Messages from Pastor Alex M. Lindsay
Series |
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Delivered: |
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Easter Sunday |
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03/31/2024 |
Remember the Resurrection of Jesus Christ |
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Palm Sunday |
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03/24/2024 |
The Loving, Miracle-Working Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ |
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Funeral Service for Dave Long |
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02/23/2024 |
"It Is Well" |
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Prayers for Pastor Alex |
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02/04/2024 |
NO SERMON WILL BE POSTED FOR TODAY |
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True Fellowship with Christ |
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04/14/2024 |
The Fellowship of the Saints |
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04/07/2024 |
Gathering His People - Part 2 |
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03/17/2024 |
Gathering His People - Part 1 |
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03/10/2024 |
Partakers with His People |
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03/03/2024 |
Partakers of His Holy Nature |
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02/25/2024 |
Follow the Gospel Call |
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02/18/2024 |
Partakers of the Gospel Call - Part 3 |
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02/11/2024 |
Partakers of the Gospel Call - Part 2 |
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01/28/2024 |
Partakers of the Gospel Call - Part 1 |
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01/21/2024 |
Partakers of Christ - Part 2 |
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01/14/2024 |
Partakers of Christ - Part 1 |
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Facing the World in 2024 |
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01/07/2024 |
Let Us Have a Happy New Year! - Part 2 |
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12/31/2023 |
Let Us Have a Happy New Year! - Part 1 |
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The Indescribable Gift |
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12/24/2023 |
The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ |
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Believe & Receive God's Word |
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12/17/2023 |
Seek, Receive, & Be Blessed - Part 2 |
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12/10/2023 |
Seek, Receive, and Be Blessed - Part 1 |
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12/03/2023 |
The Son of God Revealed |
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11/26/2023 |
The Only Cure for Unbelief |
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11/19/2023 |
Believing God's Report - Part 3 |
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11/12/2023 |
Believing God’s Report - Part 2 God's Report about Messiah |
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11/05/2023 |
Believing God's Report |
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Untangling Some Confusion |
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09/17/2023 |
What Does Baptism Teach Us? |
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Persecuted Christians Today |
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07/09/2023 |
Remember Them |
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Independence Day |
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07/02/2023 |
God and Country From the Book of Proverbs |
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Father's Day |
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06/25/2023 |
Fathers - Part 2 |
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06/18/2023 |
Fathers - Part 1 |
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Mother's Day |
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05/14/2023 |
Mothers |
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Easter Sunday |
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04/09/2023 |
Resurrection - What should we do about it? |
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Palm Sunday |
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04/02/2023 |
Christ and the Law |
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Gleanings from the Book of Proverbs |
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10/29/2023 |
Keep Your Heart |
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10/22/2023 |
What to Do with Your Worldview |
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10/15/2023 |
A Biblical Worldview - Part 4 |
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10/08/2023 |
A Biblical Worldview - Part 3 |
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10/01/2023 |
A Biblical Worldview - Part 2 |
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09/24/2023 |
A Biblical Worldview - Part 1 |
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09/03/2023 |
A Productive Life - Part 4 |
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08/20/2023 |
A Productive Life - Part 3 |
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08/13/2023 |
A Productive Life - Part 2 |
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08/06/2023 |
A Productive Life - Part 1 |
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07/30/2023 |
The Tongue - Part 3 |
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07/23/2023 |
The Tongue - Part 2 |
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07/16/2023 |
The Tongue - Part 1 |
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07/02/2023 |
God and Country |
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06/25/2023 |
Fathers - Part 2 |
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06/18/2023 |
Fathers - Part 1 |
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06/11/2023 |
Pride and Humility - Part 2 |
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06/04/2023 |
Pride and Humility - Part 1 |
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05/21/2023 |
Fools and Foolishness - Part 2 |
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05/14/2023 |
Mothers |
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05/07/2023 |
Fools and Foolishness - Part 1 |
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04/30/2023 |
The Fear of the Lord - Part 2 |
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04/16/2023 |
The Fear of the Lord - Part 1 |
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03/26/2023 |
The Call of Wisdom – Part 3 |
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03/19/2023 |
The Call of Wisdom - Part 2 |
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03/12/2023 |
The Call of Wisdom - Part 1 |
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03/05/2023 |
Introduction: Christ - The Wisdom of God |
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02/26/2023 |
Considering Solomon |
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Faith is the Victory |
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02/19/2023 |
Protect Your Faith - Part 4 |
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02/12/2023 |
Protect Your Faith - Part 3 |
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02/05/2023 |
Protect Your Faith - Part 2 |
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01/29/2023 |
Protect Your Faith - Part 1 |
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Looking at the Big Picture |
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01/22/2023 |
Things Are Better - Part 2 |
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01/15/2023 |
Things Are Better - Part 1 |
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Let Us Celebrate God |
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01/08/2023 |
The God of All Comfort |
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Towards a Blessed New Year |
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01/01/2023 |
A Little Strength |
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He is Lord of All! |
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12/25/2022 |
The King is Coming - Part Four |
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12/18/2022 |
The King is Coming - Part Three |
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12/11/2022 |
The King is Coming - Part Two |
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12/04/2022 |
The King is Coming - Part One |
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Give Thanks! |
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11/27/2022 |
Were There Not Ten? |
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Ministry with Jesus |
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11/13/2022 |
It is Written! |
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11/06/2022 |
The Good Samaritan |
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10/30/2022 |
Jesus Sends You |
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10/23/2022 |
The Acts 6:4 Priority - Part 2 |
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10/16/2022 |
The Acts 6:4 Priority |
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10/09/2022 |
Minister the Word with Christ |
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10/02/2022 |
What does it mean to minister the Word? |
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09/25/2022 |
Ministry with the Mind of Christ Jesus - Part 3 |
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09/18/2022 |
Ministry with the Mind of Christ Jesus - Part 2 |
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09/11/2022 |
Ministry with the Mind of Christ Jesus - Part 1 |
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09/04/2022 |
Authority & Power / Grace & Glory - Part 3 |
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08/21/2022 |
Authority & Power / Grace & Glory - Part 2 |
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08/14/2022 |
Authority & Power / Grace & Glory - Part 1 |
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08/07/2022 |
Authority and Power in Action |
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07/31/2022 |
Authority and Power |
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What in the world is going on? |
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07/24/2022 |
Has the world changed? Or is it just me? |
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07/17/2022 |
What should we do with the World? |
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07/10/2022 |
What should we think of the World? |
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07/03/2022 |
What is the Problem? Who Is the Answer? |
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Father's Day - 2022 |
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06/19/2022 |
My Son, Give Me Your Heart |
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Spiritual Life & Revival |
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06/12/2022 |
What does it mean to us when God speaks to us? |
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06/05/2022 |
What should we say to God? |
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Memorial Day |
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05/29/2022 |
What do the dead tell us? |
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Surviving or Advancing? |
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05/22/2022 |
What Is the Church to You? |
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05/15/2022 |
What Is the Gospel to You? |
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Mothers Day & Communion Themes |
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05/08/2022 |
Never Forsaken…Never Forgotten |
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Psalm 131 |
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04/24/2022 |
A Quiet Heart |
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Easter Sunday |
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04/17/2022 |
Jesus Christ: The First Begotten from the Dead |
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Palm Sunday |
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04/10/2022 |
To Be Like Children |
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Do You Have the Joy of the Lord? |
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04/03/2022 |
Part Two - The Joy of the Lord: Presence, Power & Purpose (cont.) |
