About Salvation Part 1 from 2022-08-01T13:40

In our last podcast Tory introduced What’s So Great About Salvation, and this week he goes deeper into what it means to be saved and from what we are being saved.  Here is Tory Bjorklund, presid...

What’s So Great About Salvation Introduction from 2022-07-15T20:57

As believers we can get caught in a kind of short-hand of thinking and speaking about salvation: Jesus saved us and we will go to heaven. These next few podcasts we will take time to consider sa...

The Challenges of Communication from 2022-07-01T16:13:01

Imparting knowledge from one person to another takes communication. This can seem like an easy task, but in reality, there are layers of complexity that make communication challenging. We experi...

Salvation as Life from 2022-05-15T21:16

The salvation that is offered us through believing Jesus Christ is greater than being saved physically and somehow continuing our existence after we die. Ephesians 2 talks of salvation as we wer...

The Life of Prayer from 2022-05-01T12:50

Today’s podcast is taken from a message that Tory Bjorklund, president of TRC Ministries gave in Sri Lanka. We have edited out the translation, although you will occasionally hear spots where To...

Dealing with Desire Part 7 from 2022-04-15T13:11:55

This is our final episode in our 7-part series titled Dealing with Desire. Today Tory will wrap up with a recap of where we have been, and then take a deeper look at purifying the heart. Here is...

Dealing with Desire Part 6 from 2022-04-01T10:14:54

Matthew 6:21 says, “Where your treasure is there your heart will be also.” And as Tory talks about in today’s message, what we treasure is the direct result of the ideas that we hold.  Today Tor...

Dealing with Desire Part 5 from 2022-03-15T20:33:23

Today is part 5 in our series Dealing with Desire.   What we think about things shapes our overarching belief system and how we live. The ideas we hold to that become the fabric of what we belie...

Dealing with Desire Part 4 from 2022-03-01T20:24:49

Renewing our mind is part of living by faith, and something God calls us to in dealing with desire.  As believers we have the Spirit of Christ indwelling us. That does not mean that we automati...

Dealing with Desire Part 3 from 2022-02-15T21:42:36

Today we continue our series Dealing with Desire.  There is a natural progression to dealing with desire and having real transformation.  Oftentimes we focus first on our physical body, what we ...

Dealing with Desire Part 2 from 2022-02-01T15:56

Today we are back with part 2 of our series Dealing with Desire. As believers we are connected to the source that is life, Jesus Christ. And we have the resources to deal with desire appropriate...

Dealing With Desire Part 1 from 2021-12-01T12:52

What is desire? What is temptation? What is God's part in transforming us so we don’t sin, and what responsibility do we have? Today we start a new 7 part series. Tory Bjorklund, President of TR...

Co-Missional Church Part 9 from 2021-11-15T19:12:19

In Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus is establishing a group with authority and ability to carry out a task, and in the process of doing that they will be acting as His agent. They will be working in coope...

Co-Missional Church Part 8 from 2021-11-01T12:50

We are currently in the middle of our series, Co-Missional Church. In today’s podcast, Tory discusses the activity of the Church which needs to be driven by a right vision of the church. Here is...

Co-Missional Church Part 7 from 2021-10-15T12:44

Today we are in part 7 of our series Co-Missional Church. Tory Bjorklund, president of TRC Ministries, continues his teaching looking at growing as the body of Christ, and operating in the name ...

Co-Missional Church Part 6 from 2021-09-15T19:34

If you are just joining us, this is part 6 in our series Co-Missional Church. Today, Tory takes a closer look at what it means to gather in the name of Jesus. We can expect that He will work thr...

Co-Missional Church Part 5 from 2021-09-01T09:02

We are in the middle of a series called Co-Missional Church in which Tory Bjorklund, President of TRC Ministries, is teaching on the purpose and function of the church.  In today’s message, we s...

Co-Missional Church Part 4 from 2021-08-15T17:10

Each type of life has its own ecosystem and habitat suited for its growth and well-being. The eternal kind of life is no different. And just as our body is the natural host for our mortal kind o...

Co-Missional Church Part 3 from 2021-08-01T11:13

When we talk about church, there is often confusion about the identity of the church and the function of the church.  In today’s podcast, Tory Bjorklund, president of TRC Ministries clarifies wh...

Co-Missional Church Part 2 from 2021-07-15T09:46:19

We each, as believers, have been given a different type of life than our mortal type of life. It is an eternal—an immortal—type of life and will remain forever. That life needs to have a habitat...

Co-Missional Church Part 1 from 2021-07-01T13:18

In Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus is establishing a group with authority and ability to carry out a task, and in the process of doing that they will be acting as His agent. They will be working in coope...

The Life-Giving Gospel Part5 from 2021-06-15T16:17:41

God is the one who has designed us, and He has uniquely created us.  He knows how we fit in this plan He has made. So instead of living a life that is all about us and our tiny little realm, we ...

The Life-Giving Gospel Part 4 from 2021-06-01T22:16

In this 4th part of the Life-Giving Gospel series, Charis Nordlund talks about citizenship in the Kingdom of God. As believers, we have been rescued out of the kingdom of darkness and brought in...

