OneTwo Church at South Padre Island

Shawn Reinsel

OneTwo Church is located in South Padre Island, TX.  We study the Word of God with passion and a deep commitment to the New Covenant of Grace.  Join us as we journey through the Bible verse by verse together.  

  1. 1D AGO

    The Ceasefire

    Send us Fan Mail Ceasefire is more than a headline word. It’s the aching thing many of us want with God, especially when our inner world feels like a constant low-grade war of guilt, fear, and trying to stay in control. We start with a simple question that won’t let go: how many ceasefires do we need, not just across nations, but inside the human heart? We follow the Bible’s storyline from rebellion in Genesis to God’s surprising pursuit, then land on the center of the Christian gospel: Jesus Christ makes peace through His blood and proves it through the resurrection. That means the biggest fight isn’t you versus your circumstances, or even you versus other people, it’s the deep conflict of humanity against God, and the invitation is to stop playing the villain and accept reconciliation. Using Hebrews 13:20-21, we unpack why Scripture calls Him the God of peace, why the cross settles judgment without “double jeopardy,” and why “God is not mad at you” is not a motivational line but a theological conclusion. We also talk about what happens after you sign the terms of the ceasefire: full forgiveness, full acceptance, and the Holy Spirit actually living in you, reshaping desires and producing real change by grace. Instead of religious striving and rulebook Christianity, we’re invited into daily surrender where Jesus lives His life through us as the Great Shepherd. If you’ve been trying to pry blessings out of God’s hands, this is your reset. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs peace with God, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway or question. Support the show

    27 min
  2. MAR 30

    Follow the Promises: God Did It

    Send us Fan Mail Not one good promise failed. That’s how Joshua 21 ends, and it’s the line we build the whole message around, because it exposes the real hero of the story: God’s faithfulness. We follow Joshua 21:43–45 phrase by phrase and keep circling one grace-soaked word, “gave.” Land, rest, victory, and fulfillment don’t come as wages for effort; they arrive as gifts tied to a sworn promise that God Himself carries to the finish. From there, we connect Joshua’s Promised Land to the believer’s everyday fight for peace, joy, and freedom from sin’s dominance. God doesn’t ask us to help Him win battles; He invites us to share in a victory already won, and we step into it by faith. We also name the big crossroads in response to God’s character: we can believe lies about Him, ignore Him, or worship Him with our whole life. Then we take it straight to the cross and the gospel. When the enemy accuses, doubts, or plants thoughts that sound like our own voice, we answer with what the cross proves: total forgiveness, new life, and permanent union with Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:20 becomes our anchor: all the promises of God are Yes and Amen in Jesus. If you’re tired of living by feelings and want real spiritual rest, this one is for you. Listen, subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find these promises. What’s one lie you’re ready to answer with the cross? Support the show

    34 min
  3. MAR 23

    Follow the Promises: 6 Cities of Refuge

    Send us Fan Mail Fear has a way of making everything feel like it’s closing in. Shame tells you to hide. Religion tells you to perform. Joshua 20 tells a different story: God built refuge into the map, and He still does. We walk through the Bible’s “Six Cities of Refuge” and why they existed in ancient Israel: a real place of protection, provision, and due process for someone whose life was suddenly at risk. Then we follow the thread into the New Testament where Hebrews uses the same language of fleeing for refuge and laying hold of hope. The point lands hard and clear: Jesus is not distant in trouble. He is accessible, present, and ready to receive you without demanding you clean yourself up first. Along the way, we unpack how the cities mirror the gospel: they’re within reach, open to all, meant for staying not visiting, and only safe inside their walls which is a vivid picture of abiding in Christ. We also dig into the meaning behind each city name as a mini word study that builds assurance: holiness as a gift, a Shepherd who carries you, unbreakable union, a fortress you can hide in, being lifted to heavenly places, and being sealed and kept forever by the Holy Spirit. We close with the bigger hope of God’s final city where the gates never shut and fear has no place. If you need a safe place to run, press play, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What does “refuge” look like in your life right now? Support the show

    40 min
  4. MAR 16

    Follow the Promises: Three Giants and Two Springs

    Send us Fan Mail Three giants don’t wait for a convenient day to show up. They come daily, and they come loud: the world telling you to find life in substitutes, the flesh pulling you back into old coping paths, and the devil pressing shame like it’s the final word. We sit in Joshua 15 with Caleb as he takes the mountain God promised and drives out three giants, then we bring that picture straight into real life with a simple question: what are you actually fighting, and what are you fighting with? From there, the story turns unexpectedly tender when Caleb’s daughter Achsah asks for “a blessing” and requests springs of water. A good field without water is still dry land, and that becomes a mirror for the Christian life when we try to live on self-source effort. We talk about abiding in Christ as relationship, not performance, and why Jesus can say, “Ask whatever you desire,” without turning prayer into a Ferrari wish list. The key is humility, dependence, and a heart shaped by God’s word. We also name the mountains that can stand between us and joy: disappointment, fear, comparison, control, lust, and the subtle lie that God is mad at you. Then we lean into the only strategy that actually brings rest: grace upon grace, living water through the Holy Spirit, and truth that answers accusation. If you feel thirsty, stuck, or tired of digging your own well, press play and come thirsty. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who’s carrying shame, and leave a review so more people can find these promise-centered conversations. Support the show

    42 min
  5. MAR 12

    Follow the Promises: Give Me This Mountain

    Send us Fan Mail Caleb waits forty-five years for one promise, then steps forward at eighty-five and asks for the hardest assignment in the land. That simple line, “Give me this mountain,” exposes what most of us fear: what if God’s timing feels slow, and the giants are still there when it’s finally our turn? We walk through Joshua 11 to 14, where victory after victory is summarized with a repeated theme: the Lord gave. That word matters because it’s the heartbeat of grace. We talk about how the promised land points forward to the new covenant, where our inheritance is not something we earn by performance but something we receive by faith: Christ Himself, rest from striving, and a settled identity as sons and daughters of God. Then we rewind to Numbers and the spy report to show how fear and faith can look at the exact same facts and reach opposite conclusions. The obstacles are real, but unbelief traps us in self-perspective. Hebrews presses the point even further: there remains a rest for the people of God, available today, and the real question is not whether God will give what He promised but whether we will enter it by faith. If you’re worn out by “try harder” religion, this message aims straight at the relief of the finished work of Jesus, the strength of grace, and the freedom of living from rest rather than conquest. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review. What promise are you choosing to trust today? Support the show

    55 min
  6. MAR 2

    Follow the Promises: What Makes The Sun/Son Stand Still?