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03/27/2022 |
Part Two - The Joy of the Lord: Presence, Power & Purpose |
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03/20/2022 |
The Joy of the Lord and Our Friendship with the World |
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03/13/2022 |
The Joy of the Lord and Our Friendship with Christ |
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03/06/2022 |
The Joy of the Lord and God's Love |
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02/27/2022 |
The Joy of the Lord and a Grapevine |
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02/20/2022 |
Elements of the Joy of the Lord |
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02/13/2022 |
The Joy of the Lord - Introduction |
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Isaiah Talks about Jesus |
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02/06/2022 |
Three Cheers - Simplified! |
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01/30/2022 |
Three Christmas Cheers for Jesus Christ! Part 3c |
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01/23/2022 |
Three Christmas Cheers for Jesus Christ! Part 3b |
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01/16/2022 |
Three Christmas Cheers for Jesus Christ! Part 3a |
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01/02/2022 |
Three Christmas Cheers for Jesus Christ! - Part 2 |
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12/26/2021 |
Three Christmas Cheers for Jesus Christ! Part 1 Continued |
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12/19/2021 |
Three Christmas Cheers for Jesus Christ! Part 1 |
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Is God Enough? |
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12/12/2021 |
Christian Contentment Part 3 - Continued |
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12/05/2021 |
Christian Contentment - Part 3 |
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11/28/2021 |
Christian Contentment - Part 2 |
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11/21/2021 |
Christian Contentment - Part 1 |
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11/14/2021 |
Godly Sorrow |
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11/07/2021 |
A Good Confession before Pontius Pilate |
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Responding to the Love of God |
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10/31/2021 |
Know and Believe the Love of God |
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10/24/2021 |
A Great Sermon! |
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Healthy Circulation |
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10/10/2021 |
Sequel to the series My Father, Your Father - My God, Your God |
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10/03/2021 |
Clogged Arteries - Part 4 |
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09/26/2021 |
Clogged Arteries - Part 3 |
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09/19/2021 |
Clogged Arteries - Part 2 |
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09/12/2021 |
Clogged Arteries - Part 1 |
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Look and Live |
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09/05/2021 |
Look, Look, Look! - Part 3 |
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08/29/2021 |
Look, Look, Look! - Part 2 |
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08/15/2021 |
Look, Look, Look! - Part 1 |
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Faithful thoughts for a troubled world |
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08/22/2021 |
Glimmers of Light in the Darkness |
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A Message to Israel of old and to us today |
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08/08/2021 |
Listen to the Lord! |
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The Example of a Child - The Example of God's Son |
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08/01/2021 |
Following God as Dear Children |
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Is God Nowhere or is God Now Here? |
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07/25/2021 |
The Presence of God - Part 2 |
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07/18/2021 |
The Presence of God - Part 1 |
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Are we living in the Last Days? |
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07/11/2021 |
Pointed Teaching for Perilous Times |
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Thoughts for the 4th of July |
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07/04/2021 |
My eyes have seen the King! |
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A Working Relationship with the Spirit of God |
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06/27/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: Walk in the Spirit |
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Fathers' Day |
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06/20/2021 |
Fathers: A Cup in the Hand of God |
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A Working Relationship with the Spirit of God |
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06/13/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: Filled with the Spirit |
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In Remembrance of Me |
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06/06/2021 |
Beholding Christ |
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Memorial Day |
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05/30/2021 |
Love and Sacrifice |
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A Working Relationship with the Spirit of God |
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05/23/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Gifts of the Spirit - VI Making sure we edify others! |
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05/16/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Gifts of the Spirit - V Making sure the gifts are Spiritual! |
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Mother's Day |
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05/09/2021 |
Mother: A Fruitful Vine |
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A Working Relationship with the Spirit of God |
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05/02/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Gifts of the Spirit - IV |
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04/25/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Gifts of the Spirit - III |
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04/18/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Gifts of the Spirit - II |
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04/11/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Gifts of the Spirit - I |
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Easter Sunday |
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04/04/2021 |
He Is Risen Indeed! |
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Palm Sunday |
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03/28/2021 |
Do You Know What's Good for You? |
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A Working Relationship with the Spirit of God |
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03/21/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey The Fruit of the Spirit - III |
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03/14/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Fruit of the Spirit - II |
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03/07/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: The Fruit of the Spirit - I |
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02/28/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: Growing and Serving |
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02/21/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: From 'Dead in Sin' to 'Born Again'- IV |
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02/14/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: From 'Dead in Sin' to 'Born Again' - III |
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02/07/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: From 'Dead in Sin' to 'Born Again' - II |
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01/31/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: From 'Dead in Sin' to 'Born Again' - I |
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01/24/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: Old Testament Introduction to the Holy Spirit - IV |
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01/17/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey Old Testament Introduction to the Holy Spirit - III |
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01/10/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey Old Testament Introduction to the Holy Spirit - II |
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01/03/2021 |
Our Spiritual Journey: Old Testament Introduction to the Holy Spirit - I |
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Getting to know Him! |
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12/27/2020 |
Introducing Jesus Christ – Part 4 |
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12/20/2020 |
Introducing Jesus Christ - Part 3 |
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12/13/2020 |
Introducing Jesus Christ - Part 2 |
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12/06/2020 |
Introducing Jesus Christ - Part 1 |
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Thankful for the Holiness of God! |
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11/29/2020 |
Thoughtful of God - Thankful for God |
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Thankful for the Word of God |
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11/22/2020 |
What kind of life does God’s Word give you? (cont.) |
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11/15/2020 |
What kind of life does God's Word give you? |
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Handling Crises with God's Promises! |
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11/08/2020 |
Getting the Big Picture |
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Which Direction for a Nation? |
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11/01/2020 |
A Good Way or God's Way? |
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Relationship - Not Religion |
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10/25/2020 |
Understanding and Knowing God - Part 7 Transformation - as we behold the Glory of the Lord |
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10/18/2020 |
Understanding and Knowing God - Part 6 A Glorious Life - A Glorious Future |
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10/11/2020 |
Understanding and Knowing God - Part 5 Focus on Glorious Things |
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10/04/2020 |
Understanding and Knowing God - Part 4 A Glorious Life - A Glorious Future |
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09/27/2020 |
Understanding and Knowing God - Part 3 |
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09/20/2020 |
Understanding and Knowing God - Part 2 |
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09/13/2020 |
Understanding and Knowing God - Part 1 |
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Grace Needed for Spiritual Warfare |
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09/06/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man: Paul Reasons with the Corinthians |
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08/30/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man: Examples from the Book of Acts - Part 4 |
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08/23/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man: Examples from the Book of Acts - Part 3 (cont.) |
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08/16/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man: Examples from the Book of Acts - Part 3 |
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08/09/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man: Examples from the Book of Acts - Part 2 |
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08/02/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man: Examples from the Book of Acts, Part 1 |
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07/26/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man (cont.) |
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06/28/2020 |
