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LIVE Morning Worship Service 06-07-2026
The Way of Wisdom: The Way of Wisdom: Wisdom & Creation
About The Service:
We will continue our summer sermon series. Our sermon series is called The Way of Wisdom. We will look at the parts of the Bible that are considered Wisdom Literature. These are Bible books and Bible passages that address the practicalities of living in God's world. Pastor Jonker will continue the series with a sermon on Proverbs 3: 1-20.
Order of Worship:
https://lagrave.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-6-7-AM-Order-of-Worship.pdf
About the Church:
We are a traditional CRC church in the middle of Downtown Grand Rapids, MI, worshipping at 8:40am, 11:00am, and 6:00pm. (10:00am and 6:00pm during the summer months)
We'd love to hear from you:
Connection: https://www.lagrave.org/contact
Let us pray for you:
Prayer: https://www.lagrave.org/prayerrequest/
Giving: https://www.elexiogiving.com/App/Giving/lagr107178
The June special offering is for Pine Rest Patient Assistance Fund: Part of Pine Rest Foundation Fund offering financial assistance for individuals, families and children who need care.
Listen on the go:
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Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3tuOdwQ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/LGPodGoogle
Soundcloud: / lagravecrc https://soundcloud.com/lagravecrc
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3yXDFaT
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Finding the Created Path: Wisdom, Boundaries, and Life in Christ
Opening Worship and Congregational Prayer
The service begins with music, congregational singing, and prayer. Much of the opening musical portion is difficult to recover from the automated transcript, but the clearer prayer section asks God to care for Blake and Tim in military service, bless Matt Bonzo’s teaching ministry and travel in southern Africa, and support Thomas and Dana in their mission work in India. The prayer also lifts up people struggling financially, the denomination’s upcoming Synod meeting, government leaders, global conflicts, disease, and the church’s calling to be faithful kingdom agents.
A Children’s Lesson About Wisdom and Kindness
During the children’s message, the speaker tells a story about Queen Wilhelmina visiting Frisian farmers in Iowa. At a formal dinner, the farmers mistakenly drink from finger bowls because they do not understand the custom, and the other guests quietly laugh. Queen Wilhelmina wisely chooses to drink from her own finger bowl too, leading the rest of the guests to follow her example and saving the farmers from embarrassment. The lesson presents wisdom as kindness, social awareness, humility, and the ability to preserve another person’s dignity.
Wisdom Speaks Through Proverbs 8
The Scripture reading comes from Proverbs 8, where wisdom is personified as a voice calling out to people and inviting them to find life. The speaker explains that wisdom is not merely an abstract idea or a human invention. In the passage, wisdom is described as present with God from the beginning, before the mountains, seas, horizons, and foundations of the earth were set in place. This establishes the sermon’s central theme: wisdom is woven into creation itself.
Creation, Boundaries, and the Path of Flourishing
The sermon connects Proverbs 8 to Genesis 1, emphasizing that God created the world with order, boundaries, patterns, and limits. These boundaries are not presented as restrictions meant to harm people, but as the structure through which life flourishes. The speaker explains that just as people recognize physical limits such as food, exercise, and sleep, they must also learn the created patterns that guide relationships, work, speech, emotions, family life, and moral decision-making.
Technology, Friction, and Real Relationships
The sermon then applies the theme of wisdom to modern technology and relationships. Technology is described as useful when it serves God’s paths, but dangerous when it promises a frictionless life that avoids real human connection. The speaker uses examples such as texting instead of phone calls, AI-screened communication, and simulated life through screens to show how removing relational friction can also remove depth, growth, and love. Real relationships require boundaries, conflict, adjustment, and the patient work of learning another person.
Jesus as Wisdom in the Flesh
The sermon concludes by identifying Jesus as the embodiment of wisdom. The speaker connects Proverbs 8 and Ben Sirach’s appeal to wisdom with Jesus’ invitation in the New Testament: “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Rather than leaving people to discover wisdom alone, God sends Jesus, who walks with them, fills them with the Holy Spirit, and guides them along the path of life. The closing prayer asks God to open the congregation’s eyes and hearts so they may discern his ways and live a flourishing life.
LIVE Morning Worship Service 06-07-2026
The Way of Wisdom: The Way of Wisdom: Wisdom & Creation
About The Service:
We will continue our summer sermon series. Our sermon series is called The Way of Wisdom. We will look at the parts of the Bible that are considered Wisdom Literature. These are Bible books and Bible passages that address the practicalities of living in God's world. Pastor Jonker will continue the series with a sermon on Proverbs 3: 1-20.
