Welcome to the Charlie Grimes Podcast, your source for simple yet profound inspiration from Pastor Charlie Grimes, a former university-level athlete, coach, administrator, and self-proclaimed encourager. Listen to Pastor Grimes' teaching for an energetic, positive, and enthusiastic passion for living life as a passionate disciple of Jesus! The content will inspire and encourage you to live a life of purpose and health!
Subscribe:.rss.atom.json.md.m3u.pls
Live Last read · last published · next check
Saves to your Listen queue, to pick up on another day or another device.
Have you ever been caught in a storm so intense that every illusion of control was stripped away? In this episode of the Follow the Leader series, Pastor Charlie Grimes dives into Mark 4:33–41, where Jesus transitions from teaching parables to the crowds into a private, dramatic demonstration of His divine authority with His closest disciples. When a violent squall threatens to swamp their boat on…
Exchanging the Familiar for the Faithful | Mark 1:16 –20; Mark 2:13 –17 | Pastor Charlie Grimes We love what is familiar. We love predictability. In fact, our culture trains us to anchor our entire identity and security in the daily grind—especially our careers. But when we pour our whole lives into our jobs and routines, trying to find ultimate meaning there, we end up exhausted, stressed, and…
Nobody builds a rocket just to let it sit in a hangar—it was made to launch! 🚀 In this kickoff message of our new series through the Gospel of Mark, "Follow the Leader," Pastor Charlie Grimes unpacks Mark 1:1–15 and explores what it truly means to step off the spiritual sidelines and into active discipleship. Jesus didn't launch His public ministry to gather spectators; He launched it to gather…
We lock our deadbolts, turn on our security cameras, and set our home alarms. We assume our families are entirely safe because our physical front doors are closed. But what if the spiritual enemy of your soul doesn't care about your deadbolts? What if he is simply slipping a digital bribe into our hands—and our children’s hands—whispering, "Just unlock the screen"? In this second message of our…
We live in the most digitally connected era in human history, yet we are drowning in isolation. We reach for our phones to cure boredom, anxiety, or loneliness—scrolling through filtered highlights while sitting alone on the couch. But what if your feed is completely full, while your life remains entirely empty? In this message, we dive into 2 John to discover how social media might be quietly…
Abiding for Health: The Fruit of The Spirit | The Hygiene of My Heart (Week 8) Description: Are you exhausted from trying to "fix" your behavior? Do you feel like your spiritual life is stuck in a construction zone, constantly trying to force changes that don’t seem to last? In this final, high-impact message of "The Hygiene of My Heart" series, Pastor Charlie Grimes concludes our clinical soul…
Are you settling for superficial flashes of intensity, or are your relationships grounded in a deep, life-giving connection?In Week 7 of our series, "The Hygiene of My Heart", Charlie Grimes diagnoses a highly deceptive and destructive vice that often wears the mask of romantic desire or ordinary validation, but operates as a severe internal malfunction: Lust.Using the Greek concept of…
Are you feeling spiritually sluggish, "weighed down," or desensitized to the things of God? In Week 6 of our series, The Hygiene of My Heart, we diagnose a pathogen that our modern world often laughs off, but one that the Great Physician takes very seriously: Gluttony.Using the Greek concept of Hygies —meaning to be sound, healthy, and whole—Pastor Charlie Grimes explores how gluttony is far more…
Is your soul truly experiencing healthy circulation, or is there a "stealth pathogen" causing spiritual congestion? In this fifth message of our series, The Hygiene of My Heart , Charlie Grimes diagnoses the ancient root of greed through a modern medical lens. Using the Greek concept of hygieinos —meaning sound, healthy, and whole—we look at how greed mimics financial wisdom and security while…
Title: Waking the Lazy Heart | The Hygiene of My Heart (Week 4) Are you feeling spiritually exhausted, or have you simply become spiritually stagnant? In Week 4 of our series, The Hygiene of My Heart , we diagnose a pathogen that often mimics "burnout" or "self-care" but is actually a dangerous spiritual brain fog: Sloth (Acedia) . Using the Greek root hygies —meaning sound, healthy, and whole—we…
What happens when we let our emotions reach a boiling point? In this message, Pastor Charlie Grimes explores the internal "temperature" of the heart in a sermon titled "The Fever of Anger." Grounded in Ephesians 4:25–27 , we look at the biblical distinction between anger and wrath, and why the Apostle Paul warns us not to give the enemy a foothold in our lives. When left unchecked, anger becomes…
