Transformed By Grace
Transformed By Grace is a daily television program produced by the Berean Bible Society. Pastor Kevin Sadler presents the transforming power of God’s grace on many different outlets.
- Series: Joseph
Part: 4
Life is full of waiting. The culture we live in is one that doesn’t like to wait— we like instant and fast everything. However, there are many times along our journey through life when God says, “Wait here.” While in prison, Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh’s chief butler and chief baker—who had been jailed for offending the king—and accurately foretells the butler’s restoration to his position but also the baker’s execution. Though the restored butler forgets Joseph, this episode chronicles Joseph’s faithful “prison ministry” of serving others amid his own trials, demonstrating how God cultivates patience, character, and hope in our waiting seasons while sovereignly positioning us for future deliverance.
- Series: Joseph
Part: 3
This study shows how Joseph—sold as a slave to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh’s guard—prospers and rises to oversee Potiphar’s entire household. When Potiphar’s wife repeatedly tempts him to commit adultery, Joseph refuses and flees, but is falsely accused of assault and imprisoned. Even in prison, though, the Lord remains with Joseph, granting him mercy and favor with the keeper, who places him in charge of all the prisoners—illustrating that God never abandons His people, and Joseph’s integrity as a powerful picture of resisting temptation while trusting God’s sovereign presence through every trial.
- Series: Joseph
Part: 2
We see in this episode that sometime after Joseph’s dreams, his brothers went to pasture their father’s flocks, but Joseph didn’t go with them. When Jacob sends Joseph to check on them, they mock him as “this dreamer,” strip off his coat of many colors, throw him into an empty pit, and sell him to a caravan of merchantmen headed to Egypt. The brothers then dip the coat in goat’s blood and deceive their father Jacob into believing a wild beast devoured Joseph. Behind the brothers’ envy-driven treachery moves God’s unseen hand of providence, turning what appears to be a hopeless tragedy into the first step of His sovereign plan for Joseph’s life and ultimate good.
- Series: Joseph
Part: 1
The life of Joseph was filled with detours, as he experienced many unexpected twists and turns—and stopping, waiting, and starting again. God’s sovereign plan for Joseph’s life twice took him from riches to rags and then rags back to riches. To get there, though, Joseph had to travel a road that few of us would have enjoyed or understood. This study shows how Jacob openly favors his 17-year-old son Joseph above his other sons, which produces deep resentment among them. Fueling their hatred are Joseph’s prophetic dreams, which foretell of his brothers’ eventual subservience to him. But through it all, God’s sovereignty becomes fully revealed, using Joseph as a powerful Old Testament picture of Christ.
- Series: The Local Church
Part: 2
You’re sure to be disappointed if you’re looking for perfect pastors or spiritual leaders—there are none. Perfection is not the standard to measure against for anyone in the church, but rather spiritual growth, Christlikeness, and godliness. This episode examines 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15, where the Apostle Paul urges believers to know their spiritual leaders, esteem them highly in love for their sacrificial work, and maintain peace in the church family. The church as a whole is then called to maintain certain godly characteristics, producing a harmony that makes it a powerful light for the gospel.
- Series: The Local Church
Part: 1
Many believers serve the church and work behind the scenes, often performing unappreciated tasks. But any and all service for Christ is essential and none of it goes unnoticed by Him. As the Apostle Paul closes his letter to the believers in Rome, he lists several people—Phoebe, Priscilla and Aquila, Mary, and many others—who worked tirelessly as servants, helpers, and fellow prisoners. These unsung co-laborers were essential to the life and work of the church in Rome. God honors all who serve selflessly with eternal recognition, and unites this diverse group as one Body, in Christ, proving no believer is unimportant.
- Series: Transforming Truths
Part: 4
The lesson dramatically recounts the trap set by scribes and Pharisees in John 8, who drag a woman caught in adultery before Jesus—testing if He will uphold Moses’ law by stoning her. Jesus stoops twice to write silently in the dust, then stands and declares, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her,” exposing the accusers’ guilt. Alone with the woman, Jesus upholds the law yet extends mercy, saying, “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more,” because He would soon bear her (and our) sins on the Cross, calling her (and us) to a transformed life of gratitude and obedience.
- Series: Put Off, Put On
Part: 2
In Colossians 3:10-14, the Apostle Paul shifts from instructing believers in verses 5-9 to “put off the old man with his deeds” (anger, wrath, malice, filthy talk) and to “put on the new man.” This episode demonstrates that we do this by daily clothing ourselves with Christ’s virtues: mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering, forbearance, forgiveness (as He forgave us), and above all charity (love), which binds them perfectly. By the Holy Spirit’s power, we thus demonstrate Christ’s life outwardly, honoring our identity as God’s elect, holy, and beloved.
- Series: Put Off, Put On
Part: 1
We are reminded in Colossians 3 that believers who have died and risen with Christ are called to set their affections on things above—focusing on Christ and the eternal unseen—rather than earthly things, living in light of their secure union with Him and His soon return. This heavenly mindset leads to practically “putting off the old man” by mortifying sins such as sexual immorality, covetousness, anger, malice, filthy speech, and lying, which characterized their former life. Instead, they are to live consistently with their new identity in Christ, empowered by His resurrection life to walk in holiness and freedom.
- Series: Multiplication? No Problem
Part: 2
Mere months prior, the disciples had already seen Christ feed an even greater crowd, but they still doubted Him when this second case of “food insecurity” arose. We can’t be too hard on them, however, because we do the same thing. We forget what the Lord has done for us in the past, and we doubt, when difficult circumstances come into our lives. This lesson on Jesus' feeding of 4,000 men (15,000 with women and children) from Matthew 15 revisits how Jesus multiplied seven loaves and a few small fish—fully satisfying everyone and even providing leftovers—underscoring the ongoing call to trust Christ's limitless power and compassion to meet our physical and spiritual needs.