Order of Worship:
https://lagrave.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-6-7-AM-Order-of-Worship.pdf
About the Church:
We are a traditional CRC church in the middle of Downtown Grand Rapids, MI, worshipping at 8:40am, 11:00am, and 6:00pm. (10:00am and 6:00pm during the summer months)
We'd love to hear from you:
Connection: https://www.lagrave.org/contact
Let us pray for you:
Prayer: https://www.lagrave.org/prayerrequest/
Giving: https://www.elexiogiving.com/App/Giving/lagr107178
The June special offering is for Pine Rest Patient Assistance Fund: Part of Pine Rest Foundation Fund offering financial assistance for individuals, families and children who need care.
Listen on the go:
Amazon Music: https://bit.ly/LGPodAmazonMusic
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3tuOdwQ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/LGPodGoogle
Soundcloud: / lagravecrc https://soundcloud.com/lagravecrc
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3yXDFaT
Follow us!
Facebook: / lagravecrc https://www.facebook.com/lagravecrc
Instagram: / lagravecrc https://www.instagram.com/lagravecrc
Website: https://www.lagrave.org
#LaGrave #LaGraveCRC
Finding the Created Path: Wisdom, Boundaries, and Life in Christ
Opening Worship and Congregational Prayer
The service begins with music, congregational singing, and prayer. Much of the opening musical portion is difficult to recover from the automated transcript, but the clearer prayer section asks God to care for Blake and Tim in military service, bless Matt Bonzo’s teaching ministry and travel in southern Africa, and support Thomas and Dana in their mission work in India. The prayer also lifts up people struggling financially, the denomination’s upcoming Synod meeting, government leaders, global conflicts, disease, and the church’s calling to be faithful kingdom agents.
A Children’s Lesson About Wisdom and Kindness
During the children’s message, the speaker tells a story about Queen Wilhelmina visiting Frisian farmers in Iowa. At a formal dinner, the farmers mistakenly drink from finger bowls because they do not understand the custom, and the other guests quietly laugh. Queen Wilhelmina wisely chooses to drink from her own finger bowl too, leading the rest of the guests to follow her example and saving the farmers from embarrassment. The lesson presents wisdom as kindness, social awareness, humility, and the ability to preserve another person’s dignity.
Wisdom Speaks Through Proverbs 8
The Scripture reading comes from Proverbs 8, where wisdom is personified as a voice calling out to people and inviting them to find life. The speaker explains that wisdom is not merely an abstract idea or a human invention. In the passage, wisdom is described as present with God from the beginning, before the mountains, seas, horizons, and foundations of the earth were set in place. This establishes the sermon’s central theme: wisdom is woven into creation itself.
Creation, Boundaries, and the Path of Flourishing
The sermon connects Proverbs 8 to Genesis 1, emphasizing that God created the world with order, boundaries, patterns, and limits. These boundaries are not presented as restrictions meant to harm people, but as the structure through which life flourishes. The speaker explains that just as people recognize physical limits such as food, exercise, and sleep, they must also learn the created patterns that guide relationships, work, speech, emotions, family life, and moral decision-making.
Technology, Friction, and Real Relationships
The sermon then applies the theme of wisdom to modern technology and relationships. Technology is described as useful when it serves God’s paths, but dangerous when it promises a frictionless life that avoids real human connection. The speaker uses examples such as texting instead of phone calls, AI-screened communication, and simulated life through screens to show how removing relational friction can also remove depth, growth, and love. Real relationships require boundaries, conflict, adjustment, and the patient work of learning another person.
Jesus as Wisdom in the Flesh
The sermon concludes by identifying Jesus as the embodiment of wisdom. The speaker connects Proverbs 8 and Ben Sirach’s appeal to wisdom with Jesus’ invitation in the New Testament: “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Rather than leaving people to discover wisdom alone, God sends Jesus, who walks with them, fills them with the Holy Spirit, and guides them along the path of life. The closing prayer asks God to open the congregation’s eyes and hearts so they may discern his ways and live a flourishing life.