The Life-Giving Gospel Part 3 from 2021-05-15T14:46

With the good news of the Kingdom of God, we have a choice set before us. Whose kingdom do we want to belong to? In this 3rd part of the Life-Giving Gospel series, the two kingdoms are contraste...

The Life-Giving Gospel Part 2 from 2021-05-01T14:48

We are going through a series called The Life-Giving Gospel. Another way of saying Gospel is “Good news”. Do we live lives as though we really have good news? 

 In this 2nd episode, Chari...

The Life-Giving Gospel Part 1 from 2021-04-15T19:55

Many Christians may think about the Gospel as Jesus dying for our sins. Yet, Jesus preached the gospel even before he died on the cross. What was it that Jesus preached? And is this the same gos...

What is Faith Part 3 from 2021-04-01T09:45

In our last session of What is Faith we learned that faith in Christ is putting our confidence in the person of Christ and what He says. The result of this will be to obey Him. If we find, howev...

What is Faith Part 2 from 2021-03-15T12:14

Faith in Jesus is putting our complete trust and confidence in Him. You cannot say you have complete confidence and trust in someone if you don't think their advice is good advice! But when we a...

What is Faith Part 1 from 2021-03-01T09:59

What is Faith? As believers we may easily be able to recite, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Acts 16:31. And that is true! But what do we mean by that?  If we think our...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part 9 from 2021-02-15T07:58

Surrendering our lives to God is the only option for true life.  Today Tory Bjorklund, President of TRC Ministries, will talk about what surrender is, why it is so vital to putting on the easy y...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part 8 from 2021-02-01T14:28

In order to have a healthy relationship with someone, you have to trust them. What are the key components of trust, and how does this relate to our relationship with God? 

Today we are in...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part 7 from 2021-01-15T15:37

How would you live life if you truly believed that God loved you personally?  In order to understand and accept the life that Jesus offers us, we first need to understand and accept that he love...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part 6 from 2021-01-01T13:40

Jesus came to give us life, and that abundantly. So, what holds us back from living life fully? It is when we live our life making choices based not on truth, but on faulty perceptions of realit...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part 5 from 2020-12-15T13:46

Even as believers we often suffer pain from the effects of our sin, or the sin of others. And Satan uses this pain to deceive us into believing lies. 

Today we will look at the importance...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part 4 from 2020-12-01T21:40

We often look at news headlines and the broken and corrupt world around us and say things like, “This is insane!” But how often do we wonder if WE are living a life of insanity?  Sanity can be d...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part3 from 2020-11-17T21:39:54

Today is part 3 in our series, Putting on the Easy Yoke. We have covered the steps to bondage and that abiding in Christ and His truth is what sets us free.  We all want abundant life, and we al...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--Part 2 from 2020-10-15T08:56

This is our second episode in our new series, Putting on the Easy Yoke. Jesus says in Matthew 11:28-29, “Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon...

Putting on the Easy Yoke--The Problem is Bondage not Sin from 2020-10-01T14:48

Today we begin a new series called Putting on the Easy Yoke. What is it that Jesus is calling us to? A try harder life? Just do better and you will get there? I think we’ve all felt the weight o...

The Bible Message in a Nutshell-The Means of Redemption Part 2 from 2020-09-15T11:46

This week concludes our Bible in a Nutshell series with the Means of Redemption Part 2. God had a plan that He carried out perfectly providing for our redemption. And the means of this redemptio...

The Bible Message in a Nutshell-The Means of Redemption from 2020-09-01T09:14

Who can and will be redeemed? And how did God carry out his plan of redemption?  We will look at these questions in today’s podcast on the Means of Redemption, as we continue in our series The B...

The Bible Message in a Nutshell-The Plan of Redemption Part 2 from 2020-08-15T14:29

This 6th episode in The Bible Message in a Nutshell series continues looking at God's plan of redemption. 

The Bible Message in a Nutshell-The Fall of Angels and the Plan of Redemption from 2020-08-01T11:28

Man’s disobedience brought about death, both spiritual and physical. And yet, even in our disobedience, God did not leave us without hope. He had a plan to redeem mankind. This is the 5th messag...

The Bible Message in a Nutshell-The Fall of Man from 2020-07-15T09:57

In this 4th episode in the series The Bible Message in a Nutshell, Tory Bjorklund, President of TRC Ministries teaches more on the nature of man as a moral being, the will of man, and finally th...

The Bible Message in a Nutshell-The Creation of Man from 2020-07-01T12:40

Genesis 1:27 says that “God created man in his own image...” This is a completely different narrative than the story that man evolved out of nothing. If the Bible is true and God created man, wh...

The Bible Message in a Nutshell--The Creation of Matter from 2020-06-15T12:06

The Creation of Matter is the first theme Tory addresses in this 8-part series on the Bible Message in a Nutshell.  What are the implications of God existing? Of God creating? What can we learn ...

The Bible Message in a Nutshell-Overview from 2020-06-01T18:28:06

This is the first episode in an eight-part series looking at the main themes in the Bible.