GRAVE TO GOSPEL

Will Hunsaker
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GRAVE TO GOSPEL narrates the continuous story of Christ from Genesis to Revelation. Every action we take is driven by this life-giving message, reminding us that faith in Christ goes beyond mere knowledge, rituals, numbers, or programs. Expanding upon this foundational principle involves sharing and deepening our experience of Christ’s love through the Gospel, making each new endeavor a powerful echo of the Good News. Without the gospel, ministry loses its pulse; with it, every heartbeat carries the life of Christ into the world. Let's move His gospel forward with every beat, because Christianity is not about Christians, it’s about Christ.

  1. MAR 9

    Open Your Bibles to Romans 11:33-36

    Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord,   or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him  that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. Romans 11:33-36 In this week's episode of Open Your Bibles, we ask: What is Man's Purpose? Paul ends this chapter with a powerful truth: salvation is 100% God's work. It does not come from our choices or our goodness. Instead, God is the Sovereign King who decides to show mercy to His elect. He is the one who planned it, the one who does it, and the one who gets all the credit for it!  In this episode, we talk about: Holy Praise: Why realizing that God does all the work makes us burst into worship. When we see His holiness and power, we give Him all the glory!The Sovereign Mind: We ask the question, "Who can understand the mind of the Lord?" and realize that while we can't know everything God knows, we can trust that His wisdom is perfect and His heart is for His people.Mercy as a Gift: Why God allows us to see our own sin so that we can understand that salvation is a gift we could never earn.All Things for Him: How every part of your salvation—from the moment you were chosen to the moment you go to heaven—is meant to show how great God is.We explore how God’s "unsearchable ways" mean we can rest in His power. When we stop trying to save ourselves and realize that God has already done it all, we can finally experience true peace and offer Him the holy praise He deserves. Grace and peace.

    22 min

  2. MAR 2

    Open Your Bibles to Romans 11:25-32

    In this week's episode of Open Your Bibles, we ask: Who are chosen? Paul shows us a deep "mystery" about how God is working to save His people. Even though many in Israel have hardened hearts right now, God's plan hasn't changed. He is currently bringing in His elect from among the Gentiles, but He also has a sovereign plan to save a multitude of His elect from among the Jews. Together, all of God's chosen people will be saved! 🕊️ In this episode, we talk about: The Mystery of Hardening: Why God allows some hearts to be "closed" for a time so that the message of the Gospel can spread to the chosen ones in every nation.Irrevocable Gifts: Why God never takes back His promises. If He chose a people in His Covenant of Grace, He will be faithful to every single one of them forever.Mercy on All: How God shows that everyone—both Jew and Gentile—is a sinner by nature. This makes it clear that salvation is only by His unconditional election and sovereign mercy.We explore how God is the Sovereign King who writes the end of the story before it even begins. We learn that salvation doesn't happen because of who we are or where we come from, but because God set His love on His people before the world began.

    24 min

  3. FEB 23

    Open Your Bibles to Romans 11:11-24

    So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the dough offered as first-fruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. Romans 11:11-24 In this week's episode of Open Your Bibles, we ask: Who is the root? Paul explains how God’s plan is like a great olive tree. Because some of the natural branches (Israel) were broken off, God has "grafted in" people from other nations (Gentiles) to be part of His family. This wasn't a mistake—it was God's sovereign way of showing mercy to the whole world!  In this episode, we talk about: The Grafted Branch: Why we are only part of God's family because of His irresistible grace, not because we are better than anyone else.The Root of the Promise: How we all share in the same Covenant of Grace that God started long ago.Kindness and Severity: Why we must fear God’s judgment (His severity) while resting in His amazing love (His kindness), and NOT our own pride.We see that no one should be proud of their faith. If we stand, it is only because God holds us up. We explore how God uses even the "stumbling" of some to bring life to many others, proving He is the Sovereign King over all history. Grace and peace.

    30 min

  4. FEB 16

    Open Your Bibles to Romans 11:1-10

    I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”? And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor,     eyes that could not see     and ears that could not hear, to this very day.  And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap,     a stumbling block and a retribution for them. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,     and their backs be bent forever.”  Romans 11:1-10 In this week's episode of Open Your Bibles, the Apostle Paul is very clear: God has not cast away His people. Even though many have stumbled over Christ because of their own corruption, God's Word remains perfectly sure. He is still gathering His people according to His sovereign plan. In this episode, we talk about: The Stumbling Block: Why people trip when they try to save themselves by being "good" (the Covenant of Works) instead of trusting Jesus (the Covenant of Grace).The Election of Grace: Why a small group of believers—the remnant—shows that God’s choice is based on His mercy, not our effort.Sovereign Eyes and Ears: Why the elect receive the gift of faith, while others are left in their hardness as a just judgment.We explore how God’s foreknowledge means He set His special love on His people before the world began. Even when it looks like many have rejected Him, God is still the Sovereign King. His irresistible grace ensures that every single person He chose will eventually come to Him. What Good News! Grace and peace.