Christian Response to the Rage & Wrath of Man |
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NBC - Fathers' Day |
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06/21/2020 |
Fathers Make a Permanent Mark on the Lives of Others |
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Three Little Psalms |
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06/14/2020 |
The Blessing that Keeps on Blessing |
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06/07/2020 |
Blessed Unity |
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05/31/2020 |
Humility and Hope |
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Memorial Day |
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05/24/2020 |
The Purchase of Blood |
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The Book of I John |
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05/17/2020 |
Marks of a True Christian: Highlights - Part 5 |
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05/10/2020 |
Marks of a True Christian: Highlights - Part 4 |
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05/03/2020 |
Marks of a True Christian: Highlights - Part 3 |
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04/26/2020 |
Marks of a True Christian: Highlights - Part 2 |
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04/19/2020 |
Marks of a True Christian: Highlights - Part 1 |
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04/05/2020 |
Working through the Outline of First John - Part 6 |
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03/29/2020 |
Working through the Outline of First John - Part 5 |
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03/15/2020 |
Working through the Outline of First John - Part 4 (cont.) |
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03/08/2020 |
Working through the Outline of First John - Part 4 |
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03/01/2020 |
Working through the Outline of First John - Part 3 |
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02/23/2020 |
Working through the Outline of First John - Part 2 |
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02/16/2020 |
Working through the Outline of First John - Part 1 |
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02/09/2020 |
Getting to Know John and the Book of I John |
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02/02/2020 |
God is Light, God is Love, God is Life – Part 2 |
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01/26/2020 |
God is Light, God is Love, God is Life – Part 1 |
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01/19/2020 |
Evidence and Assurance of Salvation – Part 2 |
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01/12/2020 |
Evidence and Assurance of Salvation – Part 1 |
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Easter |
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04/12/2020 |
Resurrection: Then, Now, and Future |
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Focusing on God during difficult times. |
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03/22/2020 |
Be Still / Clap, Shout, Sing! |
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Looking into Mary's Heart and Soul |
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01/05/2020 |
Part Five: Love and Courage |
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12/29/2019 |
Part Four: Dutiful and Attentive |
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12/22/2019 |
Part Three: Grace and Humility |
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12/15/2019 |
Part Two: Reverence |
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12/08/2019 |
Part One: Faith and Submission |
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Count Your Blessings |
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11/24/2019 |
The Blessed Promises |
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11/17/2019 |
The Blessings of Life |
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11/10/2019 |
The Blessing of Knowing God |
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How to Bless Others Through God |
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10/20/2019 |
Benediction Addiction, Part 7 (A Survey of Benedictions) |
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10/13/2019 |
Benediction Addiction, Part 6 (Blessings: Receiving and Giving) |
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10/06/2019 |
Benediction Addiction, Part 5 (The Trinity Benediction) |
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09/29/2019 |
Benediction Addiction, Part 4 (The Blessed Name of God) |
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09/22/2019 |
Benediction Addiction, Part 3 (The Legacy of Blessing Others) |
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09/15/2019 |
Benediction Addiction, Part 2 (Bless or Blast Others?) |
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09/08/2019 |
Benediction Addiction, Part 1 |
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How to be Blessed by God |
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09/01/2019 |
A Blessed Life |
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How to Bless God |
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08/18/2019 |
Bless the Lord - Part 2 |
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08/11/2019 |
Bless the Lord - Part 1 |
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Are you satisfied with God? |
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08/04/2019 |
Are You Thirsty? |
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An Old Fashioned Tent Meeting |
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07/28/2019 |
What Lack I Yet? |
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Special Missionary Sunday |
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07/14/2019 |
Why We Need to Keep going with the Gospel |
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Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve |
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07/07/2019 |
Destiny Is Calling |
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Am I My Brothers Keeper? |
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06/30/2019 |
Be Strong! Strengthen Others! |
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Great Expectations |
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06/23/2019 |
The Blessed Hope |
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Father's Day |
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06/16/2019 |
God: The Greatest Father |
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God's Word: Beneficial and Life-Changing |
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06/09/2019 |
The God Who Teaches You to Profit |
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A Sacrifice and a Song |
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06/02/2019 |
The God of Knowledge |
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Memorial Day |
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05/26/2019 |
Stewards of Time |
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Revealing the Son of God |
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05/19/2019 |
The Life was Manifested |
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Mothers' Day |
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05/12/2019 |
The Son of God had a mother, too! |
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Easter Sunday |
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04/21/2019 |
Things to Remember - Things to Remind Others |
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Palm Sunday |
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04/14/2019 |
Palm Sunday at Northland Bible Church |
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What's in a name? |
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05/05/2019 |
What do you call someone who's not a Christian? |
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04/28/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Servant / Slave of Christ |
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04/07/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Saint |
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03/31/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Disciple of Christ |
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03/24/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Brother / Sister (cont.) |
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03/17/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Brother / Sister |
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03/10/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Child of God (cont.) |
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03/03/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Child of God |
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02/17/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Born Again |
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02/10/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Reconciled (cont.) |
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02/03/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Reconciled |
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01/27/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Redeemed |
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01/20/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Justified |
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01/13/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? - Saved |
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01/06/2019 |
What Do You Call a Christian? |
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12/30/2018 |
The Patience of Job |
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The *Un*Christmas |
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12/23/2018 |
Part Four - Christ's Coming was Unavoidable, and Underestimated |
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12/16/2018 |
Part Three - Christ's Coming was Undesirable and Unpopular, but Irreplaceable |
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12/09/2018 |
Part Two - Christ's Coming Was Unmistakable, but Not Without Counterfeits |
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12/02/2018 |
Part One - Christ's Coming was Unimaginable, but Not Unpredictable |
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Thanksgiving message |
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11/25/2018 |
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come |
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11/18/2018 |
Making the Most of Our Lives |
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Learn of God – Learn from God |
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11/11/2018 |
The Gracious God – I Peter 5:10 cp. 2:1-3 (cont.) |
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11/04/2018 |
The Gracious God – I Peter 5:10 cp. 2:1-3 (KJV / NKJV) |
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10/28/2018 |
The Mighty God – I Peter 5:6 (cont.) |
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10/21/2018 |
The Mighty God – I Peter 5:6 |
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10/14/2018 |
The Glorious God – I Peter 4:14; 5:11 |
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10/07/2018 |
The Holy God – I Peter 1:15-16 (cont.) |
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09/30/2018 |
The Holy God – I Peter 1:15-16 |
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09/23/2018 |
The Blessed God – I Peter 1:3 |
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Another Chapter on Faith |
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09/16/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 8 |
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09/09/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 7 |
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08/26/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 6 |
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08/19/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 5 |
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08/05/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 4 |
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07/29/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 3 |
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07/22/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 2 |
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07/15/2018 |
An Examination of Faith, Part 1 |