SONS of LIBERTY Radio with Bradlee Dean
The Most Censored Radio Show In The Country
False Peace, Public Corruption, Censorship, and the Call to Constitutional Accountability
False Peace and Biblical Accountability
The episode opens with Bradley Dean arguing that many Americans, especially professed Christians, are living in what he calls a false peace. He frames the country’s moral and political problems through scripture, repeatedly contrasting biblical truth with what he sees as public silence, compromised churches, and a representative government that has moved against God’s commandments.
Christian Foundations and Public Duty
Dean draws on figures such as Noah Webster, Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Reverend Peter Thacher to support his argument that America’s civil order was meant to rest on biblical and constitutional principles. The program emphasizes the idea that lawful resistance, public accountability, and criticism of corrupt leaders are not optional but necessary duties for citizens.
Censorship, Platform Removal, and Media Reach
A major theme of the broadcast is censorship. Dean says a previous live feed was removed after he criticized conduct he believes harms children, and he presents that removal as evidence of big-tech suppression. He also highlights past listenership statistics from Genesis Communications Network and argues that every attempt to silence the program should be answered by expanding outreach through newspapers, billboards, radio, and other platforms.
Government, Gun Ownership, and Public Distrust
Dean discusses falling public confidence in government and links that distrust to rising gun ownership and Second Amendment concerns. He argues that politicians who attack constitutional rights should be held personally accountable rather than shielded by public office. He also says lawsuits funded by taxpayer money allow officials to advance restrictive policies without personal consequences.
Pride Month, Media Clips, and Policy-Sensitive Claims
The episode includes extended commentary on Pride Month, gender identity, child protection, media figures, and alleged crimes. Policy-sensitive slurs and demeaning identity-based language were omitted from the corrected transcript package at the user’s instruction to omit content that violates policy. The remaining transcript preserves the structure of Dean’s argument as a speaker claim: that he believes cultural, media, and government institutions are normalizing conduct he condemns through his biblical worldview.
Minnesota, Fraud Allegations, and Election Integrity
The final portion focuses on Minnesota, Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, Somali community statistics mentioned in inserted clips, fraud allegations, Medicaid and social-services concerns, Ohio-related claims, and election-integrity complaints. Dean presents these issues as evidence that government systems are failing and that citizens must demand justice, paper-based elections, transparency, and constitutional enforcement.
The Most Censored Radio Show In The Country
False Peace, Public Corruption, Censorship, and the Call to Constitutional Accountability
False Peace and Biblical Accountability
The episode opens with Bradley Dean arguing that many Americans, especially professed Christians, are living in what he calls a false peace. He frames the country’s moral and political problems through scripture, repeatedly contrasting biblical truth with what he sees as public silence, compromised churches, and a representative government that has moved against God’s commandments.
Christian Foundations and Public Duty
Dean draws on figures such as Noah Webster, Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Reverend Peter Thacher to support his argument that America’s civil order was meant to rest on biblical and constitutional principles. The program emphasizes the idea that lawful resistance, public accountability, and criticism of corrupt leaders are not optional but necessary duties for citizens.
Censorship, Platform Removal, and Media Reach
A major theme of the broadcast is censorship. Dean says a previous live feed was removed after he criticized conduct he believes harms children, and he presents that removal as evidence of big-tech suppression. He also highlights past listenership statistics from Genesis Communications Network and argues that every attempt to silence the program should be answered by expanding outreach through newspapers, billboards, radio, and other platforms.
Government, Gun Ownership, and Public Distrust
Dean discusses falling public confidence in government and links that distrust to rising gun ownership and Second Amendment concerns. He argues that politicians who attack constitutional rights should be held personally accountable rather than shielded by public office. He also says lawsuits funded by taxpayer money allow officials to advance restrictive policies without personal consequences.
Pride Month, Media Clips, and Policy-Sensitive Claims
The episode includes extended commentary on Pride Month, gender identity, child protection, media figures, and alleged crimes. Policy-sensitive slurs and demeaning identity-based language were omitted from the corrected transcript package at the user’s instruction to omit content that violates policy. The remaining transcript preserves the structure of Dean’s argument as a speaker claim: that he believes cultural, media, and government institutions are normalizing conduct he condemns through his biblical worldview.
Minnesota, Fraud Allegations, and Election Integrity
The final portion focuses on Minnesota, Tim Walz, Keith Ellison, Somali community statistics mentioned in inserted clips, fraud allegations, Medicaid and social-services concerns, Ohio-related claims, and election-integrity complaints. Dean presents these issues as evidence that government systems are failing and that citizens must demand justice, paper-based elections, transparency, and constitutional enforcement.