    25 min

  5. FEB 9

    Open Your Bibles Romans 10:14-21

    How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says, “I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.” And Isaiah boldly says, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.” But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people. Romans 10:14-21 In this week's episode of Open Your Bibles, we ask a big question: If God has already chosen who He will save, why do we still need to tell people about Jesus? We are looking at how God uses our voices as the means to get His work done. Even though God is the Sovereign King who chooses His people, He ordains that we must be the ones to go and speak. People cannot have faith unless they hear the preached Word of Christ first! In this episode, we talk about: God’s Messengers: Why God chooses to use human evangelists to bring His elect to faith.The Seed of the Word: Why hearing the Gospel is the way God creates faith in a person’s heart.Human Responsibility: Why people are still responsible when they hear the message. We also talk about the External Call (the message everyone hears) and the Effective Internal Call (when the Holy Spirit actually changes a heart). It reminds us that while we are responsible to share the Gospel, only God’s power can truly save.

    25 min

  6. FEB 2

    Open Your Bibles Romans 9:30-10:13

    What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 9:30-10:13 In Episode 5, we’re looking at Romans 9:30–10:13 which explains why human effort is pointless without the grace of God. In these versus, Paul makes it clear: our own zeal can’t save us—only Christ can. The Big Question: Are we saved through Faith or Works? In this episode we will discuss... The Trap of Effort: Why trying to "earn it" actually makes us stumble. The Finish Line: How Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law so we don’t have to be. The Simple Promise: Confessing with your mouth and believing in your heart that Grace is enough. Let’s stop the spiritual hustle and rest in what’s already been finished. Grace and peace.

    31 min

  7. JAN 25

    Open Your Bibles Romans 9:24-29

    What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—  even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? As he says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;     and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,” and, “In the very place where it was said to them,     ‘You are not my people,’     there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,     only the remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out     his sentence on earth with speed and finality.” It is just as Isaiah said previously: “Unless the Lord Almighty     had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom,     we would have been like Gomorrah. -Romans 9:13-23 When we see so many across history of man rejecting the Gospel, we find ourselves asking: Has God’s plan failed? This week, we look at Romans 9:24–29 to see why the answer is a resounding "No"—and why our only hope is that God is the one who keeps a "remnant" for Himself. In this episode we learn... The Sovereign Call (vv. 24–26): Paul utilizes the Prophet Hosea to explain that God's mercy extends to the Gentiles. Those once called "not my people" are brought into the covenant by the effectual call of God, proving that salvation is governed by His will alone.The Remnant (vv. 27–29): Quoting Isaiah, Paul clarifies that while the visible people of God may be numerous, it is the remnant—the elect—who are saved. This distinction ensures that God’s promise has not failed, as He always preserves a seed for Himself.Key Takeaways: Grace: Verse 24 reminds us that it is God who calls. Our standing as His children is the result of His sovereign initiative, not our merit. This is Good News!!Covenantal Faithfulness: The existence of a remnant proves God is faithful to His word, even when the majority fall away.Total Depravity: Verse 29 humbles us with the truth that without God’s intervention to "leave a seed," we would all justly face the same judgment as Sodom.

    21 min

  8. JAN 12

    Open Your Bibles Romans 9:13-23

    As it is written, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated." What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion." So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth." Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?" But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?" Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory -Romans 9:13-23 In our latest episode of Grave to Gospel, we continue our Open Your Bibles series by diving deep into Romans 9:13–23. This passage brings us face-to-face with the "hard sayings" of Paul: the election of Jacob over Esau, the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart, and the provocative analogy of the Potter and the clay. In This Episode: How do we understand the phrase "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated" without compromising God's goodness?Why God’s justice is not a debt He owes us, but a standard He defines by His own nature.Why the real mystery isn't that God chooses some for "vessels of wrath," but that He chooses any to be "vessels of mercy."For the believer, Romans 9 isn't just a theological puzzle; it is an anchor. When we realize that our salvation rests entirely on the "will of Him who calls" rather than our own fickle strength, we find a level of security that the world cannot offer. Whether you are wrestling with these doctrines for the first time or you find deep rest in the Reformed tradition, we invite you to open your Bibles with us as we behold the glory of our Sovereign God. Grace and peace.

    21 min
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GRAVE TO GOSPEL narrates the continuous story of Christ from Genesis to Revelation. Every action we take is driven by this life-giving message, reminding us that faith in Christ goes beyond mere knowledge, rituals, numbers, or programs. Expanding upon this foundational principle involves sharing and deepening our experience of Christ’s love through the Gospel, making each new endeavor a powerful echo of the Good News. Without the gospel, ministry loses its pulse; with it, every heartbeat carries the life of Christ into the world. Let's move His gospel forward with every beat, because Christianity is not about Christians, it’s about Christ.

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  • Creator
    Will Hunsaker
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    137
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 GRAVE TO GOSPEL
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