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A Fruitful Summer |
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07/01/2018 |
Are you going to have a fruitful Summer? Part 2 |
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06/24/2018 |
Are you going to have a fruitful Summer? Part 1 |
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Father's Day |
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06/17/2018 |
Connected |
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06/10/2018 |
Are You One of God’s Elect? (Part 2) |
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06/03/2018 |
Are You One of God's Elect? (Part 1) |
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05/27/2018 |
Remembering the Right Things |
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05/20/2018 |
What Effect Does God's Love Have on Us? |
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05/06/2018 |
Seeing Jesus |
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Nations Against God |
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04/29/2018 |
Raging, Rebellion, & Resurrection, Part 2 |
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04/22/2018 |
Raging, Rebelling & Resurrection |
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Prayer |
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04/15/2018 |
Christ's Weapon of Choice |
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Resurrection Sunday |
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04/08/2018 |
The Gospel of the Resurrected Christ |
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04/01/2018 |
Remember the Resurrection of Christ |
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Palm Sunday |
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03/25/2018 |
Devotional for Palm Sunday |
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Remember the LORD |
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03/18/2018 |
Remember the LORD - Part 5 |
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03/11/2018 |
Remember the LORD - Part 4 |
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03/04/2018 |
Remember the LORD - Part 3 (cont.) |
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02/25/2018 |
Remember the LORD pt 3 |
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02/18/2018 |
Remember the LORD pt 2 |
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02/11/2018 |
Remember the LORD |
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Seek the LORD While He May Be Found |
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02/04/2018 |
Seek the Lord -- While He May Be Found, pt 6 |
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01/28/2018 |
Seek the LORD - While He May Be Found, pt 5 |
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01/21/2018 |
Seek the Lord -- While He May Be Found, pt 4 |
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01/14/2018 |
Seek the Lord -- While He May Be Found, pt 3 |
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01/07/2018 |
Seek the Lord -- While He May Be Found, pt. 2 |
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12/31/2017 |
Seek the LORD - While He May Be Found! |
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Four Christmas Angels |
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12/24/2017 |
Messenger # 4 - John |
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12/17/2017 |
Messenger # 3 - Luke |
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12/10/2017 |
Messenger #2: Mark |
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12/03/2017 |
Matthew: The Birth of the King |
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The Spirit of Thankfulness |
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11/26/2017 |
Sacred Sorrows |
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11/19/2017 |
The Environment of Thankfulness |
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God's Christ-Centered Message |
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11/05/2017 |
Five Words that Outline the Bible |
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10/29/2017 |
First Impressions of the Bible and the Gospel |
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10/22/2017 |
Sending and Receiving God's Word |
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God's Gospel Mysteries |
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10/15/2017 |
The Mystery of Christ and the Church |
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10/08/2017 |
The Mystery of Iniquity/Lawlessness |
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10/01/2017 |
The Mysteries of God |
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09/24/2017 |
The Mystery of the Gospel of Christ |
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09/17/2017 |
The Mystery of Godliness, Part 2 |
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09/10/2017 |
The Mystery of Godliness, Part 1 |
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08/27/2017 |
The God of All Comfort, Part 2 |
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08/20/2017 |
The God of All Comfort, Part 1 |
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08/13/2017 |
Have a Heart |
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08/06/2017 |
Bring Them In |
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07/30/2017 |
Time is Short |
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07/23/2017 |
Do my activities and use of time please the Lord? |
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07/16/2017 |
That You May Know |
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07/02/2017 |
Hand It Over! |
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06/25/2017 |
Look No More! |
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Father's Day Message |
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06/18/2017 |
Fathers: Stewards of Time |
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Devotional for the Lord's Table |
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06/04/2017 |
Wonderful |
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Memorial Day |
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05/28/2017 |
Does God Have Any Memorial Days |
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Mothers' Day |
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05/14/2017 |
A Mother's Soul |
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04/23/2017 |
What was Jesus doing between Passover and Pentecost? |
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Easter Sunday |
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04/16/2017 |
Do You Know the Resurrected Christ? |
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Kids Klub Spring Concert |
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04/09/2017 |
Spiritual Warfare & The Armor of God |
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Worship in Spirit and in Truth |
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05/07/2017 |
The Method and Craft of Worship |
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04/30/2017 |
What is involved with singing to the Lord? |
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04/02/2017 |
Thy Worship Be Done on Earth, as it is in Heaven - Part Two |
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03/26/2017 |
Thy Worship Be Done on Earth, as it is in Heaven |
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03/19/2017 |
O Come Let Us Adore Him! - Worshipping with Others |
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03/12/2017 |
Testimony - Why We Should Worship? - Part 2 |
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03/05/2017 |
Why Should We Worship? |
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02/26/2017 |
Whom Do We Worship? - Part II |
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02/19/2017 |
Whom Do We Worship? - Part I |
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02/12/2017 |
Following on to Know the LORD |
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02/05/2017 |
Love: The Key to Worshipping God |
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01/29/2017 |
Examples of the Spirit of Worship, Part 3 |
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01/22/2017 |
Examples of the Spirit of Worship, Part 2 |
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01/08/2017 |
Examples of the Spirit of Worship, Part 1 |
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01/01/2017 |
Worship in Spirit and in Truth |
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12/25/2016 |
Fulfilled Prophecies in the Christmas Story |
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The Meaning of Christmas |
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12/18/2016 |
How Do You Spell "Jesus"? |
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12/11/2016 |
The Word Became Flesh…And Gave Us Grace |
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Thanking God |
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12/04/2016 |
The Thanksgivings of Jesus, Part 2 |
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11/27/2016 |
The Thanksgivings of Jesus, Part 1 |
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Thanksgiving |
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11/20/2016 |
Love & Thankfulness |
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11/06/2016 |
Faith Strengthened by Doubt |
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Preposition Propositions - What is Your Relationship to the World? |
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10/30/2016 |
Proposition #4 – Are we living victoriously over the world? |
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10/23/2016 |
Proposition #3 - Are we taking the Gospel to the world? |
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10/16/2016 |
Proposition #2 – Are we in the world, but not of the World? |
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10/09/2016 |
Introduction & Proposition #1 – Are we in the world and of the World? |
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Rivers |
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09/25/2016 |
Rivers of Living Water |
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Turn Around |
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09/18/2016 |
The New Birth & Conversion |
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Prayer--The 'First' Resort. |
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09/11/2016 |
Asking for a Blessing |
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Labor Day |
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09/04/2016 |
Laboring for What? |
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Completeness in Christ |
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08/21/2016 |
The Preeminence of Christ -- Part 2 |
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08/14/2016 |
The Preeminence of Christ |
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Independence Day |
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07/03/2016 |
Blessed Nation |
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Father’s Day |
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06/19/2016 |
Glow in the Dark |
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Mothers' Day |
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05/08/2016 |
Never Forsaken... Never Forgotten |
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Fulfilling the Great Commission |
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04/24/2016 |
Edify -- Encourage -- Encounter -- Engage |
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A Most Personal Psalm |
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04/03/2016 |
My, My |
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Kid’s Klub – 2016 – Spring Program |
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03/20/2016 |
The Loving, Miracle-Working Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ |
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Book of Daniel |
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08/07/2016 |
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem – Addendum |
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07/31/2016 |
Daniel 12 - Wrapping things up – for now! |
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07/24/2016 |
Daniel 11 & 12 - Prophecies Yet to be Fulfilled |
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07/17/2016 |
Daniel 11: Persia, Greece, and Rome |
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06/26/2016 |
Daniel 10, Part 2 - Daniel Is Blessed with Another Vision. |