    Send us Fan Mail Five kings march to crush Gibeon, but the real contest is between human odds and a divine promise. We walk through Joshua 10 and watch the story bend toward grace: an all-night, uphill march that looks like exhaustion but functions as partnership; hailstones that fall with perfect aim; and a day stretched by God so a promise can finish. Along the way, we strip out the myth that God helps the self-sufficient and return to the better truth—God gives grace to the humble, and faith dares to ask for what promise requires. From the ground, this looks like a battle report. From heaven’s view, it’s a masterclass in prayer and trust. We explore how Gilgal becomes our pattern for life with God—surrender first, then stride into the works already prepared for us. We connect the victory language of 2 Corinthians 2 to the Roman triumph, showing how union with Christ means we are paraded in his win, not scrambling for our own. That reframes spiritual warfare: we fight from victory, not for it, and the fragrance people sense in us is not willpower, but Jesus. Then we follow a desperate woman through a crowd to the hem of Jesus’ garment—the “wings” prophesied in Malachi—and watch the Son stop for faith. We lift the curtain in Revelation to hear heaven fall silent for the prayers of the saints, incense added, thunder released. Prayer doesn’t bribe God; it aligns hearts and unleashes what love already longs to do: restore marriages, draw prodigals home, break addictions, and replace fear with courage. If you’ve been trying to “Christian harder,” this conversation invites you to lay down striving, pick up humility and faith, and ask boldly. If this spoke to you, share it with a friend who needs courage today, subscribe for more, and leave a review with the one prayer you’re asking God to answer next. Support the show

    51 min
  7. FEB 23

    Follow the Promises: The Costco Sample Chapter

    Send us Fan Mail A single line from Joshua 9 stops us cold: they did not ask counsel of the Lord. We’ve all been there—sold by a convincing “sample,” trusting our senses, moving fast, and calling it wisdom. This conversation unpacks how self-sufficient independence quietly becomes the enemy of a life with God, and how humility, not hustle, is the operating system of the kingdom. We walk through the Gibeonites’ deception with clear eyes. They manipulated their way into a covenant, but under the lie was a real fear of the Lord and a longing to belong. Joshua exposes the falsehood, yet spares their lives and assigns them to serve near the altar. That move is the heartbeat of grace: truth tells the hard story, and mercy writes a new chapter. Over time, these once-deceivers stand with Israel as warriors and even appear among prophets and mighty men. Redemption does not just forgive; it re-forms. We ground the call to humility in the life of Jesus. Philippians 2 shows power laid down, not lost—God the Son choosing the servant’s path all the way to the cross. From there, we get practical: how to pause before decisions, ask God for wisdom without shame (James 1), open Scripture with expectation, and keep returning until clarity comes. We explore covenant security—sealed by the Spirit, not until your next mistake, but unto redemption—and how God turns rushed choices into meaningful service when we bring them into the light. If you’ve ever made a hasty treaty with consequences that linger, this is a gentle invitation to slow down, seek counsel, and step closer to the altar where pretenders become participants. If this message helps you trade pride for prayer and hurry for humility, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway so others can find it too. Support the show

    35 min
  8. FEB 16

    Follow the Promises: Blessings, Curses, Battlestar Galactica

    Send us Fan Mail Two mountains. One covenant. A people paused mid‑campaign to build an altar from uncut stones and hear the entire law read aloud. We step into Joshua 8 and Deuteronomy 27–28 to feel the weight of blessing and curse—and then follow that line straight to Galatians and Hebrews, where the pressure of perfection is answered by a perfect Savior. Instead of polishing our altars, we learn why God insisted on raw stone: access to Him is never dressed up by human effort. The law exposes what’s broken; it cannot mend the break. That’s why Christ became a curse for us, so the blessing promised to Abraham would reach us by faith. We talk through the logic of the old covenant—do this and live, fail and die—and how it was designed to tutor us toward grace. The sacrifices of Israel formed identity and offered temporary relief, but the cross offers a once‑for‑all atonement that doesn’t depend on our precision. Ephesians says every spiritual blessing is already ours in Christ. Romans assures there is no condemnation for those who walk by the Spirit. Titus shows how grace doesn’t excuse sin; it teaches us to deny it. Obedience shifts from ladder‑climbing to identity‑living: we don’t perform to be loved; we act from being loved. Along the way, we draw a surprising line from sci‑fi’s high‑stakes survival to the human ache for certainty—and why salvation cannot rest on flawless execution. If the altar is God’s work and the offering is Christ’s, then worship becomes simple again: just Jesus, the Lamb who takes away sin and settles anxious hearts. You’re not stuck between two futures anymore; you’re seated with Christ. Press play to rediscover the freedom of grace, the end of condemnation, and the joy of walking by the Spirit. If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help others find the show. Support the show

    49 min

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OneTwo Church is located in South Padre Island, TX.  We study the Word of God with passion and a deep commitment to the New Covenant of Grace.  Join us as we journey through the Bible verse by verse together.