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06/12/2016 |
Daniel 10, Part 1 - Burdens, Blessings and Spiritual Battles |
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06/05/2016 |
Daniel 9, Part 3 - 70 Weeks of Prophecy |
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05/29/2016 |
Daniel 9, Part 2 - Going Forward with God’s Word |
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05/22/2016 |
Daniel 9, Part 1 - Going Forward With God's Word |
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05/15/2016 |
Daniel 7 & 8 - Wild Animals & Little Horns |
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05/01/2016 |
Daniel 6 - The Challenge of Changing Times |
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04/17/2016 |
Daniel 5 - The Handwriting on the Wall |
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04/10/2016 |
Daniel 4 - A Lesson Learned the Hard Way |
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03/27/2016 |
Daniel 3, Part 2 - Persecution, Preservation, & Promotion |
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03/13/2016 |
Daniel 3, Part 1 - Persecution, Preservation & Promotion |
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03/06/2016 |
Daniel 2, Part 2 - A Look at the Kingdoms to Come |
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02/28/2016 |
Daniel 2, Part 1 - Daniel's Spiritual Character Emerges |
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02/21/2016 |
Daniel Chapter 1: Conquering Nations/Conquering Souls |
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02/14/2016 |
Discovering Daniel – Introduction |
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02/07/2016 |
The Unveiling of the Book of Daniel |
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Pleasing God |
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01/31/2016 |
Pleasing God (Part 5) |
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01/24/2016 |
Pleasing God (Part 4) |
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01/17/2016 |
Pleasing God (Part 3) |
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01/10/2016 |
Pleasing God (Part 2) |
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01/03/2016 |
Pleasing God (Part 1) |
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12/27/2015 |
The Holy One Made Sin for Us |
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12/20/2015 |
The Likeness of Sinful Flesh Made Perfect |
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12/13/2015 |
The Possibilities of God |
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Portraits of Christ in John’s Gospel |
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12/06/2015 |
I Am the True Vine |
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11/29/2015 |
I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life |
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11/15/2015 |
I Am the Resurrection and the Life |
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11/08/2015 |
I Am the Good Shepherd |
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10/25/2015 |
I Am the Door of the Sheep |
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10/18/2015 |
I Am the Light of the World |
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10/11/2015 |
I am the Bread of Life |
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10/04/2015 |
I Am (continued) |
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09/27/2015 |
I Am |
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God Is Everything to Me |
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09/20/2015 |
Part Three: God’s Son Is My Life (part 2) |
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09/13/2015 |
Part Three: God’s Son Is My Life (part 1) |
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09/06/2015 |
Part Two: God's Will Is My Food |
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08/30/2015 |
Part One: God Is My Home |
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Promise & Hope |
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08/16/2015 |
Confirmed and Confirming Pt 2 |
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08/09/2015 |
Confirmed and Confirming Pt 1 |
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Our Identity in Christ |
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08/02/2015 |
Doulos: A Servant / A Slave |
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Warnings and Promises |
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07/26/2015 |
Wisdom's Call and the World's Carelessness |
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Evidence of Faith |
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07/19/2015 |
Joy in the Face of Sorrow |
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Our dual citizenship |
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07/05/2015 |
Is it Un-American to be a Christian? |
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Looking for the Positive |
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06/28/2015 |
How to Walk in a Wobbling World |
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Father’s Day |
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06/21/2015 |
A Father Who Sheds Light on Many Things |
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The Indwelling Spirit |
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06/14/2015 |
Christ in Me – Christ in Us |
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Pray Expecting Results |
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06/07/2015 |
Seek and Find |
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Planning Our Christian Walk |
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05/31/2015 |
Sanctified Wholly |
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Called to Overcome |
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05/24/2015 |
Enduring Words from James |
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Our Christian Vocation |
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05/17/2015 |
What is Your Ministry? - Part 6 |
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05/10/2015 |
What is Your Ministry? - Part 5 |
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05/03/2015 |
What Is Your Ministry? - Part 4 |
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04/26/2015 |
What Is Your Ministry? - Part 3 |
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04/19/2015 |
What is Your Ministry? - Part 2 |
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04/12/2015 |
What is Your Ministry? - Part 1 |
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Funeral Message |
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04/06/2015 |
“It is Well” |
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Resurrection Sunday |
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04/05/2015 |
He is Risen! He is Coming! |
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Kid’s Klub Program |
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03/29/2015 |
The Fruit of the Spirit |
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ |
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03/22/2015 |
All Things New: Heaven & Earth Are One Revelation 21 - 22 |
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03/15/2015 |
Christ on Earth: Satan's Final Defeat |
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03/08/2015 |
Armageddon: Hell's Kingdom Defeated |
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03/01/2015 |
Mystery Babylon: Hell on Earth - Revelation Chapters 17-18 |
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02/22/2015 |
Antichrist: Satan’s Man Revelation Chapters 13-16 |
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02/15/2015 |
The War between Christ & Satan |
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02/08/2015 |
The Sovereignty of God in the Affairs of Men Revelation chapters 6-11 |
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02/01/2015 |
Worshipping the Worthy One |
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01/25/2015 |
The Invisible Kingdom of God (Revelation Chapters 4 – 5) |
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01/18/2015 |
The Churches of Christ |
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01/11/2015 |
The Blessed Christ and the Blessing Book |
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01/04/2015 |
Why we bless the name of Christ |
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01/04/2015 |
Series Outline |
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Works of a Sovereign God |
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12/28/2014 |
Man Intends: God Superintends |
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Christmas Eve |
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12/24/2014 |
Walking as the Wise Men |
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The Promise Kept |
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12/21/2014 |
Wondering and Pondering |
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12/14/2014 |
Has Your Soul Felt Its Worth? |
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12/07/2014 |
Born, Given, Sent |
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A Joyful and Productive Life |
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11/30/2014 |
Thankfulness - What use is it? |
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11/23/2014 |
Pleasure |
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11/16/2014 |
A Quiet Heart |
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11/09/2014 |
Contentment |
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Glory to God |
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09/28/2014 |
Thanks to God - Glory to God |
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It is finished! |
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11/02/2014 |
What Christ is Willing to Do |
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10/26/2014 |
Other Aspects of Christ’s Work, Pt. 8 |
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10/19/2014 |
Christ’s Work on Earth – Pt. 7 |
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10/05/2014 |
Christ's Work on Earth Pt 6 |
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09/21/2014 |
Christ's Work on Earth Pt 5 |
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09/14/2014 |
Christ's Work on Earth Pt 4 |
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09/07/2014 |
Christ's Work on Earth Pt 3 |
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08/24/2014 |
Christ's Work on Earth Pt 2 |
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08/17/2014 |
Christ's Work on Earth |
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Effective Prayer |
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08/10/2014 |
Greetings & Gratitude with Prayers |
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God’s Mirror |
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08/03/2014 |
Take a Look in God’s Mirror |
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Watch |
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07/27/2014 |
Watch and Pray |
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My Son |
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07/13/2014 |
My Son, Give Me Your Heart |
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Righteousness, Reproach, and Wrath |
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07/06/2014 |
Righteousness, Reproach, and Wrath |
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Wisdom |
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06/29/2014 |
Wisdom and Warfare |
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Knowledge |
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06/22/2014 |
The God of Knowledge |
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Father's Day |
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06/15/2014 |
Father, Forgive Them |
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God's Law Made Void |
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06/08/2014 |
When God’s Law is made Void |
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The Works of the Lord |
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06/01/2014 |
The Works of the Lord: |
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Love |
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05/25/2014 |
What to Do with Love |
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All Flesh |
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05/18/2014 |
Unto Thee Shall All Flesh Come |
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Behold |
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05/11/2014 |
So Much to Behold |
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The Ten Commandments |
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05/04/2014 |
The Ten Commandments: Do we need them in 2014? |
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Minding |
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04/27/2014 |
Minding His Own Business |
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Betrayal and Triumph |
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04/20/2014 |
The Power of His Resurrection |
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04/13/2014 |
The Night the Lord Jesus was Betrayed |
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The Will of God |
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03/30/2014 |
The Will of God, Part 2 |
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03/09/2014 |
The Will of God, Part 1 |
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Truth |
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03/02/2014 |
Does God Lie? |
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02/23/2014 |
Does God Lie? |
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02/16/2014 |
Loving Truth or Living a Lie? Part 3 |
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02/09/2014 |
Loving Truth or Living a Lie? Part 2 |
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02/02/2014 |
Loving Truth or Living a Lie? Part 1 |
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A Good Education |
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01/26/2014 |
External, Internal, Eternal |
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01/19/2014 |
Life is Sacred |
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01/12/2014 |
Good Looking |
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01/05/2014 |
The Value of a Good Education |
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Joy to the World! |
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12/29/2013 |
Knowing the Joyful Sound |
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12/22/2013 |
Good Tidings of Great Joy! |
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12/15/2013 |
Leaping for Joy! |
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12/08/2013 |
Joy to the World! |
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Give Thanks |
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12/01/2013 |
Give Thanks |
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Staying Between Ditches |
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11/24/2013 |
Staying Between Ditches, Part 2 |
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11/17/2013 |
Staying Between Ditches, Part 1 |
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Doesn't Seem Like Enough |
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11/10/2013 |
When Enough Doesn't Seem Like Enough |
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Spiritual Warfare |
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11/03/2013 |
Spiritual Warfare through Prayer - Part Five |
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10/27/2013 |
Spiritual Warfare through Prayer - Part Four |
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10/20/2013 |
Spiritual Warfare through Prayer - Part Three |
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10/13/2013 |
Spiritual Warfare through Prayer - Part Two |
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10/06/2013 |
Spiritual Warfare through Prayer - Part One |
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Keeping the Heart |
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09/29/2013 |
Keeping the Heart, Part 2 |
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09/22/2013 |
Missing Just About Everything by 18 Inches |
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Does Anybody Care? |
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09/15/2013 |
Does Anybody Care? |
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Labor of Love |
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09/08/2013 |
Labor of Love, Part 2 |
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09/01/2013 |
Labor of Love, Part 1 |
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What Has Sin Done? |
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08/18/2013 |
What Has Sin Done for You? Pt 2 |
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08/11/2013 |
What Has Sin Done for You? |
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VBS |
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08/09/2013 |
VBS Program |
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Your Church Life |
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08/04/2013 |
What Has Your Church Life Done for You? |
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Your Prayer Life |
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07/21/2013 |
What Has Your Prayer Life Done For You? |
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The Word of God |
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07/14/2013 |
What Has the Word of God done for you? |
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Praying for a Nation |
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07/07/2013 |
Praying for a Nation |
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The Living Word |
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06/30/2013 |
The Living Word |
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The Loving Word: |
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06/23/2013 |
How Love & Truth Must Work Together |
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A Man With Two Sons |
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06/16/2013 |
A Man With Two Sons |
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Am I My Brother's Keeper? |
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06/09/2013 |
Am I My Brother's Keeper? |
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Generations |
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06/02/2013 |
Generations |
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For His Friends |
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05/26/2013 |
When a Man Lays Down His Life for His Friends |
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Light out of darkness |
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05/19/2013 |
Blinding Light or Guiding Light |
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Mothers' Day |
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05/12/2013 |
Mother: A Fruitful Vine |
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Condemned |
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05/05/2013 |
Condemned |
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Easter Sunday |
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03/31/2013 |
The Seed That Died |
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Palm Sunday Kids Klub Presentation |
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03/24/2013 |
The Good & Great Shepherd |
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The Care and Feeding of People |
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04/21/2013 |
The Method of Feeding God's People |
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04/14/2013 |
The Ministry of the Word |
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04/07/2013 |
The Words of the Wise |
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03/17/2013 |
Serve in the Work of the Gospel with Your Spirit |
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03/10/2013 |
God's Gospel Vocabulary |
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03/03/2013 |
What will you have — God's Righteousness or your own? |
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02/24/2013 |
The Word of the Gospel - Part 3 |
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02/17/2013 |
The Word of the Gospel - Part 2 |
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02/10/2013 |
The Word of the Gospel - Part 1 |
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02/03/2013 |
Part III - Careful Balance |
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01/27/2013 |
Part II - Careful Actions |
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01/20/2013 |
Part I - Care of People |
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01/13/2013 |
Introduction - What are People? |
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Contentment |
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01/06/2013 |
Contentment |
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Hope in the End |
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12/23/2012 |
Hope in the End |
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What 'Prophet' is there at Christmas Time? |
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12/16/2012 |
What 'Prophet' is there at Christmas Time? |
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He's Everything to Me - Psalm 27 |
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12/09/2012 |
He's My Hiding Place |
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12/02/2012 |
He's My Desire |
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11/25/2012 |
He's My Confidence |
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Thanksgiving |
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11/18/2012 |
I Will Give Thee Thanks |
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Isaiah's Vision |
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11/11/2012 |
Focus on the Glory |
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A Good Confession |
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11/04/2012 |
Before Pontius Pilate |
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Blessed Beyond Unbelief |
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10/21/2012 |
Part 3 - God's Blessings to us and through us |
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10/14/2012 |
Part 2 - Blessed into Belief |
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10/07/2012 |
Part 1 - Spiritual Blessings |
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Prophet, Priest & King |
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09/30/2012 |
Jesus Christ, Our King - Part 2 |
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09/23/2012 |
Why Was the King Crucified? |
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09/16/2012 |
Jesus Christ: Our King - Part 1 |
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09/09/2012 |
When shall the end come? |
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08/26/2012 |
Jesus Christ: Our Priest |
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08/19/2012 |
Jesus Christ, Our Prophet |
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08/12/2012 |
Jesus Christ: Our Prophet |
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08/05/2012 |
Prophet, Priest and King |
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11/13/2016 |
Redeeming the Time |
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Series |
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Delivered: |
Title: |
Speaker: |
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08/25/2013 |
David Koblish Concert |
David Koblish |
God's Gift of Salvation |
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09/10/2023 |
Let's look at the fullness of God's saving work in the lives of all who believe.
NEW BIRTH:
- John 3:5-7
- I Peter 1:3
- John 1:12,13
- I John 3:9
NEW SPIRIT:
- John 14:16,17
- Romans 8:9
- Ephesians 1:13,14
NEW CREATION:
- II Corinthians 5:17,18
- Ephesians 2:8-10
- Philippians 1:6
NEW NATURE:
- II Peter 1:4
- Ephesians 4:21-24
- Colossians 3:9,10
NEW MIND:
- I Corinthians 2:14-16
- Romans 12:2
- Philippians 2:4,5
NEW VISION
I. Our ____________is still a force in our lives.
- I Peter 2:11
- Romans 7:15, 17, 18
II. There is no ____________________ for those who are in Christ.
- Romans 7:24,25; 8:1
- II Corinthians 5:16,17
III. There is _____________________ to live out our new life in Christ.
">"All Things New" |
Pastor Kim Swenson |
A Central Admonition in the Bible: |
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08/27/2023 |
Psalm 19: 7-12
Psalm 119: 97-105
Psalm 139
II Peter 2:9-10
II Peter 3:7
Revelation 20:11-15
Psalm 119: 160
Hebrews 4:12
C. God commands to Remember what he has done.
- The Passover: Exodus 12:14
- God's people enter the Promised Land: Joshua 4:1-7
- I am God; there is no one like me. Isaiah 46:8-10
- God foretells Cyrus as deliverer 160 years before he lives.
- God foretells Jesus, the Messiah:
- Isaiah 7:14
- Isaiah 9:2,6-7
- Micah 5:2
- Isaiah 53
- Jesus, the Passover Lamb: 1 Corinthians 11:24-26
D. When we Remember what God has done, what should be our response:
Pray together Psalm 145">Remember, Remember, Remember! |
Leroy Miller |
Who has ears to hear, let him hear |
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05/28/2023 |
Always thankful, always praying - Colossians 1:3, 9
Jesus as God - Colossians 1:15; 2:9
Jesus as creator - Colossians 1:16
Paul's suffering sacrifice - Colossians 1:24; 2:1
Do not be led astray - Colossians 2:8
Forget the world - Colossians 2:16, 18, 22; 3:5
Follow God's way - Colossians 3:1-2, 8-10, 12-17
Final instructions - Colossians 4:2-6
">Colossians: A Book Worth Hearing |
Kirk Zastrow |
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11/20/2022 |
Description of the Recipients of this Letter
This letter was written to brothers and sisters in the Lord. I notice that, in America, people like to Define things. In Africa, we love to Describe things. What is the difference?
- To Define something is to use words to give it a name, a title, a label.
- To Describe something is to reveal qualities about it - what does that thing do.
Let's go back to I Thessalonians 1:4 and ask, "What is a brother and a sister?"
- " Someone who shares the same source - God is their father
- " Someone who is loved by God, elected by God, touched by God
- " Someone who belongs to God's Family, who works with other family members to serve our Father - They protect the relationship with their other brothers and sisters
- " Someone who is chosen by God - Love is a selection. Love is focused. In romantic love, there is usually a response involving the emotions. What does it mean to you that God loves you and has chosen you to be His?
How did the brothers and sisters live?
In I Thessalonians 1:5, we learn that they received the Word of God with eagerness. It was a powerful response to God's Spirit. They had full assurance. Think of the choices you have made to love someone. Marriage is an example, in the Bible, of our relationship with Christ. Think of how a man chooses to propose marriage to a woman. He must express and show love. Think of the response of the woman. In our culture (Zambia) women are taught to not say "yes" the first time. Act like you don't like him. Make him ask again, later. When the proposal is accepted, there is much joy and emotion. That works in Zambia, with men and women. But, with God, you should accept His proposal (The Gospel) the first time. Don't waste time. There may not be a second time. The Thessalonians responded immediately when they heard the Gospel. What does it mean to you, when the Lord confesses His love for you and proposes that you join Him and become His bride?
In I Thessalonians 1:6, we learn that they wanted to live differently. They became imitators of Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. They followed their example. Think of the example of a young boy who wants to grow up and be like his father. When you lead people to faith in Christ, then live a life that can be an example for them to follow.
In the world, many people follow / imitate the lives of celebrities. But celebrities don't reveal their real life. They show a "stage-life." They put on a mask that is not real. They are not a good example. Real Christians should not put on a mask. We need a real-life example that is good for others to follow. God wants to be able to say, "There is my son… there is my daughter, look at them." - just like God said of Job.
The American churches wear a lot of masks. You may not be giving us (In Africa) a good example, from what we see on television. May we have a church that loves the Lord Jesus Christ - that is making a difference in our time. May that church be our church.
Why is the description of a brother or sister important? Why does it make a difference how we live? Who is watching us, to imitate us? What needs to be done in our time? If there is a time when we need to live as brothers and sisters in our world, it is now! If there is a time that God is looking for His children to live as examples to the world, it is now! We don't seem to have good examples around us. Several problems are dividing the church. May the brothers come together, to care for one another, to demonstrate the life of how the church should be.
">The Call to Encourage One Another |
Henry Mukonda, Zambia, Africa |
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08/28/2022 |
First, the conclusion: The primary source we need to read or hear every day is God's Word: The Bible. Then we must live it.
(Deuteronomy 6:2-9; Galatians 3:6-9)
The title above refers to a TV series and a book: "The Waltons," based on the life of Earl Hamner Jr. who grew up in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and WWII. The other is "Pilgrim's Progress," by Puritan preacher John Bunyan (1628-1688). It depicts the travels of a Pilgrim on a life journey to the Celestial City (heaven). He meets many challenges. Vanity Fair is an exciting worldly city, away from the road on which he was directed to stay. Tragedy is the result. Along with his companion, they consider where Truth should be found, and hard times avoided. We are all on a life journey. Each time we stray from the directed path, we do harm to ourselves and others. My earlier life resembled John-boy Walton. My "Vanity Fair" was seven years in the Navy (NYC, the French Riviera, San Francisco) and four years in college.
Key Verses: Knowledge we need to know, believe, and live (through God's help)
Psalm 119:160 "Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endure forever."
Hebrews 4:12-13 The power of the written Word: "For the Word of God is alive and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and interns of the heart".
Hebrews 1:1-3 Jesus: The all-powerful Creator came to earth in humility. He taught, fed the hungry, healed the sick, brought the dead back to life, comforted many, forgave sins, the Lamb of God who died for the sins of those who accept him. He was raised from the dead for all to see and will come again in in supreme power to cleanse the earth and give his people eternal life in heaven.
See also John 1:1-5, 9-14; Colossians 1:1-3; Revelation 1:5-8; Revelation 20
Do we understand this? Consider the words of Hebrews 4:12-13
"Alive and Powerful": not words on a page, but God speaking directly to you and me: teaching, convicting, warning, admonishing, calming, comforting, saving.
"Sharper than any two-edged sword": - not cutting off your head or destroying your body, but saving, protecting, guarding.
"Piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit and the joints and marrow:" Truth encompassing the entire self. God knows your mind, heart, soul, psyche, spirit, and your physical body
"A discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Scripture gives us insight into ourselves. It shows us that God knows us entirely (Psalm 139) but loves us completely. We are His creation, meant to have fellowship with Him. He hears. He blesses. He forgives. He protects.
Will people refuse to believe the Word of God? God directs us to be salt and light to people in this world. We must not hide our light under a bushel (Matthew 5:13-16). Can we answer people's questions through the use of Scripture?
Many will ask,
- "If these things are true, why does God allow evil?"
- "If the Word of God is powerful… if God is all powerful, why isn't evil destroyed?"
- "Why isn't there an end to suffering?"
- "Why aren't those people healed, who pray for healing from cancer?"
- "What about people who keep praying for help to stop doing drugs or alcohol?"
Why? Why? Why? (This game is called "Stump the Professor")
The truth is many times we do not have the answer. Here are some answers that Scripture does give us:
God's ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9) yet he blesses us every day. Count your blessings (Psalm 118).
Suffering may be given or allowed to help us change our ways or to turn our eyes to him (Example: Paul's conversion Acts 9:1-18).
God chastises those he loves. (Hebrews 12:5-6).
God still heals, but he's not our genie. (1 Corinthians 12:27- 31; James 5:13-15).
Why does evil exist? God has given us a wonderful gift: freedom of choice (Joshua 24:14-15); he did not make us robots. Mankind's free choices have brought sin into the world, have damaged the earth, have resulted in millions of deaths.
God gave us Truth, the Bible (John 17:17, Psalm 119:160; Isaiah 45:19). God promises to hear and answer the prayers of his people in his Will (1 John 5:14-15). We are limited; we cannot see the big picture. But we do have the responsibility to speak openly with people. God's people have shared Truth with us and we as Christians need to share our faith with those who are lost (2 Corinthians 5:18-21) ; Psalm 145).
Our Mission: Hebrews 12:1-4 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Looking to Jesus…"
">Walton's Mountain to Vanity Fair |
LeRoy Miller |
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05/01/2022 |
Just Like a Sheep |
Dr. Bob Pope |
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01/09/2022 |
A more direct translation "This was evil to Jonah, this great evil, and he burned with anger."
Jonah is saying in his heart "God you have acted wickedly by committing this great injustice of showing mercy."
The bible doesn't say why he found this to be unjust, but three ideas are often proposed.
- Jonah wanted to decide who was worthy of mercy and judgement
- He took God's place in judging
- "Those people will never change"
- Don't we do this all the time? … "That person won't listen" …"They don't deserve it"
- Jonah thought he knew better than God
- He likely thought his anger was righteous indignation.
- He had a strong conviction about what should happen, and it conflicts with God's desires and plan
- Misplaced patriotism
- Idolized his own wellbeing and the wellbeing of his nation. He desired to see his enemies destroyed
- "But there are problems here"
- We are plagued with American exceptionalism, ideas of superiority, and Christian nationalism, and other national idolatries.
- There is no "America First" in the Church or in God's kingdom.
Ultimately, He is angry with God, because he didn't know God's Character.
Jonah 4:2 - "He prayed to the LORD, 'Isn't this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity."
- We finally learn from Jonah's own mouth why he fled from God's calling. Not because he was afraid for his own life, but because he knew God is gracious and compassionate
- He didn't want to go because he knew God would relent from destroying Nineveh
- Jonah Directs his anger to God and shows an incredible distain for human life, for those who receive God's mercy, and for God himself. He basically says, "God I knew that you are too soft and weak to do what needs to be done."
- But here is the thing: Jonah was orthodox (his theology was correct, he had good doctrine, he was biblically accurate)
- Jonah's prayer is a direct quote from Joel and is part of an ancient creed/confession found in many places, but beginning in Exodus
- After the golden calf episode, we read in Exodus 34:6-7, "The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, 'The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin…'"
- Jonah's anger is that God acted exactly according to his Word. And Jonah knew his word
You can be orthodox/biblical/doctrinally pure and not know God's character.
- Trust me I know. I went to seminary, I know creeds, confessions, many theologies, and Hebrew. But that doesn't mean I know God.
- Yet it is easy to be deceived. I easily fall here where I think knowing about God is the same as knowing God.
- It was Jonah's "good" theology that kept him from God's mission.
Jonah 4:3 - "'Now, LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.'"
- God's mercy didn't fit with Jonah's ideas of justice, so he would rather God kill him than spare thousands of people.
Jonah 4:4 - "But the LORD replied, 'Is it right for you to be angry?'"
- God's satire is great.
- Notice Jonah doesn't even dignify this with a response.
Jonah 4:5-8 - "Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. Then the LORD God provided a leafy plant[a] and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, 'It would be better for me to die than to live."
- God appoints many things in the book of Jonah: storm, fish, plant, worm, and wind.
- When God appoints, Nature obeys. Only people ever refuse God's call.
Jonah 4:9 - "But God said to Jonah, 'Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?' 'It is,' he said. 'And I'm so angry I wish I were dead.'" Here are some ironies to consider:
- God shows mercy to a repenting city, and Jonah is disgusted. God removes a plant from unrepenting Jonah, and he is distraught.
- Like a child that would rather have no toy, than share
- The evil king thinks "Who knows? Let's trust in God's compassion!"
- Jonah says, "I know you are compassionate, so you can't be trusted!"
Jonah 4:10-11 - "But the LORD said, 'You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left - and also many animals?'"
- Jonah 4:11 can be translated two ways:
- "Should I not have compassion?"
- "I will not have compassion." -
- Consider what God did to Nineveh 100 years later - See the book of Nahum.
Jonah left out part of the ancient confession.
- Exodus 34:6-7 - "The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.'"
Exodus 33:19 - "… I will have mercy on whom I have mercy"
I hope you can agree with me that the reason Jonah fled God's call was because he didn't know the Character of God.
This is true of us all. People don't join in God's mission because they don't know God's character.
Yet, Jonah teaches us that God's purpose will prevail… either to your praise or your detriment.
Missions aren't about the missionary or the presentation.
Missions are about the character of God amidst obstinate and sinful people.
God calls us to go out to all nations and make disciples of every people, nation, tribe, and tongue. (See 2 Peter 3:9-10.)
People need the word of God in Christ. (See Romans 10:9-15.)
"If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, 'Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.' For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile - the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
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!'"
">Gleanings from Jonah Chapter 4 |
Will Lowery - Missionary to United Kingdom |
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A. The Influential Leaders in each society:
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1. The Family: Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, etc.
2. Educators: formal and informal
3. Government at all levels
4. Individuals who stand for the true Lord.
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| 1. One example: the history of Judah from King Rehoboam to King Zedekiah, a period of about 350 years. Reference: 1 Kings 12 to 2 Kings 26 and 2 Chronicles 10 - 36. |
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a. King Rehoboam: 17 year reign: He rejected the law of the Lord. Judah suffered 17 years of division and war. Reference: 2 Chronicles 12
b. King Asa: 41 year reign: Judah experienced a period of prosperity and reform.
Read: 2 Chronicles 14:2, 15:9,12,15-16,19. Reference: 2 Chronicles 14, 15:9-15; 1 Kings 15:9-24
c. King Jehoram & Queen Athaliah: 8 year reign: The King married Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. He murdered his brothers and did evil throughout his reign Their son Ahaziah followed him as king and only reigned one year. He did evil as did his father.
Read: 2 Chronicles 21:4,6,12-13,; 22:2-4, 10-12; 23:1, 8-9, 11-13, 15-16
d. High Priest Jehoiada makes Joash King: 40 year reign Many years of blessing and prosperity until the death of High Priest Jehoiada.
Read: 2 Chronicles 24: 1-2, 15-25
What lesson can we learn?
e. King Hezekiah: 29 year reign. He did right and served the Lord all his reign, both in prosperity and during times of trouble.
Read: 2 Chronicles 30:1, 26, 32:7-8, 12, 21-22/ Reference: 2 Chronicles 29:3.
f. King Manasseh: 55 year reign Did evil throughout his reign.
Read: 2 Kings 21:5-6, 16
g. King Josiah: 31 year reign Did right and served the Lord all his days. His reforms resulted in discovery of the Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses.
Read: 2 Chronicles 34:29-33
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C. Just as the nation of Judah chose to follow the God of the Bible or chose to reject His Truths, our nation has experienced similar choices throughout our 247 years. Many influential leaders today, reject the Truths of the Bible. Our institutions teach opposing "truths" and do not know or do not want to know our Christian history. Much of our population has adopted these "enlightened truths".
How many of today's troubles reflect these decisions?: the selfish "it's all about me" attitudes, the crisis of family breakups, drug and alcohol abuse, dishonesty, a lack of work ethic, sexual immorality, sexual trafficking, pornography, suicide, violence, murder, rioting, poverty, etc. |
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1. Our courts no longer believe the Bible is the source upon which laws are based.
Read intro: iii - v; p2107-2110
2. "Separation of Church and State:
Read: p683-688
3. Colonial and State Constitutions:
Read: p2095 - 2097
4. The Judicial Branch:
Read: 2100-2101
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D. The above References are from: Founders' Bible, The Origin of the Dream of Freedom , NASB, Shiloh Road Publishers. Notes by historian David Barton & Brad Cummings. |
E. We need to trust and obey our Bible. Then: "Do not despair, fear not, rejoice in the Lord, be anxious for nothing, give thanks; God is in control, know: God loves you, forgives you, strengthens you, he'll never leave you or forsake you."</td> |
">Which Direction Will Our Nation Go?